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Timing & Impact: The Science Of Covers

CalHiSports Insights CalHiSports Sitewide Stats CalHiSports.com September 28, 2016 0

It can be quite a thrill to be featured on the cover of a magazine, whether it’s a regional/statewide high school sports publication like SportStars, or Time Magazine. Former Pitman-Turlock three-sport standout Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers was on the cover of Time in late... Read more

Rugby-Inspired Football Tackling System

Club Sports HS / CLUB RUGBY September 28, 2016 0

When Rugby NorCal’s Executive Director, Mark Carney says Rugby is an amazing sport, he’s talking from experience. SportStars has chronicled Carney’s collegiate history right up to current times as he brings his love of the sport to NorCal’s young athletes. Lately the NorCal Rugby mantra is if you want... Read more

Dzurko Named to Synchronized Swim Junior Worlds National Team

Aquatics Club Sports September 27, 2016 0

US Performance Academy student, Nikki Dzurko, has been named to the Junior Worlds National Team for the sport of synchronized swimming. A two-phase process with women from all over the country competing, gaining a spot on the National Team to represent the USA is challenging. Dzurko has been with... Read more

Golden Road

Football Sac-Joaquin Section September 21, 2016 0

Story by DAMIN ESPER | Photos by NORBERT VON DER GROEBEN The final 30 seconds were running off of the clock at San Jose City College. Del Oro High School’s offense was lining up in the “victory” formation for one final kneel down by quarterback Stone Smartt. Mason Hurst,... Read more

A Spike In VB Rankings

CalHiSports Insights CalHiSports Sitewide Stats CalHiSports.com September 16, 2016 0

Girls volleyball is back. Well, not really, but as a sport in which Cal-Hi Sports will be offering a state ranking it is. One of the main reasons we’re re-firing a State Top 20 each week, beginning Sept. 21, is that it’s part of a further evolution... Read more

Don’t Let Dining Out Do You In

Health & Fitness LEVELUP INSIDERS September 16, 2016 0

You just finished a tournament, you’re hungry, and home is a few hours away. Or you’re out of town for a two-day swim meet and need to grab some food in the middle of the day. Or maybe it’s a weeknight, and you’re hungry after practice but you know... Read more

Four Months To Fast

Health & Fitness LEVELUP INSIDERS September 16, 2016 0

I received a call from a past baseball client recently and he was telling me that he had four months to take his 60-yard spring from 7.1 seconds to 6.9, if possible. I asked what he was currently doing to make that happen and he told me he... Read more

Chicken Soup For The Sole

Health & Fitness LEVELUP INSIDERS September 16, 2016 0

An average athlete takes 2000 steps in a mile, and in an average 90-minute soccer game a player can take 10,000 steps. This means our feet have to absorb and transfer a significant amount of impacts. Even with the best mechanics, these impacts can take a toll. ... Read more

Snap, Tackle & Pop!

Football North Coast Section September 15, 2016 0

By JAMES G. KANE Senior Jalen McKenzie stands out among his teammates and most of the high school players with whom he shares a field. Whether it’s his 6 foot-7, 280-pound frame, or his ability to dominate opposing defensive lineman, No. 55 jumps out almost immediately. To say nothing... Read more

Juniors Upend Shorthanded Seniors in NorCal Clash

Basketball September 2, 2016 0

SAN PABLO, CA ““ The Seventh Annual NorCal Clash that ended in a 96-93 victory for the boys from the class of 2018, was a back and forth affair that certainly gave the fans at Contra Costa College on Sunday afternoon their money’s worth. Several players shined for both... Read more

Ace, Rachel Roter, Selected to Nature Valley First Tee Open

Golf September 2, 2016 0

The Nature Valley First Tee Open is a 54-holf golf event, the first of its kind, featuring 81 PGA Tour Champion players and 81 The First Tee junior golfers, ages 15-18. Played on both Pebble Beach Golf Links and Poppy Hills Golf Course, 162 amateurs complete the field. The... Read more

ZALATORIS CHARGES BACK TO CLAIM 50TH PACIFIC COAST AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Golf High School Golf September 1, 2016 0

ZALATORIS CLAIMS VICTORY: WILL Zalatoris, a collegiate player with Wake Forest, came into round four two-strokes off the pace-setters in the final group. After teeing off on the first hole a group ahead of round three leaders Nahum Mendoza and Rico Hoey of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Zalatoris exuded confidence... Read more