Sportstars
Maxime Rooney
SportStar Of The Week | Granada-Livermore | Swimming | Senior (2016) • The Matadors’ University of Florida-bound star won the 200-yard freestyle final in 1 minute, 33.7 seconds at the NCS Championships on May 14. The time set a national high school record that would stand for only a... Read more
SportStars joins with the Sacramento River Cats to honor the Sac-Joaquin sections best athletes of 2015-2016. Read more
Challenges. We face them at every level of sports — and youth sports faces challenges of many kinds – especially funding. That’s why SportStars continually endeavors to expand its reach and offer our help. The magazine has one of the lowest ad rate costs of any major sports media... Read more
Charles Hillary – Senior – Football
   The shifty running back closed out a stellar postseason by rushing for 125 yards and the eventual game-winning touchdown in a 14-7 win over St. Helena in the North Coast Section Div. V championship on Dec. 5.  Read more
Elizabeth Cameron –  Volleyball – Junior
  The junior setter has helped the Trojans to a 14-0 start as they set sights on battling for a title in the newly-aligned Sierra Foothill League. Cameron, who split the setting duties with Moira McVicar last year, was charged with being Oak Ridge’s primary setter as a junior and... Read more
   I saw our girls’ volleyball team play its first game, and I couldn’t help but notice that they wear very tight, very short shorts. But then when I see the girls’ basketball team play, they wear really baggy shorts. What’s going on? — R.D., Livermore    I thought... Read more
Arturo Sotomayor – Track & Field – Junior
   After a disappointing trip to the CIF State Track and Field Championships at the beginning of June, the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters 800 meters champion was determined to get back to his winning ways.  Read more
Nate Moore – Track and Field – Senior
By winning the CIF State Track and Field title in both the triple jump and long jump, Moore entrenched himself as one of the Bay Area’s — and state’s — best jumpers of all time. Read more
Katie Kibby – Softball – Sophomore
   Kibby went the distance in the Bulldogs’ 3-0 victory over Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove that clinched the program’s fourth Sac-Joaquin Section Division I title. She rebounded from her first loss of the season by returning to the circle and scattering five hits to earn a complete game shutout. Read more
Ally Howe – Swimming – Senior
National records tend to fall on a routine basis at the Bay Area’s two section swim championships. There were three new ones set between the Central Coast and North Coast Section events this year, but only one had famed Olympic champion Missy Franklin’s name attached to it. It was... Read more
Kaylee James – Heritage – Softball
Patriots softball has taken off in April, winning seven of nine games and entering their April 29 game against Antioch having won six straight. A big reason for it has been Kaylee James’ performance at the top of the batting order. In Bay Valley Athletic League wins over… Heritage... Read more
Jeremiah Moore – Roseville – Senior
   The senior displayed his prowess on the mound and at the plate during the 6th Annual Albie Swingin’ For Life Benefit. In a 2-1 win over Antelope, Moore went the distance, allowing just three hits and striking out 10 Titans in a complete-game victory. The Lions also defeated…  Read more