Sportstars
Masters in Arc-eology
Pinewood girls basketball pulled off the national upset of 2015-16 thanks to deadly distance shooting — and much more. Read more
SportStars’ All-NorCal Basketball Teams
THRILLING 30: Our first, second and third teams for boys and girls 2015-16 SportStars All-NorCal Basketball Teams BOYS FIRST TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR SOLOMON YOUNG | 6-7, Forward | Sacramento | Sr. The Dragons’ big man led Sacramento to a 30-win campaign that included a Sac-Joaquin Section Div.... Read more
Girl’s Basketball- Transition Game
In girl’s basketball there’s a rule of thumb about the constant traffic in transfer rumors: Believe them when you see the girl going to class at the school she’s supposedly going to attend. In the case of Sierra Smith, a starting guard for national-power St. Mary’s-Stockton last year, there’s... Read more
Coaches, Don’t Be Afoul of NCAA Recruiting Requirements
BE ALERT ABOUT THE NCAA REQUIREMENTS FOR 2016. Prior to participating in an NCAA-certified event, team coaches must submit a team roster to the NCAA and fulfill other recruiting requirements. Bigfoot Hoops shares with us these important data points: Click here for a summary of these requirements. Each coach on the... Read more
Welcome to SportsPlex Nation
HAVE BALL, WILL TRAVEL: If your neighborhood doesn’t have an oversized youth sports facility, it’s falling behind the times. Welcome to SportsPlex Nation! Outside it’s an unseasonably warm January weekday afternoon in Walnut Creek. But Mike Samuels is inside. And happy to be there. Samuels is showing off the... Read more
Hoop Dreams Ivan Rabb
It would have been nearly impossible for someone to have written a script that ended the 2015 California high school basketball season quite like it did. To refresh, Bishop O’Dowd High’s Ivan Rabb needed to make a free throw. In double-overtime with less than one second on the clock and... Read more
Ain’t No Cinderella
Dougherty Valley boys basketball is enjoying shocking everyone but itself Read more
Family Value
With a deep team chemistry, Antelope is soaring in an attempt to build on 2015’s success Read more
Believe in Beyer
Led by a trio of brothers and some savvy veterans, Modesto’s Beyer is gaining steam Read more
The Mariners’ Guide
Moreau Catholic-Hayward’s gregarious, humble star has the Mariners thinking state title thoughts Read more
Full Speed Ahead
St. Mary’s-Stockton began the season as the #1 girls team in the nation, and it wasn’t even a debate. It still isn’t. Read more
There’s this one really good team in our league, and they press all the time. It’s really hard to play against them, and we just keep turning the ball over. My dad wonders why we don’t press, because it works so well, and I do too. If a team... Read more