Sportstars
Isa Silva: Top Recruit Leads Jesuit Into 2019-20
Tabbed By One Evaluator As “A Magician,” Isa Silva Leads A Promising Marauders Roster That Has Jesuit Aiming For A Return To Sac-Joaquin Section Elite • Two months, three states, two countries. With that track record, you could say Isa Silva is getting used to flying across the country.  This... Read more
Campolindo Volleyball: Bounce Back Brings State Run
After Being Swept In The Section Finals, The Cougars Found New Motivation And Became The First Campolindo Team To Reach A Division I State Volleyball Final • John Vuong knew the players on his Campolindo volleyball team were hurting.  As the team sat together in the aftermath of a... Read more
Pittsburg Football’s Swashbuckler Survival Guide
The 2019 Pirates Have Battled Their Way Through The Types Of Adversity That Have Derailed Pittsburg Football Teams Of The Recent Past • In most cases, the loss of a quarterback to injury would qualify as one of the most adverse circumstances a high school football team could face. That... Read more
Campolindo Boys Basketball: Recipe For A Title
It All Came Together As The Campolindo Boys Basketball Program Won Its First State Title Last Season — Can A Talented Cougars Roster Find The Right Mix For A Repeat? After winning a state basketball championship, coaches and players are apt to reflect on all the hard work that... Read more
Saint Francis Volleyball Sweeps Oak Ridge
Saint Francis Volleyball Wins Section Title 3-0 Over Oak Ridge The top-ranked Saint Francis volleyball team swept No. 3 Oak Ridge 25-21, 25-18, 25-13 to win the school’s first Sac-Joaquin Section title in volleyball since 2012 and 13th in school history. “I am super proud of them,” said Head... Read more
Jzaniya Harriel: Sac Region’s Top Recruit Leads Feisty Antelope
FLASH OF THE TITANS: Do-Everything Recruit Jzaniya Harriel Leads An Antelope Team Full Of Guards Bent On Out-Running, Out-Shooting And Outlasting Anyone • Squeaking sneakers scramble to midcourt during Antelope’s girls basketball practice in early November, Jzaniya Harriel and her teammates then dart toward one of six baskets that... Read more
St. Joseph Girls Basketball: Pilots Ready To Fire Afterburners
Alameda’s St. Joseph Notre Dame Has Reached A North Coast Section Final In Each Of The Past Five Seasons — And Is Ready To Add On • We’ve all been there: Ms. Grunion’s English class, and it’s time to write a book report. Ms. Grunion, who settles for no... Read more
Nothing But Net: Best Of The West Hits Hardwood
BEST OF THE WEST RETURNS TO HARDWOOD PALACE IN ROCKLIN On Nov. 12-14, Regency Baptist Academy will host it’s fourth annual basketball and volleyball championships The fourth annual Best of the West tournament returns to Hardwood Palace in Rocklin on Nov. 12-14 and will showcase basketball and volleyball teams... Read more
Davis Football: Rise Of The Devils
YEAR OF ASCENSION: Two Years Removed From An 0-10 Season, The Blue Devils Roll Into The SJS Playoffs As 9-1 Delta League Champs • A series of blue and white banners hang on the wall of the Davis High gymnasium. Each symbolizing athletic success by sport. While the basketball,... Read more
Vista del Lago Football: Operating In The Shadows
It’s Not The Headline-Grabbing Program From Folsom, But Vista Del Lago Football Is Thriving With A Backup Quarterback As League Showdown Looms • When 2018 NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes went down with a dislocated kneecap on Oct. 17, the sporting world took notice. But few fans heard about Vista... Read more
Berkeley Water Polo Star Georgia Tomasik
SportStar of the Week — Georgia Tomasik, Berkeley Water Polo, Senior Georgia Tomasik has been a driving force for a very good Berkeley Yellow Jackets water polo team this fall. Through her first 16 games, Georgia had 78 goals for an average of 4.9 per game. She also assisted... Read more
USA Boxing’s 2019 Last Chance Qualifier
Gloves are On! USA Boxing’s 2019 Last Chance Qualifier Comes to Oxnard… National PAL Boxing Tournament Takes Place November 1-9, 2019 and offers last shot at Team USA 2020 Olympics. Spectators and elite boxers are invited to participate in this prestigious tournament. It’s one of the largest amateur boxing... Read more