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California State Wrestling Rankings | Feb. 20
Feature photo, 120 lb CARLOS NEGRETE (Buchanan, CS, 11) 2x CIF State Finalist. California Top Boys and High School Team State Wrestling Rankings compiled by Michael Cho, The California Wrestler. Follow TCW at www.thecaliforniawrestler.com CALIFORNIA STATE WRESTLING RANKINGS • TOP WRESTLERS 106 – Andre Gonzales (Poway, SD, 11) 113 – Richard... Read more
Miami Teen, the Next Big Star in US Soccer?
Another Freddy Edu, or the next big star in US Soccer? Training out of La Masia, FC Barcelona’s youth development facility and a breeding ground of greats, a Miami teen with Haitian roots is turning heads in the soccer world. Few U.S. soccer players have made it on the... Read more
Lucas Cook, Lincoln Wrestling | THE TRANSFORMER
Lincoln Heavyweight And SJS Masters Hopeful Lucas Cook Finds Strength In Faith, Recovery And Transformation • A wrestling mom never gets the credit she deserves. Part dietician, manager, agent, publicist, taxi driver and bankroller, she also has to prep her vocal cords for that shrieking “Pin him!!” you can... Read more
2020 Vine Valley Athletic League Wrestling Championships
2020 Vine Valley Athletic League High School Wrestling Championships – Final Results for Men and Women Team / Individual Final VVAL Team Standings: Men 1. Casa Grande 2. Napa 3. Petaluma 4. American Canyon 5. Vintage 6. Sonoma Valley 7. Justin Siena VVAL Champions: Men Individual 106 1. Nick... Read more
SportStar Jackie Stanco St. Francis-Sac. Soccer
Arizona-committed forward Jackie Stanco, earned six points across two wins during the final week of the regular season. Stanco first notched two goals and an assist in a 4-1 win over SJS rival Davis on Feb. 7. She added another assist in the team’s regular season final, a 3-0... Read more
EBAL Wrestling 2020 Championships – Seeds, Finals
2020 EBAL (East Bay Athletic League) Wrestling Championship Finals, by SportStars INSIDER, Al (Coach) Fontes, editor of The California Wrestler. Get SportStars NorCal wrestling rankings here: SportStars Wrestler Rankings (106-145) and SportStars Wrestler Rankings (152-285).   TOP 3 EBAL WRESTLING TEAM FINALS 1 – De La Salle (Feature image:... Read more
SportStars Girls Golf BIG 10 | NorCal’s Best Golfers (’10-’19)
SportStars’ 10 Year Anniversary Project Continues With Its Girls Golf Big 10 — The Magazine’s Top 10 NorCal Girls Golfers Of The Past 10 Seasons (2010-2019) • The SportStars Girls Golf Big 10 is the second offering to a 10-months long anniversary project to celebrate what will be 10... Read more
California Wrestling State Rankings – Feb 13
While our NorCal Wrestler Rankings just went live, SportStars INSIDERs at The California Wrestler prepared their California Statewide Rankings. TOP CALIFORNIA WRESTLERS 106 – Andre Gonzales (Poway, SD, 11) #1 Nation 113 – Richard Figueroa (Selma, CS, 11) #1 Nation 120 – Tristan Lujan (Selma, CS, 12) #6 Nation... Read more
Volleyball Blocking Techniques- What works for you?
In my last blog post, I covered 3 Weapons For Effective Blocking. We detailed our way through “soft blocking”, “swing blocking” and “the joust”. Each have to do with hand positioning and making sure your hands are as big as you can make them appear to be. Now, lets... Read more
California Wrestlers Featured in Collegiate Rankings
California Wrestlers Featured by Amateur Wrestling News in Collegiate Rankings – February 11, 2020. Breakdown is by high school attended. Feature photo: 133 – Devan Turner (Oregon St/Dixon HS, SJ) 125 – Liam Cronin (Indiana/Servite HS, S) #15 125 – Nicolas Aguilar (Rutgers/Gilroy HS, CC) #17 125 – Sidney... Read more
Tameiya Sadler | St. Patrick-St. Vincent Star Mourns Kobe, Pushes Bruins
CLOSE TO HOME: Jolted By Kobe Bryant’s Tragic Death, St. Patrick-St. Vincent’s Tameiya Sadler Is Ready To Lead The Vallejo Program Into The Postseason • It was just two days later. It seemed too soon for Tameiya Sadler. Shock still reverberated in the aftermath of the helicopter crash of... Read more
All-NorCal Football Defense 2019: SportStars Honors 26
Meet The 26 Players Comprising SportStars’ All-NorCal Football Defense 2019 Roster — Led By Defensive Player Of The Year, Marcus Jones Jr. • We do things differently at SportStars. Rather than build an all-region roster broken into first- and second-team honors, we build one complete roster. The 26 players... Read more