New NorCal High School Baseball Rankings

Anthony Susac, Jesuit- SportStar of the Week

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week March 23, 2020 0

Anthony Susac-SportStar of the Week! In what might possibly have been the last big NorCal baseball matchup of the 2020 season, SportStars’ No. 2-ranked Jesuit hosted No. 1 De La Salle-Concord on March 12. Susac spun six sterling innings and struck out nine as the Marauders defeated the Spartans,... Read more

Acalanes Softball | Here Come The Dons – Fences Beware

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section March 6, 2020 0

A Dynamic Incoming Freshman Adds To An Already Fierce Lineup That Has Acalanes Softball Aiming For Its First NCS Title • Freshman prospect Hailey Stripling made a big impression in her first live action as a high school player. Literally. Just look at the fence on the Acalanes High... Read more

Vista del Lago Softball | Viva Vista! Eagles Ready For Takeoff

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section March 4, 2020 1

A Deep, Young Roster Led By Sophomore Tayler Biehl Has Vista Del Lago Softball Thinking Big Things For 2020 And Beyond • They say that youth is wasted on the young. The Vista del Lago softball team hopes to prove that adage false in 2020. To do that, the... Read more

De La Salle Baseball: Spartans Bring Crossover Appeal

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section March 4, 2020 0

Boosted By Its Vaunted Football Program, De La Salle Baseball Opened 2020 As The State’s No. 1 Team — And Chasing A Record Fifth Straight NCS Title • De La Salle will always be known as a football school. For as many championship banners as the Concord school’s other... Read more

Susac Family Fun Time: All Aboard Jesuit Baseball’s Hype Train

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section March 2, 2020 0

Major League Hype Follows Jesuit Baseball’s Susac Cousins As They Seek Return Trip To SJS Title Game • Sitting in the bleachers at Sacramento City College, seven-year-old Anthony Susac wanted to be a part of the fun, so he asked his dad for a few bucks, hustled to the... Read more

Grads Focus on Technique, Mobility at “The Foundation”

Blog Football High School Baseball/Softball High School Football High School Golf HS / CLUB Soccer LEVELUP INSIDERS North Coast Section February 4, 2020 0

Building On Movement Technique, Proper Mobility Are Focal Points Of College Park Football Grads Who Co-Own Concord’s The Foundation training facility Daniel Adler’s training facility is known as The Foundation: House of Movement for a good reason. His goal is to get young athletes to move the right way.... Read more

What is the cause of sports mental blocks?

High School Baseball/Softball LEVELUP INSIDERS October 17, 2019 0

To answer that, lets first answer this: What is a mental block in sports? Definition: It’s where an athlete physically cannot perform a movement or motion that they have demonstrated talent and ability for in the past. A number of baseball players came to us for a mental block... Read more

Trevor Gillilan: Scars & Spikes – A Baseball Story Of Resilience

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features North Coast Section September 9, 2019 0

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

Tommy Troy Los Gatos Baseball Honored SportStar of the Week

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball SportStars of the Week August 14, 2019 0

Tommy Troy, the Stanford-bound infielder, competed for the Northern California team in the prestigious Area Code Baseball showcase event in Long Beach from Aug. 5-9. Troy had his best day on Aug. 8, the only day NorCal had a double-header in the round robin schedule. He started both games... Read more

Area Code Baseball: Six Snapshots From NorCal Tryouts

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 9, 2019 0

SHORT CODES: Six Quick Profiles From The Northern California Tryouts For The 2019 Area Code Baseball Games Each year the top 220 or so high school baseball players from across the country come together to compete in the Area Code Games — a five-day showcase at Blair Field in... Read more

Nick Kresnak, Acalanes Baseball SportStar of the Week

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section SportStars of the Week August 2, 2019 0

The SportStar of the Week award goes to… Nick Kresnak, Acalanes-Lafayette – Baseball – Senior Nick Kresnak will close his summer out in style next week when he joins 28 of Northern California’s best-rising senior baseball players at the prestigious Area Code Baseball Games showcase in Long Beach. Kresnak... Read more

Steven Zobac Valley Christian-San Jose – Baseball SportStar of the Week

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball SportStars of the Week July 16, 2019 0

Steven Zobac was officially named the SportStars NorCal Baseball Player of the Year on July 5th. It came just a few weeks after he was one of five finalists for Cal-Hi Sports’ Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year Award. The Cal-bound talent batted .465 with 40 hits, 28... Read more