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Richard Fernando: Salesian Team Manager To The NBA | A #NeverStop Journey

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 28, 2020 0

Richard Fernando Scored One Point In His Salesian High School Career, And Now Makes A Living In The NBA — Coach Bill Mellis Tells A #NeverStop Tale Of That One-Point Effort • Early on in my time as head coach at Salesian, I decided that we needed to have... Read more

Role With It | A #NeverStop Tale Of Pain, Perseverance & Payoff

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 27, 2020 1

Campolindo Junior Emmanuel Callas Adds To The #NeverStop Project By Sharing About 16 Months Of Basketball Ups And Downs — And Embracing One’s Role • My name is Emmanuel Callas. I play basketball for the Campolindo Cougars in Moraga. This is a story about disappointment, hard work, perseverance and... Read more

Thanks, Coach Walker | St. Pat’s Tameiya Sadler’s #NeverStop Letter

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 22, 2020 0

St. Patrick-St. Vincent All-NorCal Guard, Tameiya Sadler, Writes An Open Letter Of Thanks To Basketball Coach Nadine Walker For The #NeverStop Project • I’ve had a number of amazing coaches throughout my years of playing basketball, but there will never be one as special as Coach Walker. Since I... Read more

Ionescu Makes Most Of Time To Shine | SportStars Vault: April 2016

High School Basketball North Coast Section April 21, 2020 0

BRYSON: Sabrina Ionescu Closed Out Her Miramonte Career Like Other Former Bay Area Hoop Standouts — By Shining Brightest On The Biggest Stages • SportStars Vault: SportStars editor Chace Bryson wrote this column on Sabrina Ionescu for SportStars Magazine’s April 2016 issue. Four years later, it’s been dug out... Read more

Bryce Monroe Riordan Basketball SportStar of the Week

Central Coast Section High School Basketball SportStars of the Week April 16, 2020 0

When SportStars Magazine launched a NorCal boys basketball Player of the Year fan vote on March 31, Bryce Monroe was not among the nine voting options. But after a relentless write-in campaign got him added, the Sam Houston State-bound guard landed more than 23,000 of the 73,000-plus total votes received over... Read more

Ashley Hiraki | Fan Choice NorCal Girls Hoops Player Of The Year

Central Coast Section High School Basketball April 16, 2020 0

After Garnering More Than 10,000 Votes Over Nine Days, Archbishop Mitty Veteran Leader Ashley Hiraki Was The Fans’ Choice For NorCal Player Of The Year • On its way to compiling a 26-3 record and going wire-to-wire as Northern California’s No. 1 team, the Archbishop Mitty High girls basketball... Read more

SportStars’ All-NorCal Girls Basketball 2019-20

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section April 16, 2020 0

No State Champs Were Crowned In 2020, But Our All-NorCal Girls Basketball Teams Still Highlight Plenty Of Championship-Level Talent • Meet the SportStars’ All-NorCal Girls Basketball teams from the 2019-20 season. Only five players can play on the floor at a time. And we stick to that rule. So... Read more

Don Lippi, Coach & Mentor | Mark DeLuca On His #NeverStop Inspiration

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 15, 2020 0

Valley Christian Basketball Coach Mark DeLuca Adds To Our #NeverStop Project With A Nod To His Own High School Hoops Coach — Bay Area Legend, Don Lippi As a kid growing up in Indiana, I was like every other Hoosier in the state. I loved basketball. Well — let... Read more

Bryce Monroe | Fan Choice NorCal Boys Hoops Player Of The Year

High School Basketball April 14, 2020 0

After Storming The SportStars Fan Poll Through The Write-In Process, Riordan Senior Bryce Monroe Gained Over 23,000 Votes • Bryce Monroe has proven himself a player of many skills over the past two seasons at Archbishop Riordan in San Francisco. The lightning-quick, 5-11 guard can play at a breakneck... Read more

SportStars’ All-NorCal Boys Basketball 2019-20

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section April 14, 2020 0

No State Champs Were Crowned In 2020, But Our All-NorCal Boys Basketball Teams Still Highlight Plenty Of Championship-Level Talent • Meet the SportStars’ All-NorCal Boys Basketball teams from the 2019-20 season. Only five players can play on the floor at a time. And we stick to that rule. So... Read more

Anya Choice | SportStars’ 2019-20 NorCal Girls Player Of The Year

High School Basketball North Coast Section April 13, 2020 0

Cardinal Newman’s Anya Choice Was A Near-Unstoppable Force For The North Coast Section Open Finalists • We had a hand in her face,” recalls Salesian-Richmond coach Steve Pezzola. “We had a hand above her face. Her release just got quicker and higher. “She became unstoppable.” “I was definitely in... Read more

Anthony Roy | SportStars’ 2019-20 NorCal Boys Player Of The Year

High School Basketball North Coast Section April 10, 2020 0

Anthony Roy Became The Leader The Dublin Basketball Team Needed, Then Helped Push The Gaels To Within One Point Of The NorCal Open Final • Player of the Year honors are never decided by one performance. High school basketball seasons stretch four months from conditioning week to the state... Read more