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Foothill Volleyball: A Mix Of Grit & Grayce
Falcon Girls Hang Tough In A Loaded EBAL Behind Strong Leadership And Sophomore Phenom Grayce Olson — Who Wasn’t Even Expected To Play In 2019 • There’s much to the Foothill volleyball team. Great passing, serving, defense and the ability to stay calm under pressure. And there is 6-foot-4... Read more
Granite Bay Golf: Diverse, Talented Roster Fuels Girls Powerhouse
NEW WORLD ORDER: A Young Phenom, Tested Veterans And An International Talent Has Granite Bay Golf Aiming For More Than Just A Fifth Straight SJS Girls Crown • On Oct. 14, Anika Varna shot a two-under-par 70 across 18 holes to lead Granite Bay Golf to its fifth straight... Read more
Cosumnes Oaks Volleyball Star Ramonni Cook
Sport Star of the Week, Ramonni Cook, Cosumnes Oaks – Elk Grove Volleyball Senior opened October on a tear! In the team’s first four matches of the month, the Wolfpack’s senior middle hitter compiled 67 of her team-high 339 kills (through Oct. 10). That caught our attention and resulted... Read more
Dede Salcedo Quickly Becoming One of The Top Warriors
McFarland’s Dede Salcedo is now a freshman at Stanislaus State For someone with a vocal cord dysfunction, Dede Salcedo is pretty talkative. She likes talking about running, of course. And her new life at Stanislaus State, about her hometown, and Kevin Costner. Her upbeat personality has been the talk... Read more
Elk Grove Football: Carter Harris Has Herd Thundering
The Triple Option-polished QB Leads Elk Grove Football With A Game Sense That Earns Him The Right To Improvise — And It’s Causing Opponents Fits • Even opposing coaches rave about Elk Grove football’s senior quarterback Carter Harris. “He’s phenomenal,” Jesuit-Carmichael coach Marlon Blanton stated. “That’s all that needs... Read more
What is the cause of sports mental blocks?
To answer that, lets first answer this: What is a mental block in sports? Definition: It’s where an athlete physically cannot perform a movement or motion that they have demonstrated talent and ability for in the past. A number of baseball players came to us for a mental block... Read more
Bryson’s First Pitch: Best of the Decade
What do Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist water polo player Maggie Steffens and Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon all have in common? They all played high school sports in Northern California during the SportStars Magazine Era. That era will reach 10 full years in... Read more
Californians In Open Mat National Wrestling Rankings (10/16/19)
Adidas National High School Wrestling Rankings from The Open Mat Following is a list of California wrestlers who were included in the Open Mat Individual Top 20 national high school rankings released on October 16. List is ordered by weight class: 113 – Richard Figueroa (Selma, CS, 11) 2x... Read more
Championing the The Jace Luchau Wrestling Story
This past summer, Selma was placed on the national radar again when Fresno State incoming freshman Selma wrestler Jace Luchau took the Fargo Dome by storm and dominated the 152-pound weight group, earning the “Outstanding Wrestler” award in the process. He joins fellow Californians Roger Roberts (Jr. FS –... Read more
PLACER UNITED GIRLS CUP SOCCER TOURNAMENT
PLACER UNITED GIRLS CUP held at Cherry Island, October 25-27 The best of the best in girl’s youth comp soccer is coming to Placer Valley Oct. 25-27 for the prestigious and long-running Placer United Girls Cup. Showcasing players ages 10 to 19, this three-day event provides teams the opportunity... Read more
ELIJAH LASH Las Lomas Football, SportStar of the Week
ELIJAH LASH Las Lomas-Walnut Creek – Football – Senior Chosen SportStar of the Week In his first season with the Knights, Elijah Lash has made an immediate impact on both sides of the ball. _______________________________ GET CONNECTED: Follow SportStars on Twitter & Instagram | Like us on Facebook | Subscribe! _______________________________ Las Lomas improved to 7-0 with a 42-21... Read more
California Wrestling Roundup: Winners Crowned
SportStars INSIDER, Al Fontes provides a California Wrestling Roundup of regional wrestlers making their names known on the international stage. Intro by theopenmat.com We officially ring in the start of the 2019 high school season with perhaps the season’s biggest tournament. More than 1,000 high school wrestlers will head... Read more