John Ward returns to Chavez football program as head coach after four years at Delta
Blog July 9, 2020
STOCKTON — John Ward’s expressions were sheltered by the large blue bandanna smothering his face. But the tone in his voice perked every chance he had to talk about his return to the Chavez football program.After four season away, Ward is back at Chavez as the Titans’ head football... Read more
BRENTWOOD — The Liberty High School community will convene Friday night at City Park in downtown Brentwood to honor one of its own. Devon Willis, a defensive back on the school’s North Coast Section championship team in 2017, was killed last month when a person suspected of driving under... Read more
Roseville’s New West Park High Looks To Build Foundation, Literally And Figuratively, While Mitigating Unforeseen Challenges Caused By COVID-19 • Newly hired football coach Jason Tenner’s fingers were burning through his phone two weeks ago. He made a series of calls to his fellow West Park High School coaches... Read more
Servite linebacker Harrison Cofell has enrolled at Trinity League rival St. John Bosco, the senior confirmed Tuesday. The 5-foot-11, 210-pound Cofell joins a group of St. John Bosco linebackers led by Andrew Simpson and Benny Lockhart among others. Simpson (6-1, 215) has committed to Kansas. USC-committed linebacker Ma’a Gaoteote... Read more
Toeing the line | Glimpse of the Action
Blog July 8, 2020
Members of Soquel High’s football team take part in conditioning drills on Monday. Extra safety measures were put in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Kevin Painchaud – Santa Cruz Sentinel) Members of Soquel High’s football team take part in conditioning drills on Monday. Extra safety measures... Read more
Boston Red Sox sign Mitty infielder Nick Yorke
Blog July 8, 2020
Nick Yorke made what was expected since draft night official Tuesday. The former Archbishop Mitty High School standout traveled to Boston to sign with the Red Sox, who surprisingly selected the infielder with the 17th pick in the first round last month. Yorke, 18, received a $2.7 million signing... Read more
Livermore High Wrestling New Book Available
High School Wrestling Pinned by TCWNorth Coast Section July 7, 2020 1
The storied Livermore Cowboys wrestling tradition is also a family tradition, say brothers Al and Arron Fontes, owners of The California Wrestler blog. Al is a wrestling insider here at SportStars Magazine. He says, the following is a link to our new book (a yearbook actually chronicling 1963 to... Read more
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Orange County high schools were advised Monday, July 6 by legal counsel for the Orange County Department of Education to postpone summer athletic programs until further guidelines from health officials. In a letter from general counsel Jeffrey... Read more
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. Don Loperena announced he’s no longer the boys basketball coach at Granada Hills Charter on Monday morning via Twitter. “They told me they’re going in a different direction,” Loperena said of his Zoom meeting with administrative... Read more
We’re now going through all team categories in the exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state football record book files. For this post, it’s scoring, scoring and more scoring. We’re posting the top 100 teams for most points scored in a season in this free post, but we have more than that... Read more
How former Mitty baseball star found a new home shortly after Boise State cut its program
Blog July 7, 2020
The text arrived last Thursday morning as Archbishop Mitty baseball coach Brian Yocke was teaching a summer class. “Boise State dropped its baseball program.” Former Mitty standout Joe Yorke — the older brother of recent Boston Red Sox first-round pick Nick Yorke — was on the other end of... Read more
Anson Aroz: The Constant | Meet Placer Baseball’s Problem Solver
High School Baseball/SoftballHigh School Sports FeaturesSac-Joaquin Section July 6, 2020 0
Baseball Is A Game Of Equations For Relentlessly Driven Oregon-Bound Catcher Anson Aroz Of Placer-Auburn There’s baseball IQ and then there’s whatever-in-the-Isaac-Newton Anson Aroz is. The Oregon-committed, switch-hitting catcher from Placer High-Auburn seems to see the diamond in code — or at least in distances and times. “Say a... Read more
