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#NeverStop Project | Calling On Sports Passion In A Time Without Sports

As COVID-19 Keeps Athletes & Coaches Stuck At Home, SportStars Is Asking Them To Share Their Passion For Sports Through Stories, Essays And More — A Call To #NeverStop • So here we are. Stuck at home. With no sports to play. No sports to watch. No definitive end to... Read more

Girls Basketball Fan Vote | SportStars’ NorCal Player Of The Year

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section April 1, 2020 36

While We Prepare Our NorCal Postseason Honors Release, We’re Asking Readers To Take Part In Our Girls Basketball Fan Vote For The Region’s Top Player • SportStars will be releasing its NorCal Player of the Year and All-NorCal teams in our upcoming April 10 issue. While we’ll be producing... Read more

Boys Basketball Fan Vote | SportStars’ NorCal Player Of The Year

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section March 31, 2020 113

While We Prepare Our NorCal Postseason Honors Release, We’re Asking Readers To Take Part In Our Boys Basketball Fan Vote For The Region’s Top Player • SportStars will be releasing its NorCal Player of the Year and All-NorCal teams in our upcoming April 10 issue. While we’ll be producing... Read more

All-NorCal Wrestling Honors | Ike’s Ironmen & Ironwomen 2020

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section March 26, 2020 0

Chase Saldate, Lilly Freitas and 22 NorCal teams represented in SportStars’ Third Annual All-NorCal Wrestling Honors • Though it again spanned three grueling days, the combined Boys-Girls CIF Wrestling Championships at Mechanics Bank (formerly Rabobank) Arena in Bakersfield was a resounding triumph for NorCal’s best wrestlers. And for the... Read more

Chase Saldate | Gilroy Wrestling Star’s Countdown To Liftoff

Central Coast Section High School Sports Features High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW March 19, 2020 0

National No. 1 And CIF State Wrestling Champion, Chase “Satellite” Saldate Is An Other-Worldly Sensation — And Our NorCal Wrestler Of The Year • 10. For Chase Saldate, the countdown for his liftoff into orbit begins now. After he graduates from Gilroy High, the 152-pound InterMat National No. 1... Read more

Viral Disruption: NorCal Teams Cope With State Basketball Cancellations

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section March 17, 2020 0

Twelve NorCal Teams See Title Dreams End After CIF Is Forced Into State Basketball Cancellations As The Coronavirus Outbreak Accelerated • And then there were no championships. On the morning of March 12, the sudden CIF State Basketball cancellations brought the stark reality of the Coronavirus pandemic to the... Read more

CIF Wrestling Preview: A Weight-By-Weight Boys & Girls Breakdown

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Los Angeles City Section North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section Southern Section February 27, 2020 0

SportStars’ Wrestling Guru, Ike Dodson, Runs Down Each Division Listing Favorites As Well As NorCal’s Top Contenders, Dark Horses • 2020 CIF Wrestling Preview The walls of Mechanics Banks (formerly Rabobank) Arena will soon be singing the sweet melody of state championship wrestling. Thursday’s pigtail rounds open 28 brackets... Read more

SportStars Girls Golf BIG 10 | NorCal’s Best Golfers (’10-’19)

Big 10 Anniversary Project Central Coast Section High School Golf North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section February 17, 2020 1

SportStars’ 10 Year Anniversary Project Continues With Its Girls Golf Big 10 — The Magazine’s Top 10 NorCal Girls Golfers Of The Past 10 Seasons (2010-2019) • The SportStars Girls Golf Big 10 is the second offering to a 10-months long anniversary project to celebrate what will be 10... Read more

All-NorCal Football Defense 2019: SportStars Honors 26

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section February 12, 2020 0

Meet The 26 Players Comprising SportStars’ All-NorCal Football Defense 2019 Roster — Led By Defensive Player Of The Year, Marcus Jones Jr. • We do things differently at SportStars. Rather than build an all-region roster broken into first- and second-team honors, we build one complete roster. The 26 players... Read more

All-NorCal Football Offense 2019: SportStars Honors 25

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section February 11, 2020 0

Meet The 25 Players Comprising SportStars’ All-NorCal Football Offense 2019 Roster — Led By Offensive Player Of The Year, Jackson Pavitt • We do things differently at SportStars. Rather than build an all-region roster broken into first- and second-team honors, we build one complete roster. The 25 players below... Read more

Riordan Basketball: Pick Your Poison

Central Coast Section High School Basketball High School Sports Features February 7, 2020 0

An Explosive Senior Backcourt, Height For Days, And Plenty Of Experience Helped Riordan Basketball Attain NorCal’s No. 1 Ranking Heading Into February • It was the final minute of the first half. Archbishop Riordan High guard Je’Lani Clark buried a 3-pointer, setting the home crowd off in the packed... Read more

SportStar Mike Mitchell (Mitty) Best in League

Central Coast Section High School Basketball SportStars of the Week February 4, 2020 0

Mike Mitchell Archbishop Mitty- San Jose – Basketball Jr. Named SportStar of the Week. Mike Mitchell is considered by some to be the best all-around player in the vaunted West Catholic Athletic League. The Archbishop Mitty Jr. and Pepperdine-commit helped lead the Monarchs to a 16-3 overall record through... Read more