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Nike’s Football Showcase. And so It Begins

Nike’s Football Showcase. And so It Begins

Central Coast SectionCentral SectionHigh School FootballNorth Coast SectionSac-Joaquin SectionSouthern 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

BRYSON: Mixed Emotions

High School FootballLEVELUP 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

Everyday Joe

FootballHigh School FootballNorth 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

NorCal Player of the Year

High School FootballSac-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

FootballHigh 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

NorCal FB Offensive Players of the Year

High School FootballNorth 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

FINAL NorCal Football Top 20

FootballHigh School FootballRankings 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

Open Throttle

High School FootballSouthern 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

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

CalHiSports InsightsCalHiSports.comClub SportsHigh School FootballLEVELUP 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

FootballHigh School FootballHigh School Sports FeaturesSac-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

Jonathan Pierce

FootballHigh School FootballNorth Coast SectionSportStars 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
Jayden Machado

Jayden Machado

FootballHigh School FootballSac-Joaquin SectionSportStars of the Week October 28, 2016 0

SportStar Of The Week | Elk Grove | Football | Senior • The senior quarterback came up big in the Thundering Herd’s biggest game of the season thus far. He tossed three touchdown passes — two to Gavin Reinwald and one to Jonas McMillan — to lead a 24-17... Read more
 
 
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