New NorCal High School Baseball Rankings

SportStars’ All-NorCal Basketball Teams

Basketball High School Baseball/Softball High School Basketball June 2, 2016 0

THRILLING 30: Our first, second and third teams for boys and girls 2015-16 SportStars All-NorCal Basketball Teams BOYS FIRST TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR SOLOMON YOUNG | 6-7, Forward | Sacramento | Sr. The Dragons’ big man led Sacramento to a 30-win campaign that included a Sac-Joaquin Section Div.... Read more

Five for Spring

Baseball CalHiSports Insights High School Baseball/Softball May 4, 2016 0

When did May get here? Weren’t we just writing about our All-NorCal football teams and previewing baseball and softball? For whatever reason, it often feels like no high school sporting season goes by faster than spring. As a sports writer, it always feels like we emerge from the basketball... Read more

Welcome to SportsPlex Nation

High School Baseball/Softball High School Basketball HS / CLUB Soccer May 4, 2016 0

HAVE BALL, WILL TRAVEL: If your neighborhood doesn’t have an oversized youth sports facility, it’s falling behind the times. Welcome to SportsPlex Nation! Outside it’s an unseasonably warm January weekday afternoon in Walnut Creek. But Mike Samuels is inside. And happy to be there. Samuels is showing off the... Read more

Danielle Williams – Amador Valley – Softball

Baseball High School Baseball/Softball SportStars of the Week April 29, 2016 0

Danielle Williams was the best pitcher in the East Bay as a freshman in 2015. So far in 2016, she’s making the case to be the best pitcher in the entire Bay Area. In a one week stretch from March 28-April 1, Williams pitched 18 no-hit, shutout innings with... Read more

Leading The Herd

High School Baseball/Softball March 23, 2016 0

A deep, experienced roster aims to lead long-established SJS power, Elk Grove, toward a 10th crown. Read more

Softball 2016: Big Blue Machine

Baseball High School Baseball/Softball March 10, 2016 0

Alhambra may have the Bay Area’s best 1-through-9 softball order — and it may not be close Read more

Vincent Byrd II Still Swinging so we went Byrd Watching

High School Baseball/Softball August 20, 2015 0

Four years after gracing our cover as an eighth-grade slugger, Vincent Byrd II is still swinging away Vincent Byrd II counts his blessings like he counts on the advice of four former professional baseball players. The 6-foot-7-inch graduate of Sacramento’s El Camino High sounds sincerely thankful when asked about... Read more

Rocklin Solid. Rocklin Little League Stars Breakthrough

High School Baseball/Softball August 10, 2015 0

The 12-year olds of the Rocklin Little League Major All-Stars look for a breakthrough The Rocklin Little League All-Stars have plenty of postseason experience and victories at district, section and state tournaments. Manager Mike Delucchi’s boys know what it’s like to face the top competition in the area. And... Read more

Bay Area Spring Athletes of the Year

Baseball High School Baseball/Softball July 1, 2015 0

Alhambra’s Briana Perez and College Park’s Joe DeMers were a cut above Read more

Samantha Owen-Softball – Junior

Baseball High School Baseball/Softball SportStars of the Week June 22, 2015 0

The Lancers’ junior captain came up big on the biggest stage, going 7-for-7 with a home run and six RBI in a pair of victories that gave East Union its first Sac-Joaquin Section softball championship since 2004 Read more

Kim Trice-Softball-Senior

Baseball High School Baseball/Softball SportStars of the Week June 22, 2015 0

The defending Bay Valley Athletic League Most Valuable Player looks well on her way to winning the award for a second straight year. The Patriots’ slugging first baseman absolutely pulverized BVAL pitching during the first two weeks of league play from April 14-23. In four games, she went 8-for-12... Read more

Relentless

Baseball High School Baseball/Softball June 18, 2015 0

Once the East Union-Manteca softball team reached the SJS finals, they weren’t going home without a title. Read more