Sportstars
Kerry McCullough Placer-Auburn – Basketball
McCullough scored a team-high nine points, including a three-pointer that put the Lady Hillmen ahead for good in a 48-46 Pioneer Valley League road win over rival Bear River-Grass Valley. The following game, she tallied a team-high 16 points in a come-from-behind 52-44 win over Foothill to capture a... Read more
Our breakdown of the SJS Division I-V basketball playoffs prior to the start of the section tournaments on Feb. 15. Read more
SSM’s Jim McCue takes a closer look at Division I-V as first-round games prepare to tip-off on Feb. 15. Read more
Led by one of the nation’s top sophomores, Bishop O’Dowd boys hoops is a state contender — again. Read more
Deer Valley’s 6-10 talent Marcus Lee burned up recruiting lists and is likely to do the same to opponents. Read more
State runners-up two of the past three years, St. Mary’s-Berkeley is ready to say ‘Enough!’ Read more
Pleasant Grove girls dig in for one last run at a league title and beyond. Read more
Kendall Smith Deer Valley –  Basketball
If people didn’t know who Smith was a couple weeks ago, they definitely do now. He set a NorCal Tipoff Classic record with 48 points as he led the Wolverines to a thrilling 97-96 Double OT victory over Sacramento on Nov. 25. He followed that up with 35 points... Read more
In 3 years, Oderah Chidom has gone from gangly frosh to owning a spot on the U17 National team roster. Read more
Jabari Bird Salesian – Basketball
If college scouts and coaches didn’t already know about the Salesian senior, his performance at the Nike Peach Jam, part of the Elite Youth Basketball League, certainly turned a few heads. Bird, playing for the Oakland Soldiers, nailed two free throws with 1.9 seconds left in the championship giving... Read more
Dakarai Allen Sheldon-Elk Grove – Basketball
There’s really nothing more nail biting than a championship boiling down to penalty kicks. Just ask Sarah Robinson, member of the Mountain View Los Altos SC Lightning U16 team. They won the FarWest Regionals on June 24 but not before they endured two overtimes and an epic penalty kick... Read more
Ra’kyra Gabriel Brookside Christian-Stockton – Basketball
Gabriel supplied the team’s early offense and finished with 18 points and a team-high seven rebounds in Brookside Christian’s 69-64 victory over Mission Prep-San Luis Obispo in the Division V Girls CIF State Basketball Championship at Power Balance Pavilion on Saturday. The Knights’ forward provided made 8-of-12 shots. Read more