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Shaped By Sports | Tom Costello’s #NeverStop Reflection

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section May 14, 2020 0

A Coaching Legend’s Brief Remark Helped Dublin High Basketball Coach Tom Costello Crystalize His Philosophy And Career Goals • This is part of the SportStars #NeverStop Project What is it about sports that shapes you? There’s a hot, summer day in July 1998 that will forever be etched in... Read more

Ben Dillard, Oak Ridge Swimmer – What Would’ve Been

Aquatics Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week May 11, 2020 0

SportStar Ben Dillard, a senior swimmer from Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills, is a champion. A record-setting champion in fact. Dillard’s the kind of guy who fills the grandstands. The sort of swimmer whom spectators and other swimmers alike find themselves rooting for in hopes of witnessing a new record.... Read more

Hannah Malek, No. 20 | A #NeverStop Basketball Love Story

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section May 8, 2020 3

Nothing Was Going To Keep Hannah Malek Away From The Game Of Basketball — And The St. Francis-Sacramento Program Was Made Richer Because Of It • This is part of the SportStars #NeverStop Project If you’d told me I was going to be a varsity athlete when I was... Read more

YV Soccer- Alejandro Lopez Gets Star Treatment

HS / CLUB Soccer North Coast Section SportStars of the Week May 7, 2020 0

Editors Select Ygnacio Valley-Concord Senior Alejandro Lopez SportStar Of The Week for his prowess on the soccer field Alejandro Lopez was a four-year varsity player and three-year captain for the Ygnacio Valley Warriors. He closed out his prep career by leading the team to the North Coast Section Division... Read more

From Callero To Zuardo | One Coach’s #NeverStop Thanks To His Mentors

#NeverStop Project Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section May 5, 2020 0

Heritage High Baseball Coach Kevin Brannan Offers A #NeverStop Salute To Mike Callero And Lou Zuardo, The Coaches Who Shaped His Career • As several players have thanked their coaches as part of this project, sometimes coaches need to do the same. There are two people — Mike Callero... Read more

Legendary Footprint | Tom Gonsalves Exits St. Mary’s Girls Hoops

High School Basketball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section May 4, 2020 0

After Making The Stockton School A Girls Basketball National Force, Coach Tom Gonsalves Has Stepped Down After Illustrious Two-Decade Run • Good coaches build a program. Only the elite raise a region. When Tom Gonsalves took over at St. Mary’s of Stockton in 2002, the Sac-Joaquin Section was far... Read more

Triumph Through Tragedy | #NeverStop: Dino Kahaulelio On His Best Game

#NeverStop Project High School Football North Coast Section April 29, 2020 0

Dino Kahaulelio Faced Several Hardships In His Cardinal Newman Football Career — And They Lie At The Heart Of His #NeverStop Story On The Best Game He’s Played • My name’s Dino Kahaulelio and I graduated from Cardinal Newman High in Santa Rosa in 2019. This is a story... Read more

Richard Fernando: Salesian Team Manager To The NBA | A #NeverStop Journey

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 28, 2020 0

Richard Fernando Scored One Point In His Salesian High School Career, And Now Makes A Living In The NBA — Coach Bill Mellis Tells A #NeverStop Tale Of That One-Point Effort • Early on in my time as head coach at Salesian, I decided that we needed to have... Read more

Role With It | A #NeverStop Tale Of Pain, Perseverance & Payoff

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 27, 2020 1

Campolindo Junior Emmanuel Callas Adds To The #NeverStop Project By Sharing About 16 Months Of Basketball Ups And Downs — And Embracing One’s Role • My name is Emmanuel Callas. I play basketball for the Campolindo Cougars in Moraga. This is a story about disappointment, hard work, perseverance and... Read more

Unbelievable Effort: 2010 De La Salle Football | A #NeverStop Memory

#NeverStop Project High School Football North Coast Section April 23, 2020 0

De La Salle Football Coach Justin Alumbaugh Contributes To The SportStars #NeverStop Project With A Spartans Moment That Even Caught Him By Surprise • It is always difficult for me to describe moments where I’ve been truly surprised during my coaching career. Teenagers are capable of some incredible things,... Read more

SportStars’ Girls Wrestling Big 10 | NorCal’s Best Wrestlers (’11-’20)

Big 10 Anniversary Project Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section April 22, 2020 1

SportStars’ 10 Year Anniversary Project Continues With Its Girls Wrestling Big 10 — The Magazine’s Top 10 NorCal Girls Wrestlers Of The Past Decade • Welcome to the SportStars’ Girls Wrestling BIG 10. This is an installation of our Big 10 Project: A 10-months-long anniversary project to celebrate what... Read more

Thanks, Coach Walker | St. Pat’s Tameiya Sadler’s #NeverStop Letter

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 22, 2020 0

St. Patrick-St. Vincent All-NorCal Guard, Tameiya Sadler, Writes An Open Letter Of Thanks To Basketball Coach Nadine Walker For The #NeverStop Project • I’ve had a number of amazing coaches throughout my years of playing basketball, but there will never be one as special as Coach Walker. Since I... Read more