Casa Grande of Petaluma grad Spencer Torkelson is still basking in the glow of being California’s 17th No. 1 pick in the MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers. He talked in a one-on-one interview with Cal-Hi Sports associate editor Harold Abend (also a Petaluma resident) about what motivated him... Read more

The St. John Bosco wrestling team had another night of dominance, Thursday at the USA TODAY High School Sports Award show. Senior Nathan Haas, a two-time CIF State wrestling champion, was selected the Los Angeles area Wrestler of the Year. He was also a finalist for the Athlete of... Read more

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Kory Minor sounded a bit weary and disheartened as he shared his struggles the last several weeks. “It’s been rough for me,” the St. Margaret’s football coach said. Minor has been thinking about the deaths of... Read more

Going away to college is an adjustment for any high school graduate. Three Inland girls will at least have each other when they arrive soon at the University of Arizona to study and play soccer. Paloma Valley’s Nicole Dallin, Chino Hills’ Alex Day and Roosevelt’s Jenna Studer are all... Read more

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. Sierra Canyon boys basketball is reloading, again. The Trailblazers picked up 4-star 2022 transfer Chance Westry from Trinity High in Pennsylvania Friday. Westry announced his move via Instagram. Sierra Canyon adds 2022 shooting guard Chance Westry... Read more

Ben Lomond’s Tanner Murray, a junior shortstop at UC Davis, made the cut in the shortest draft in MLB history. The slick-fielding, 6-foot-2 shortstop was chosen by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth round of MLB’s First-Year Player Draft on Thursday night. “It was one of the most... Read more

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, there just wasn’t close to the number of games that would have needed to be played to fairly select any sort of official 2020 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams for baseball this year. We still wanted to do something with an honor roll list of... Read more

MANTECA — Zoom meetings have been a key component of the Manteca football offseason during the coronavirus pandemic to install the team’s offensive and defensive playbooks. But after the Buffaloes’ first summer outdoor workout Monday night, third-year head coach Mark Varnum joked he hopes to never have to use... Read more

With a world enveloped in protests over social injustice combined with a COVID-19 pandemic, Warriors star Stephen Curry delivered a message of hope to young people Friday. “This is a great time to be alive,” Curry said near the end of a virtual discussion entitled “The Dream Marches On” ... Read more

Tiare Jennings of St. Anthony had the start of all starts to her softball season. She batted .710 (22 for 31) with six home runs, 19 RBIs, 18 runs, four doubles and a triple through eight games before the coronavirus pandemic lowered the boom on the season. She was... Read more

Those wondering whether high school sports will resume in the fall didn’t get a definitive answer on Monday when Tony Thurmond, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, released the California Department of Education’s guidelines for helping schools reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are still in the waiting game,”... Read more

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Alemany quarterback Miller Moss, who recently committed to USC, has applied for enrollment at Mater Dei. Mater Dei associate athletic director Jessica Perry said via email that Moss had not been accepted at Mater Dei as... Read more