Sportstars
Luca Urlando- McClatchy Swimming SportStar
Luca Urlando- Senior from McClatchy High School in Sacramento is named SportStar of the Week! Luca Urlando ranks as the No. 2 overall senior recruit in the nation by SwimSwam.com. Which means NorCal was robbed to see what he might have done in his final postseason with McClatchy. Instead... Read more
SportStars’ Boys Swimming Big 10 | NorCal’s Best Swimmers (’11-’20)
SportStars’ 10 Year Anniversary Project Continues With Its Boys Swimming Big 10 — The Magazine’s Top 10 NorCal Boys Swimmers Of The Past Decade • The Boys Swimming Big 10 is an installation of the SportStars Big 10 Project: A 10-months-long anniversary project to celebrate what will be 10... Read more
SportStars’ Girls Swimming Big 10 | NorCal’s Best Swimmers (’11-’20)
SportStars’ 10 Year Anniversary Project Continues With Its Girls Swimming Big 10 — The Magazine’s Top 10 NorCal Girls Swimmers Of The Past Decade • The Girls Swimming Big 10 is an installation of the SportStars Big 10 Project: A 10-months-long anniversary project to celebrate what will be 10... Read more
Ben Dillard, Oak Ridge Swimmer – What Would’ve Been
SportStar Ben Dillard, a senior swimmer from Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills, is a champion. A record-setting champion in fact. Dillard’s the kind of guy who fills the grandstands. The sort of swimmer whom spectators and other swimmers alike find themselves rooting for in hopes of witnessing a new record.... Read more
Berkeley Water Polo Star Georgia Tomasik
SportStar of the Week — Georgia Tomasik, Berkeley Water Polo, Senior Georgia Tomasik has been a driving force for a very good Berkeley Yellow Jackets water polo team this fall. Through her first 16 games, Georgia had 78 goals for an average of 4.9 per game. She also assisted... Read more
Jewel Roemer: Acalanes Water Polo’s National Team-Caliber Engine
Acalanes Water Polo Charges Toward A North Coast Section Repeat, Powered By Jewel Roemer — Arguably The Bay Area’s Biggest Water Polo Talent Since Maggie Steffens • Jewel Roemer amazes in many ways. Foremost might be her positive energy, which shines like the sun. And there’s her mastery of... Read more
Spook-Tacular Swim Meet Splashes into  Roseville
750 Youth Swimmers to Compete at California Capital Aquatics Annual Halloween-Themed Event at Roseville Aquatics Complex Oct. 4-6 California Capital Aquatics (CCA) is teaming up with Placer Valley Tourism to host their annual Halloween-themed Spook-Tacular Swim Meet in Roseville. This three-day event will take place Friday, Oct. 4 through... Read more
Big Guns Battle at Water Polo Shootout
Huge High School Water Polo Tournament Blazes its Way into Placer Valley 64 Teams Enter the Sierra Shootout / Chuck McCollum water polo Invitational for two dates this September. On back to back weekends, the Sierra Shootout will feature boy’s teams Sept. 6-7 and girls on Sept. 13-14. Placer... Read more
Going the Distance: Angel More Menlo School-Atherton
Angel More, Menlo School-Atherton – Distance Swimming – Senior named SportStar of the Week. So… what did you do this weekend? Angel More swam 28 miles around the Manhattan Island in New York City. She’s also setting records on Menlo-Atherton’s swim team and was a league championships qualifier. But... Read more
Sherman Divers Finish 1st at Far Westerns Meet
One of the oldest meets in the country, the Far Westerns Diving Meet, took place in Santa Clara August 9-11. What makes Far Westerns a particularly special meet, besides its long history, are the myriad events in which each diver can participate. Athletes can dive from platforms (5, 7,... Read more
Walnut Creek Aquanuts Medal at U.S. Junior Olympic Championships
Walnut Creek Aquanuts Medal at U.S. Junior Olympic Championships 2019! The Walnut Creek Aquanuts wrapped up their competitive season with a trip to Tonawanda, New York for the U.S. Junior Olympic Championships June 29-July 6th. WCA sent a team of 11-12 year old athletes and two 13-15 teams to... Read more
Bay Area 75: Top 20 Athletes of the Year
These 20 Athletes Conclude Our Annual Ranked Countdown Of The Bay Area Athletes Of The Year For 2018-19 • Below are the top 20 athletes from our seventh annual Bay Area 75 — SportStars’ rankings of the top 75 Bay Area athletes for the 2018-19 school year. The first 55... Read more