2018 All-NorCal Football Offense

2017 Football’s First Pick

CalHiSports Insights High School Football June 7, 2017 0

It’s not until the hot days of August that Northern California football teams will start official practices, but for us at Cal-Hi Sports the kickoff of preseason for many years has been the annual Nike-sponsored camp for Northern California’s top college prospects that is now known as The Opening... Read more

Nike’s Football Showcase. And so It Begins

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section Southern Section June 1, 2017 0

Nike’s The Opening NorCal Regional Unofficially Kick Starts The 2017 Football Season • Story By MARK TENNIS, Special to SportStars For the second straight year, De Anza High-Richmond was the site of the annual Northern California stop of the Nike-sponsored national tour now known as The Opening Regionals. For... Read more

BRYSON: Mixed Emotions

High School Football LEVELUP INSIDERS April 6, 2017 0

With NorCal product Joe Mixon a controversial topic as the NFL draft nears, editor Chace Bryson urges readers to sift through the noise • This column begins with a question. Have you — yes, you, dear reader — met Joe Mixon? Chances are high that you haven’t. Yet many of you... Read more

Everyday Joe

Football High School Football North Coast Section April 6, 2017 0

NOTE: This article first appeared in SportStars on August 22, 2013, as the cover story to our 2013 Football Preview. • We are providing it again in its original version as a complement to the most recent column of our editor, Chace Bryson, who reflects on the Joe Mixon... Read more

NorCal Player of the Year

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section January 20, 2017 0

NorCal Player of the Year Mason Hurst • WR/DB • Del Oro-Loomis • Senior Versatile. Humble. Leader. Competitor. Athletic. Mature. Special. The adjectives to describe SportStars Magazine’s NorCal Football Player of the Year Mason Hurst are as plentiful as the skills that he possesses on and... Read more

Let’s Face It, Cut Day Is THE WORST

Football High School Football January 20, 2017 0

There’s an adage I’ve heard from time to time that claims “Cut Day is harder on the coach than it is the player.” As a high school athlete who had to make the walk through the locker room before school and glance at the list on the... Read more

NorCal FB Offensive Players of the Year

High School Football North Coast Section January 19, 2017 0

Co-Offensive Players Of The Year RONNIE RIVERS • RB • FREEDOM-OAKLEY • SENIOR An argument in favor of Ronnie Rivers winning any sort of Player of the Year trophy can almost start and end with seven simple words: He was the MVP of his league. ... Read more

FINAL NorCal Football Top 20

Football High School Football Rankings January 5, 2017 0

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

Open Throttle

High School Football Southern Section January 1, 2017 0

Story by CHACE BRYSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH SACRAMENTO — It started like so many other big-stage De La Salle High football games. The Spartans needed just three plays from scrimmage to break Kairee Robinson free for a 60-yard touchdown run and De La Salle had a lightning-fast... Read more

Musings On The CIF State Bowls As Football’s Final Weekend Approaches

CalHiSports Insights CalHiSports.com Club Sports High School Football LEVELUP INSIDERS December 16, 2016 0

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

Leading Lancers

Football High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 17, 2016 0

A long dormant giant, Cordova Football was at the forefront of its league and the concussion safety movement Read more

Jonathan Pierce

Football High School Football North Coast Section SportStars of the Week November 11, 2016 0

SportStar Of The Week | Freedom-Oakley | Football | Senior • In one the best back-and-forth games of the season in the East Bay, Pierce helped keep the Falcons’ perfect season in tact by leading them to a 41-38 victory at previously-unbeaten Pittsburg. Pierce’s 34-yard touchdown pass to Giles Jackson... Read more