Beyond the Game: Tackling the Crisis of Referee Shortages in High School and Youth Sports
BlogClub SportsMulti-Sport April 15, 2024 0
Whether you’re throwing touchdowns, dunking basketballs, or hitting home runs, every sport needs one vital piece, an unsung hero, the referee. Today, there is a major problem in high school and youth sports—the steady shortage of officials. This issue translates through every major sport in all 50 states. It’s... Read more
Peak performance isn’t possible without sports injury prevention. All the handwork can come to a sudden halt with one bad injury. However, there are injury prevention strategies young athletes can implement to make sure they are healthy during their sports season. Injuries are part of growing pains for young... Read more
At a specialized sports camps, athletes can take their game to new heights. At these camps, athletes join together to embark on a unique journey. This includes skill refinement, camaraderie, and athletic growth. When choosing a specialized sports camp athletes will work on technical skills related to thatt sport.... Read more
Junior Singles Player Kate Hsia Produces Golden Match Of 48 Consecutive Points In A Mid-October Win During West Bay Athletic League Play Story & Photos: Pam McKenney for Menlo School Menlo’s legendary coach Bill Shine has been around tennis for over 60 years, his teams have won 27 Central... Read more
SportStars’ Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings 2023 | Nos. 50-26
BlogHigh School Baseball/SoftballHigh School BasketballNewsTicker August 3, 2023 0
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
All-State Football 2021: Juniors
Blog January 23, 2022
Following the release of our all-state sophomores last week, it’s time to announce those who are all-state juniors for the 2021 fall season. State Junior of the Year Makai Lemon and teammate QB Malachi Nelson of Los Alamitos were no doubt no-brainers for first team. Folsom is the only... Read more
State’s All-Time NFL Starting QBs (Updated)
Blog December 28, 2021
One day after longtime NFL QB and Oakland Tech grad Josh Johnson made a start for the Baltimore Ravens, Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills grad Ian Book is making his first-ever NFL start for the New Orleans Saints. Earlier this year, Bakersfield Liberty’s Jordan Love made his first... Read more
Najee Harris’ Mr. Football Writeup
Blog October 18, 2021
For the first time since 1986, a non-senior athlete in 2015 gained acclaim as the Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State Player of the Year. Antioch’s Najee Harris won out due to the season he had, local consensus over another top candidate and how great he looked up close against... Read more
All-State FB: NorCal’s Best Since ’80
Blog September 27, 2021
There has been a Cal-Hi Sports all-state first team after every California high school football season since 1980. There also has been at least a second team added on since 1986. Here is an honor roll of the best players from Northern California starting from the first all-state team... Read more
TOP 20 All-Time MLBers As Gridders
Blog September 24, 2021
Expanding on a list from a few days ago, this would be our picks of the top 20 all-time players from Major League Baseball who are from California high schools and who were standouts in football. Two current managers are included along with several Hall of Famers. FOR THE... Read more
Preseason All-NCS Redwood Empire
Blog September 1, 2021
This 12th and final one of these preseason all-area or all-section football teams covers the beautiful Redwood Empire portion of the CIF North Coast Section from Marin County all the way to the Oregon border. Yes, we know the season has begun, but only by a few days for... Read more
Preseason All-CCS Football Team
Blog August 29, 2021
Stop No. 11 (with just one more to go) takes us to the San Jose area, Monterey Bay area and up the Peninsula to San Francisco. Serra of San Mateo leads the way with four first team selections and two on the second team followed by Valley Christian (San... Read more
