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These Are The Best Sports To Help Runners With Endurance
Track and field season is coming to a close but runners know that the dedication to the sport continues post-track season. Not going for a run for many runners is just not an option. While all runners need to do is lace up and hit the pavement, track, or... Read more
Best Workout Leggings For High School Athletes
Studies suggest that having new workout gear can help boost motivation to hit the gym, track, court or field. And when it comes to the best workout leggings, high school athletes want both fashion and function when comes to buying a new pair. We are talking about pockets for... Read more
Mountain View Volleyball Club: 18U Boys Net National Title
Behind Eight Boys Who’ve Played Together Four Straight Years, Mountain View Volleyball Club Claimed Its First Open Division Junior National Championship • Certainly this was the ideal sendoff for the Mountain View Volleyball Club 18 Red boys team.  Just before its players go their separate ways and venture off... Read more
Softball’s NAIA Explosion Showcase
Superior Showcase Softball’s NAIA Explosion Showcase Arrives in Placer Valley May 31-June 2  Superior Showcase Softball, USA Softball of Sacramento and Placer Valley Tourism are teaming up for three incredible days of softball for the NAIA Explosion Showcase taking place May 31-June 2. Nearly 1,000 softball players from the... Read more
Hannah Jorgensen- Cycling SportStar of the Week
NorCal High School Cycling League points leader, Hanna Joprgensen takes home SportStar of the Week honors Hannah Jorgensen, a 4.0 student and relentless cyclist, entered the second week of May as the overall points leader in the Sophomore Girls Division of the NorCal High School Cycling League. Jorgensen competes... Read more
UC Elite 16 Wins First Trip to Jr. Nationals
Precisely the spike that was needed! UC ELITE Volleyball Club of Union City and Hayward secured a national spot with a Pacific Northwest Qualifier win this weekend in Spokane. It’s the teams first bid to the Jr. Nationals since its 2015 inception. According to head volleyball coach, Matt Guzman... Read more
Rugby’s Official Kick Off
It’s that time of year again, hundreds of youth rugby players lacing up their boots and hitting the pitch to kick off the rugby season. Come join us in celebrating the sport we love so much. This Saturday and Sunday at Cordova High School. The Kick Off Tournament (KOT),... Read more
Martial Arts with a Mission
Annual Performance Marks 30th Anniversary for USKS Martial Arts is a way of life that is steeped in tradition. It has evolved over the last 2,000 years from a way of developing discipline and fitness, both mentally and physically, into a wide range of activities. These include self-defense, confidence,... Read more
Musings On The CIF State Bowls As Football’s Final Weekend Approaches
   If anyone out there remembers some of our ancient Cal-Hi Sports newsletters from the 1980s or 1990s, they’ll recall that founder and record book compiler Nelson Tennis (my uncle, who died in 2004) did a short series of comments he called “Random Remarks.”    With that in mind,... Read more
SCRUMptious: Rancho Cordova
   On the heels of the first Rio Summer Games featuring rugby as an Olympic medal sport for the first time since 1924, interest in the sport has never been higher.     So it’s with great anticipation that the Sacramento Valley Rugby Foundation and Rugby NorCal will kick off... Read more
Cobra Rugby Player Development update
Cobra Rugby continues its player development course program in the East Bay Area and Sacramento Valley. Learn the attacking and defensive fundamentals critical to high-level competitiveness. Courses are held at Ted Fairfield Park in Dublin adn teh Handy Family Park in Folsom. Call coach Gene 619-806-2123 or visit the Cobra Rugby... Read more
Rugby-Inspired Football Tackling System
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