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Jewel Roemer: Acalanes Water Polo’s National Team-Caliber Engine
Acalanes Water Polo Charges Toward A North Coast Section Repeat, Powered By Jewel Roemer — Arguably The Bay Area’s Biggest Water Polo Talent Since Maggie Steffens • Jewel Roemer amazes in many ways. Foremost might be her positive energy, which shines like the sun. And there’s her mastery of... Read more
High School Recruiting Help: Assisting Athletes In Taking Their Shot
Many Talented Athletes Sit On The Recruiting Bubble But Still Find A Chance — Thanks To Work Ethic And A Little Bit Of Help • When high school athletes need to seek a scholarship, or are exposed to the recruiting process, a daunting number of factors are often in... Read more
Trevor Gillilan: Scars & Spikes – A Baseball Story Of Resilience
Six Years After Spending 72 Days In A Burn ICU, Freedom High Grad Trevor Gillilan Is Attempting To Realize A College Baseball Dream • Baseball was the last thing on Trevor Gillilan’s mind as he lay critically injured flying hundreds of feet above ground in a medevac helicopter. He... Read more
Cameron Skattebo: “I Will Score”, Rio Linda’s Relentless RB
NorCal’s Most Prolific Running Back From 2018, Cameron Skattebo Returns With A Goal Of 300 Yards A Game For The Defending CIF Bowl Champs • Before he was a Northern California football legend and a Division 5-A State Bowl Champion for Rio Linda, Cameron Skattebo was a running back... Read more
High School Football: STRONG SIDE • Inside Football’s Good Fight
With The Risks Of Playing Driving Society’s Narrative About High School Football, Many Teens Still Crave It And Several Coaches Strive To Teach It. We Asked WHY • Tre Maronic has every reason not to play high school football. In June of 2016, Maronic sat by his brother Toran’s... Read more
SportStars 2019 Football Preview Cover Vote
SportStars Football Preview OFFICIAL Voting Welcome to the 2019 Cover Vote! Tell us who should grace our SportStars Football Preview covers next month. We’ll have our two covers, Bay Area and Sac-Joaquin. So tell us who you believe are the most deserving players for each region. GOT A WRITE-IN VOTE? EMAIL... Read more
Chinyere Okoro: From Stage To Podium And Back
Amador Valley Sprinter Chinyere Okoro Has A Love For Performance Art — But Has No Time For Drama As She Chases State Gold • For sprinting sensation Chinyere Okoro, her world is a stage. Actually, there are two stages. The first is track and field, where the Amador Valley... Read more
Zoie Hartman: Monte Vista’s Swimmer On The Fast Track
After Barely Six Years Of Competitive Experience, Zoie Hartman Has Turned Herself Into A National-Level Swimmer With No Signs Of Slowing • If it seems as though Zoie Hartman’s rise to elite swimmer was an immediate success story — well, it really was. All things considered. After she wrapped up... Read more
Ben Dillard: Oak Ridge Swim’s Speed Racer
Just A Junior, Ben Dillard Leads The Oak Ridge Boys Swim Team At A Torrid Pace • Amphibious Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills junior Ben Dillard has an insatiable thirst for high-speed races inside 25-meter pools. The lanky, shaggy-haired USC-commit set a CIF State Championship meet record in the 100-meter... Read more
Conwright Scoops Double Helping of Hardware
Serving Up Jaden’s Porsche Cup: Conwright scoops double helping of silverware on stunning sportscar debut We’ve been covering this young racer since his early teens growing up – and racing – in the East Bay Area. Talent not withstanding, who would have predicted his ability then would place the... Read more
Woodland Christian Softball: Cardinals Of Crush
Led By Power Hitting Tandem, Jordyn Hutchins And Anna Pires, Woodland Christian Chases Toward Another Section Title One Longball At A Time • Coach Jerry Miller doesn’t play favorites with his Woodland Christian softball team. It’s not that he appreciates contributions evenly — he does make a batting order... Read more
Talented Teen Trades Single-Seaters for Sportscars
Jaden Conwright Impressive Cup Debut Simple math. If you’ve followed Jaden Conwright’s racing career like we have, you’d be as impressed as we are. We first covered the young East Bay racer in August 2014. He was then a member of the Mazada Formula series, racing at Sonoma Raceway.... Read more