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Jzaniya Harriel: Sac Region’s Top Recruit Leads Feisty Antelope
FLASH OF THE TITANS: Do-Everything Recruit Jzaniya Harriel Leads An Antelope Team Full Of Guards Bent On Out-Running, Out-Shooting And Outlasting Anyone • Squeaking sneakers scramble to midcourt during Antelope’s girls basketball practice in early November, Jzaniya Harriel and her teammates then dart toward one of six baskets that... Read more
St. Joseph Girls Basketball: Pilots Ready To Fire Afterburners
Alameda’s St. Joseph Notre Dame Has Reached A North Coast Section Final In Each Of The Past Five Seasons — And Is Ready To Add On • We’ve all been there: Ms. Grunion’s English class, and it’s time to write a book report. Ms. Grunion, who settles for no... Read more
Nothing But Net: Best Of The West Hits Hardwood
BEST OF THE WEST RETURNS TO HARDWOOD PALACE IN ROCKLIN On Nov. 12-14, Regency Baptist Academy will host it’s fourth annual basketball and volleyball championships The fourth annual Best of the West tournament returns to Hardwood Palace in Rocklin on Nov. 12-14 and will showcase basketball and volleyball teams... Read more
MARCUS BAGLEY, Sheldon Basketball Sr. Honored SportStar of the Week
Sheldon-Sacramento Basketball Senior Nets Another Star Sheldon basketball Sr. Marcus Bagley, SportStars Magazines’ reigning NorCal Boys Basketball Player of the Year, made his college choice official. The younger brother of the Sacramento Kings’ Marvin Bagley III, gave his oral commitment to Arizona State on July 29. He chose the... Read more
West Coast Jamboree Scholarship: Tournament Names 2018-19 Winners
Three Players Are Honored In The Third Year Of The West Coast Jamboree Scholarship Program; Tournament Looks To Expand Program In 2019-20 • On July 11, the West Coast Jamboree (a 501c3) girls basketball tournament announced the three 2018 winners of its annual scholarship program. The West Coast Jamboree Scholarship Program... 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
Bay Area 75 Rankings: 2018-19
We Reveal Our Annual Ranked Countdown Of The Bay Area Athletes Of The Year For The 2018-19 School Year • Below are the first 55 athletes from our seventh annual Bay Area 75 — SportStars’ rankings of the top 75 Bay Area athletes of the year from 2018-19. The Top... Read more
Last State Honor for Levelle Bailey
LeVelle Bailey received potentially his last All-State honor as a high school athlete in late June when we named him SportStar of the week and Cal-Hi Sports named him 1st Team Grid-Hoop All-State. The Grid-Hoop All-State teams are comprised of California’s top performers in both football and basketball. Bailey... Read more
2019 All-NorCal Girls Basketball
All-NorCal Girls Basketball 1st, 2nd And 3rd Teams: Our Selections Of The Top 15 Players From The 2018-19 Season • 2019 ALL-NORCAL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS FIRST TEAM KLARA ASTROM | Wing | Pinewood-Los Altos Hills | 5-9 | Sr. Not only did Astrom score (16.0 ppg), rebound (6.9 rpg)... Read more
2019 All-NorCal Boys Basketball
All-NorCal Boys Basketball 1st, 2nd And 3rd Teams: Our Selections Of The Top 15 Players From The 2018-19 Season • 2019 ALL-NORCAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS FIRST TEAM MARCUS BAGLEY | Forward | Sheldon-Sacramento | 6-8 | Jr. — PLAYER OF THE YEAR Bagley was every bit the game-changer he... Read more
Haley Jones: ’18-’19 NorCal Girls Player Of The Year
Archbishop Mitty’s All-American, Haley Jones, Cements Her Legacy Among NorCal’s Greatest Girls Hoops Talents With Another Do-It-All Season • It’s no surprise that Haley Jones is the SportStars’ Girls Basketball Player of the Year for the second straight season. Coming into the season, she was widely considered the top... Read more
Marcus Bagley: ’18-’19 NorCal Boys Player Of The Year
Sheldon-Sacramento 6-foot-8 Wing Marcus Bagley Delivered On The Expectations That Accompanied His Out-Of-State Arrival • Marcus Bagley lived up to his preseason hype.  Coming into the 2018-19 boys basketball season, Bagley’s addition to an already strong Sheldon High team made it one of the most explosive and most dangerous teams... Read more