BASEBALL PRESEASON TOP 20   NorCal rankings only. Records are from 2011   1. Jesuit-Carmichael (25-6) If your ace is committed to Stanford and your SS to Oregon State, good things are happening.   2. St. Mary’s-Stockton (22-9) Switch-hitting star Gio Brusa leads the way for a Rams squad... Read more

NorCal Baseball Top 15 Final rankings    1. St. Francis-Mountain View 25-6 2. Palo Alto         28-9 3. Archbishop Mitty-San Jose 26-6-1 4. St. Mary’s-Stockton         24-10 5. Jesuit-Carmichael         25-9 6. James Logan-Union City 24-4 7. San Benito-Hollister 22-9 8. Campolindo-Moraga 19-8... Read more

NorCal Softball Top 15 Final season rankings.   1. San Benito-Hollister 29-1 2. Sheldon-Sacramento 27-6 3. Archbishop Mitty-San Jose 28-3  4. Elk Grove 28-6  5. Valley Christian-San Jose 25-6 6. Rodriguez-Fairfield         28-3   7. Johansen-Modesto         27-4 8. Amador Valley-Pleasanton 20-5 9. Sierra-Manteca 26-2-1 ... Read more

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  By CHACE BRYSON | Editor   It may have been the easiest decision Jorge Guerrero faced at any point during the Intermediate Little League World Series to that point.    With his Nogales National Little League All-Stars holding a 6-5 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh... Read more

By CHACE BRYSON | Editor   Aaron Solis had a pretty memorable first day as a teenager.    The left-handed pitcher of Nogales National Little League was handed the ball for his 13th birthday “” in the U.S. bracket semifinal of the Intermediate Little League World Series on Aug.... Read more

  By CHACE BRYSON | Editor   There can only be one first. And the Nogales National All-Stars are it.    With their 11-4 landslide victory over Puerto Rico on Aug. 4, the boys from Arizona became the first U.S. team to leave Livermore as Intermediate Little League World... Read more

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Records through April 19 1. (3)  De La Salle-Concord    11-3 2. (1)  Davis    14-2 3. (5)  Serra-San Mateo    15-4-1 4. (4)  Heritage-Brentwood    11-3 5. (2)  Jesuit-Carmichael 13-3 6. (6)  St. Francis-Mountain View    13-7 7. (11)  Elk Grove    10-6 8. (7)  Bellarmine-San Jose    14-6 9. (12)  Casa Grande-Petaluma    11-3 10.... Read more

By Mike Young | SportStars    Santa Rosa residents Steve Goody and Tyler Scaturro believe they’ve found the “best kept secret in all of sports.”     And in the development of the Pocket Radar ““ an easy and accurate speed measurement device the size of a cell phone “”... Read more

By Chace Bryson | Photos by Phillip Walton     Had he not been prepared for it, Rocco Fitzgerald almost certainly would’ve been convinced someone was trying to fool with him. Catch him off guard. Weird him out.     Because this batting cage was really talking to him.    A... Read more

  By BLAINE CLEMMENS | Special to SportStars Last spring SportStars became the official media partner of Bay Area World Series (BAWS) and that relationship will continue in 2013.  Starting in 2004, BAWS is the longest running and most successful showcase-focused organization in Northern California. This summer, BAWS will... Read more