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Brooke Hershberger – Granite Bay – Volleyball

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week December 18, 2013 0

The middle blocker helped the Grizzlies to a California Interscholastic Federation Division I State Championship and a perfect 45-0 record. She was a major force at the net with 171 kills and 61 blocks for the season. Hershberger averaged 8 kills per match during Granite Bay’s run through the... Read more

David Ortega – Concord – Football

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week December 18, 2013 0

Facing the state-record holder for passing touchdowns in Folsom’s Jake Browning, Ortega and his defensive teammates helped the Spartans win the California Interscholastic Open Division Northern Regional bowl game 49-17 by executing a solid game plan against the Bulldogs’ spread attack. It went so well that Ortega came up... Read more

Selina Haefk – Martinez – Weightlifting

Multi-Sport December 5, 2013 0

After one of Haefke’s track and field coaches — Sam Viglienzone, also the Alhambra wrestling coach — suggested the shot and discus thrower try weightlifting, something clicked. It turns out, she was a natural. And after summer of rigorous two-a-day training workouts, Haefke attended the International Powerlifting League World... Read more

Tanner Hughes – El Dorado Hills – Football

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week December 5, 2013 0

The fullback rushed for 63 yards and three touchdowns in the Trojans’ 26-20 Sac-Joaquin Section semifinal victory over Delta River League foe Pleasant Grove on Nov. 29. Hughes powered in from 6 yards, and added a pair of 3-yard scores to account for the majority of Oak Ridge’s points.... Read more

Joe Mixon 5-Star Recruit -Freedom HS, Oakley – High School Football

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week November 21, 2013 0

Over the past decade, very few East Bay running backs have entered their final season with the type of expectations which faced Joe Mixon this fall. Considered a 5-star recruit by every major scouting service, and at one point holding as many as 50 scholarship offers from major college... Read more

Lauren Owens Davis – Water Polo

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week November 21, 2013 0

Owens was a key contributor at both ends of the pool, leading the Blue Devils to their fifth consecutive Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship. A four-year starter, Owens was a section champion every year. She scored once in Davis’s 11-3 rout of St. Francis in this year’s title game... Read more

Dylan Kainrath Loomis – Football

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week October 31, 2013 0

The running back has taken over the rushing load after TeVon Rhyne went down with a season-ending knee injury in the team’s second game. Kainrath’s latest effort saw him carry the ball 50 times for 226 yards and score three TDs in the Golden Eagles’ win over… Read more

Belinda Hu San Ramon – Golf

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week October 31, 2013 0

When it comes to a postseason debut, it doesn’t get much better than what Hu did at the North Coast Section Div. I Golf Championships atPeacock Gap Golf Club on Oct. 28. Two weeks after shooting 2-under at the Diablo Foothill Athletic League Championships, Hu tied for… Read more

Sara Hibbs Bella Vista – Volleyball

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week October 17, 2013 0

Sara Hibbs is the SportStars of the Week for our Sac-Joaquin edition. She is the middle blocker/outside hitter who paced the Broncos to a 12-game winning streak that included a 3-1 win over defending Capital Valley Conference and Division III section champion Oakmont-Roseville. The captain has led the team to... Read more

Nsimba Webster Antioch – Football

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week October 17, 2013 0

SportStars of the Week is Nsimba Webster. He is a senior this year and is the quarterback for Deer Valley – Antioch. The dual-threat signal-caller has used his arm and his legs — and a massively talented and athletic supporting cast, which includes his twin brother, Nzuzi — to lead... Read more

Lea Felton Sacramento – Volleyball

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week September 11, 2013 0

The senior middle blocker/out- side hitter recorded 37 kills in nine matches to help the Troubadours to the High Sierra Invitational title. She hit 35.5 percent and had had five or more kills in four matches to go with nine blocks and 11 digs. Her performance at the... Read more

Harris Ross Pittsburg – Football

Multi-Sport SportStars of the Week September 11, 2013 0

The Pirates’ running back was already prepared to be a major workhorse for his team this season, but he was never going to be counted on as much as he was on Sept. 6 when Pittsburg hosted California a week after a season-opening loss in which starting quarterback... Read more

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