For More Than 30 Years, George Austin Was A Pillar To All Things El Cerrito High • Story By PHIL JENSEN | Photo By DENNIS LEE George Austin touched lives. The sentence is simplistic, but the meaning certainly is not. Austin touched generations of lives at El Cerrito High... Read more
Cali Bowl Tournament Preps For 10th Year
High School Football July 13, 2017 0
Popular Youth Football Tournament Preps For 10th Year Although the California Bowl is a still few months away, the planning for the 10th Anniversary of this amazing event is fully underway. Placer Valley Tourism is thrilled to be teaming up with A2K Sports and Entertainment to bring this incredible... Read more
Tiger On A Tear
High School FootballSac-Joaquin Section July 13, 2017 0
Two-Way Talent Cory Glasgow Is Poised For A Breakout Season At Tokay-Lodi • Story & Photo by MIKE BUSH Cory Glasgow is small in stature but big on talent. The 5-foot-6, 170-pound running back and strong safety plays for a Tokay High-Lodi football team which is looking to make... Read more
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
