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If there was a flashpoint to the 2011 Amador Valley softball season that concluded with the program’s first North Coast Section title, it came in the Livermore Stampede tournament in early April.  The Dons were 9-0 after beating Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills in their tournament opener, and then a... Read more

By JIM McCUE | SportStars   By high school, some ballplayers have accepted the fact their Major League dreams from childhood will never become reality.  But, given the chance, each and every high school player would relish the opportunity to experience the neatly-manicured grass, monstrous video board, booming public... Read more

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By BLAINE CLEMMENS   One of the most important positions on the field is shortstop. And from a scouting perspective, the position takes on added significance.  It is common for a high school team’s best overall athlete to be the shortstop. That doesn’t always mean he is the best... Read more

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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   Sometimes the game is simply the story.  And sometimes the story is part of something bigger.  To aptly embody what transpired in the North Coast Section Division I softball championship game June 1 at Saint Mary’s College, one simply needs to start with... 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

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