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PERPETUAL PANTHER | Antioch High’s Fifita Grewe Never Stops
With An Intense Work Ethic And Passion For Improving The Lives Of Others, Multi-Sport Athlete & Student Leader Fifita Grewe Isn’t Slowing Down Anytime Soon Fifita Grewe has a schedule that would be daunting to most adults, but the Antioch High School junior wouldn’t have it any other way.... Read more
Following The Plan | Valley Christian Baseball At It Again
One Year After A Heartbreaking NorCal Championship Loss, Valley Christian-San Jose Baseball Is Off To A 7-0 Start Behind Loads Of Returning Talent And A Familiar Guide PICTURED ABOVE: Quinten Marsh crosses the plate against Elk Grove on Feb. 24. (David Gershon photo) Watching another team skip, flail and... Read more
FROM THE VAULT: Make It Six | De La Salle Baseball Extends Title Streak With Complete Effort
CalHiSports.com Recently Announced De La Salle Baseball Will Begin 2024 At No. 4 In The State, So We Thought We’d Revisit Our NCS Title Story From Last Spring • This story originally appeared on May 27, 2023. Look For New Baseball Coverage Coming Soon. De La Salle baseball pitcher... Read more
SportStars’ Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings 2023 | Nos. 25-1
Our 11th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings For The ’22-’23 School Year Begins Concludes With Nos. 25-1 PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1, McKenna Woliczko of Archbishop Mitty-San Jose Basketball, Softball Welcome to our 11th annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes... Read more
SportStars’ Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings 2023 | Nos. 50-26
Our 11th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings For The ’22-’23 School Year Continues On With Nos. 50-26 PICTURED ABOVE: No. 39, Money Williams of Oakland High Welcome to our 11th annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes from the 2022-23... Read more
NorCal Pitchers Of The Year | Randi Roelling & Michael Castaneda
Central Catholic’s Randi Roelling Brings Perfect Close To Prep Career; Valley Christian’s Michael Castaneda Tied For State Lead In Wins • MORE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL HONORS: Baseball Player Of The Year | Softball Player Of The Year Everything starts with the ball in their hands. And more often than not, it... Read more
NorCal Baseball Player Of The Year | Nolan Stevens
RELENTLESS: Nolan Stevens Set Out To Do Everything In His Power To Lift Franklin-Elk Grove To Its First Section Title — And Delivered • PHOTOS: David Gershon Franklin baseball coach Bryan Kilby estimated he heard it at least 50 times.  Nolan Stevens made a habit of telling his coach... Read more
NorCal Softball Player Of The Year | Sophia Mariottini
FOUND STRENGTH: Sophia Mariottini Pushed Herself To Become A Lockdown Pitcher, Dependable Bat For NorCal & State’s Top Team • PHOTOS: Larry Kauk / Legndz Photography For the Hollister softball team and Sophia Mariottini, expectations for the 2023 season were modest at best.  There were only a handful of... Read more
NorCal Team Of The Week (May 30-June 3) | Hollister Softball
Early Grind Of Games In March, And Pivotal Loss On May 1, Built Hollister Softball Into An Unstoppable Force By Season’s End • PHOTOS: Larry Kauk / Legndz Photography After a 33-game season, it’s not always easy to recall vivid details from just any game. But Hollister softball senior... Read more
2023 Final NorCal Softball Rankings | Top 25
Central Coast Section Sweeps Each Of The Top Three Spots In The Final NorCal Softball Rankings, Including A First-Time No. 1 • PICTURED ABOVE: CIF Div. I NorCal Championship Game Hero, Hank Tripaldi, Of No. 1 De La Salle. (Chace Bryson photo) Final NorCal Softball Rankings. All records are... Read more
2023 Final NorCal Baseball Rankings | Top 25
Comeback Win In The CIF Div. I Final Leads To De La Salle Grabbing No. 1 — Again — In Our Final NorCal Baseball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: CIF Div. I NorCal Championship Game Hero, Hank Tripaldi, Of No. 1 De La Salle. (Chace Bryson photo) Final NorCal Baseball... Read more
SportSquad VOTE: NorCal Team Of The Week | May 30-June 3
Our Final NorCal Team Of The Week Vote Of The Season Pits Four NorCal Baseball/Softball Regional Champions Against Each Other • We used the last month of the 2022-23 interscholastic sports calendar to try out a new weekly feature at SportStars. Welcome to our last vote for the SportSquad... Read more