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Beyond the Game: Tackling the Crisis of Referee Shortages in High School and Youth Sports

Blog Club Sports Multi-Sport April 15, 2024 0

Whether you’re throwing touchdowns, dunking basketballs, or hitting home runs, every sport needs one vital piece, an unsung hero, the referee. Today, there is a major problem in high school and youth sports—the steady shortage of officials. This issue translates through every major sport in all 50 states. It’s... Read more

Is Sports Betting Legal in California?

Blog Multi-Sport March 18, 2020 0

Not yet, but you can bet it’s coming. Paid College Athletes and Sports Betting Present Big Changes for California Sports. Two significant changes are on the horizon for California sports in 2020. The recent move to allow payments to NCAA college athletes and a fall approval of sports betting... Read more

SPAAT’s 2019 OAKLAND ESPY AWARDEES

Blog Multi-Sport NorCal Edition North Coast Section Oakland Section June 6, 2019 0

SPAAT Announces The 2019 OAKLAND ESPY AWARDEES A spat (common in sports, popularized by football) is an over-the-cleat ankle tape job that provides support to the ankle, allowing the player to better control his/her body movement and overall athletic performance. Usually, it is part of the player’s ritual of... Read more

Find Success And Value In Hosting Your Sporting Event In Concord

Multi-Sport Outdoor March 16, 2018 0

Hosting Your Event In Concord Means Getting Variety Of Support, Including Cash Incentives. So you want to host a sporting event in the Bay Area. There’s a lot that goes into that obviously, especially cost and an immense amount of I-dotting and T-crossing. Visit Concord wants to help you... Read more

Placer County Pentathlon Returns

Multi-Sport December 15, 2017 0

Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to compete in a pentathlon? Well now is your chance to find out! The second installment of the Placer County Pentathlon is returning to Rocklin on Saturday, Jan. 27 at Sierra College and registration is currently open. Placer Valley... Read more

Fitness FRENZY Ups Mt. Diablo

Multi-Sport October 14, 2017 0

Concord Helps Host Pair Of Fitness Forward Events In October, November Get your step counter on. It’s time to get ready for the eighth running of the Diablo Summit Stump. A 30K marathon where the Mount Diablo summit is only the halfway point. The event, which is staged out... Read more

There’s a Sport for That, it’s Curling!

Club Sports Multi-Sport August 23, 2017 0

Yes, there’s a sport for everything! Well, in all fairness, we were introduced (reintroduced if you were to Google it) to Curling at the 2014 Olympics. Yep, it’s a sport — and it looks fun! Kind of like Bocce on ice! Wine Country Curling Club (WCCC) is counting down... Read more

The Ultimate Spectator Sport

Multi-Sport April 12, 2017 0

USA Ultimate College Championships Sail into Placer Valley. Placer Valley Tourism is thrilled to be teaming up with USA Ultimate again after a year hiatus, to bring not one but two exciting tournaments to Maidu Park this month. First up is the NorCal Division I College Men’s and Women’s... Read more

Making Our List, Checking It Twice

Multi-Sport December 16, 2016 0

We’ve almost reached the end to another calendar year. Which is always a little weird in the world of high school sports because we’re only through a third of the academic year. So when it’s naturally a time to reflect back, it feels off because you’re considering two... Read more

No Pain, No Gain In XC

LEVELUP INSIDERS Multi-Sport November 11, 2016 0

I’ve played all sorts of sports: Football, baseball, basketball, and I just don’t get cross country. It doesn’t even seem like a sport at all. You get out there and you don’t even run fast — you just jog. What kind of athletic skill does it take to... Read more

Assessing the NorCal Sports Landscape

CalHiSports Insights Multi-Sport October 28, 2016 0

One Month In. And just like that, September was gone. Our first full month of the 2016-17 year in high school athletics was a pretty eventful one. This is always a time of year where I like to use this space to take note of what we’ve learned about... Read more

Montaz Thompson

Multi-Sport North Coast Section SportStars of the Week September 16, 2016 0

SportStar Of The Week | Pittsburg | Football | Senior • The Pirates senior running back continued his monster start to the season on Sept. 9 when he rushed for 379 yards and four touchdowns to lift Pittsburg to a 48-25 win over visiting Serra-San Mateo. Thompson wasted no... Read more

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