For good reason, Santa Clara Aquamaids Marketing & Communications Chair Kay Lau, is celebrating. And she couldn’t be more proud of her two superstar swimmers, Elle Billman and Amanda Urke. Both, you see were selected to Stanford University’s synchronized swim team for the coming year. No one can remember the last... Read more
FREE! IMPACT COMPETITIVE SOCCER CLUB EVALUATIONS
Club Sports January 6, 2015 0
IMPACT COMPETITIVE Teams train every Tuesday – Thursday at Sunset Park Athletic Complex in Brentwood, CA. Competitive teams have annual evaluations for any and all players looking for more than a 3-month season. At some ages, there are two separate Comp teams of varying skills levels. Players interested in... Read more
NB Courts is Hoop Haven
Basketball December 19, 2014 0
Patterson Pass Road in Livermore is already home to a number of destinations for sports enthusiasts (a Sports Mecca if you will), which includes Umigo Racing, Cabernet Indoor Sports and The Range football training center. A new facility is under development and slated to open next Spring, called Lost... Read more
Instinctive Athleticism: Top 3 Steps Improving Biomechanics
Health & FitnessLEVELUP INSIDERS January 17, 2014 0
Plyo steps happen naturally to help the body produce force, but improving certain biomechanics can make it more effective. Training Time: Tim Rudd for IYCA The plyo step (see video below) is a movement that the body does instinctively to get your body in optimal acceleration angles — out of... Read more
2014 SJS Boys Championship Previews
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
DIVISION I“¢ No. 1 Jesuit-Carmichael (27-3) vs. No. 2 Rodriguez (26-2)“¢ Saturday, March 8, 8:30 PM HISTORY/STORYLINES: History is certainly on the side of the Marauders, who have won 8 Sac Joaquin Section titles and played many more “big games” on Sleep Train Arena’s big stage. Jesuit’s last Division I title... Read more
Champions Head Overseas
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
Victory was in the hands of the San Antonio Spurs this weekend as they defeated Miami Heat in game 5 of the NBA Finals. In a 104-87 victory, the game was particularly significant for the Spurs, who had bounced back from their heartbreaking defeat in the 2013 finals... Read more
Champions Head Overseas
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
Victory was in the hands of the San Antonio Spurs this weekend as they defeated Miami Heat in game 5 of the NBA Finals. In a 104-87 victory, the game was particularly significant for the Spurs, who had bounced back from their heartbreaking defeat in the 2013 finals... Read more
Steady as Sacamento Goes
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
By JIM McCUE | Contributor Derek Swafford arrived at the Sacramento High boys basketball program when the school was at a crossroads. It was 2003 and Sacramento High School had just become a St. HOPE charter school. Swafford’s tenure began at the start of the 2003-04 season and has... Read more
MLK Classic Boys Preview
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
MLK Classic Girls Preview
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
By CLAY KALLAM | Contributor It’s too bad this game is likely to get lost in the shuffle. Sure, a few girls’ basketball faithful will make their way to Haas Pavilion on Jan. 16 to see St. Mary’s-Stockton and Carondelet-Concord “” two of Northern California’s most consistent and... Read more
NorCal Girls Hoops Rankings (Jan. 18)
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
So the shuffling at the top deserves a little explanation “¦ First, there are four teams that have separated themselves from the NorCal pack: St. Mary’s of Stockton, Berkeley, Bishop O’Dowd and Carondelet. In that group, only two teams have played each other, and St. Mary’s just beat Carondelet.... Read more
Inside Look: Lincoln-Stockton girls
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
By JIM McCUE | Contributor Lincoln High’s girls basketball team is working hard to rebound. The Trojans recently lost senior star Nyre Harris to a knee injury and are trying to fill the void left by the Arizona-bound guard, presenting the team with a challenge to rebound both... Read more