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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
21st Annual Friends of Camp Concord Tourney in Planning
Send a kid to South Lake Tahoe – to Camp Concord while hitting it long and straight down the fairway! Not a bad deal, is it? Yep, it’s Dan Ashley’s 21st Annual Friends of Camp Concord golf tournament. If we’re lucky, we might even get to hear Ashley rock... Read more
Master recruitment specialist, Gerry Freitas is up to his magic again announcing a 15-event schedule for 2017 with six of those in SoCal, the balance in NorCal. Showcase events of this ilk are meant to (and do) attract the top tier ballers from the state. They’re worth following at... Read more
FINAL NorCal Football Top 20
  AFTER VIEWING THESE RANKS, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT CAL-HI SPORTS FOR ITS FINAL STATE TOP 10.   Records are FINAL 1. (1)  De La Salle-Concord   11-2  COMMENT: Spartans will always own this spot until losing to a NorCal opponent 2. (2)  St. Mary’s-Stockton   14-2  COMMENT: Rams proved... 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
NoTime2Chill Gets at it For Next Level Basketball
If it’s training you want. If you want to get to the next level. Then there’s NoTime2Chill! Founded in 2010, NoTime2Chill Skills Academy is dedicated to helping individuals find the joy in playing and learning the game of basketball. Our goal is to provide more than just a casual... 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
If you get Stronger, then you’ll be faster
   If athletes want to get faster then they must focus on intensity. Trying harder, getting stronger, and getting more powerful than they are now is going to determine whether or not they get faster.      This is a fact I believe most coaches, parents and athletes just... Read more
Iron Kids
Young Athletes Can Start Reasonable Weight Lifting Much Earlier Than You Think    I get a question a lot. One that comes with an answer that sparks tons of praise or anger: “When should my child start to lift?”    My typical responses is, “as early as possible.” At... Read more
Tip Off Classic 2016 Results and Players Of The Game
2016 Tip Off Classic Results / Players of the Game   After the seven-game tournament, event organizer Gerry Freitas mused, ““The event went very well. Thanks to all the teams! It was a deep pool of talent-maybe the deepest in the ten years of the event.”     Game... Read more
 Folsom Graduate Jake Browning Has A Chance To Join A Very Short List of NorCal Heisman Trophy Winners
   Folsom Graduate Jake Browning Has A Chance To Join A Very Short List of NorCal Heisman Trophy Winners    Northern California didn’t have much of a connection to the Heisman Trophy for the first 30 years in which college football‘s most prestigious award was handed out, but then... Read more
Ball Of Confusion: Trying To Process The Sac-Joaquin Playoff Selection Process
   Long, long ago, a good high school season meant winning the league championship. There might’ve been some kind of postseason playoff, but basically it was about being the best in your little area.    Obviously, that has changed. Just like professional sports (and of course college sports are... Read more