2018 All-NorCal Football Offense

Divine Interception | One Final 2010 Concord Football Anecdote

High School Football High School Sports Features December 18, 2020 0

CHACE BRYSON: One Last Tale From Our 2010 NCS Football Oral History Interviews — How One Concord Coach Nearly Lost His House Days Before The Game • We’ve come to December of what can only be referred to as a challenging year in high school sports. And we decided... Read more

Concord, Rancho Cotate And One 2010 Night At The Coliseum | An Oral History

High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section StaffPicks December 11, 2020 0

Revered As One Of The Past Decade’s Best NCS Football Championships, We’ve Used Several Interviews To Recreate The 2010 Classic Between Concord And Rancho Cotate • Not all great championship games are equal. Over the magazine’s first decade, SportStars has covered its share of championship games across many sports.... Read more

Not Waiting Around | NorCal Football’s Early Graduates Forge Ahead

High School Football High School Sports Features December 10, 2020 0

At Least A Handful Of NorCal Football Players Aren’t Hanging On Every CIF Or State Health Department Announcement These Days — Early Graduates Are Focused On The Future Without Regret • For the Bay Area’s handful of early graduate football stars, their bags are packed for college without the... Read more

SportStars 1-on-1: Ian Book | Star QB Talks Notre Dame, Oak Ridge, Pandemic & More

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section December 3, 2020 1

Seven Years After Appearing On SportStars’ Cover, Oak Ridge Alum Ian Book Spoke With The Magazine Just Days Before His First Chance At Becoming Notre Dame’s Winningest QB • Notre Dame image: Roy K. Miller/Icon SMI via ZUMA Press On Saturday, Dec. 5, Ian Book will start his last... Read more

Cosumnes Oaks Football | “Civil Savages” Ready For Biggest Test

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 24, 2020 0

With A Confident Young Coach And A Talented Roster, Cosumnes Oaks Football Is Ready To Take On All Comers — And It Doesn’t Care If You Think That’s Crazy • Two words sum up the Cosumnes Oaks football program this year: attitude and effort. You might also add crazy. ... Read more

Pahulu’s POV | Chandler, Hamilton FB Clash Had Bay Area Splash

High School Football November 23, 2020 0

Polynesian Student-Athlete Advocate, George Pahulu, Finds Plenty Of Bay Area Ties While At Arizona High School Football Showdown Between Chandler, Hamilton • George Pahulu first approached SportStars about covering Tongan and Samoan athletes for the magazine back in 2017. He’s covered several games for us since then under the... Read more

California Coaches Join West Coast Colleagues In Restart Push

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Cross Country High School Football High School Golf Los Angeles City Section North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section November 13, 2020 0

California Coaches Join West Coast Coaching Alliance In Hopes To Inform, Lobby Local & State Officials Regarding Sports Restart • We’ve reached the point where California coaches know they need more than trending hashtags to be heard. There’s less than four weeks remaining before the CIF’s Dec. 7 start... Read more

Casey Taylor’s New Normal | Star Football Coach Starts Anew Again

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 2, 2020 0

After His Wildly Successful Football Coaching Career Took More Than One Unexpected Twist Last Spring, Casey Taylor Eagerly Waits To Begin Building Another Champion On A New Campus • Back in March, Casey Taylor was enjoying a change of scenery and entering a new phase of his life. The longtime... Read more

NorCal Early Football Predictions | Staff Stabs: Jim McCue

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section October 29, 2020 0

As We All Nervously Await December, SportStars Is Using Each Thursday Of October To Reveal The Early Football Predictions Of Different Staff Writers • We’ve officially entered our 2021 Season Preview mode. Because it’s not like anything else is happening. So it’s time for some early football predictions. Before... Read more

Early NorCal Football Predictions | Staff Stabs: Steven Wilson

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section October 22, 2020 0

As We All Nervously Await December, SportStars Is Using Each Thursday Of October To Reveal The Early NorCal Football Predictions Of Different Staff Writers • We’ve officially entered our 2021 Season Preview mode. Because it’s not like anything else is happening. So it’s time for some early NorCal football... Read more

Early 2021 Football Predictions | Staff Stabs: Chace Bryson

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section October 15, 2020 0

As We All Nervously Await December, SportStars Is Using Each Thursday Of October To Reveal The Early 2021 Football Predictions Of Different Staff Writers • We’ve officially entered our NorCal football 2021 Season Preview mode. Because it’s not like anything else is happening. So it’s time for some early... Read more

2021 Early Football Predictions | Staff Stabs: Ike Dodson

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section October 8, 2020 1

With First Practices Two Months Away, And Little Better To Do, SportStars Writers Have Some Fun With Some 2021 Early Football Predictions • We’ve officially entered our NorCal football 2021 Season Preview mode. Because it’s not like anything else is happening. So it’s time for some early football predictions.... Read more