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CIF Wrestling Preview: A Weight-By-Weight Boys & Girls Breakdown
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
Clovis North Takes 2020 Mission San Jose Invitational
In a match for the ages, complete with wrestling tradition, the Clovis North Broncos Took the 2020 Mission San Jose Invitational to the house. TOP 10 TEAM SCORES 1 – Clovis North (CS): 243.0 2 – Clovis (CS): 204.0 3 – Buchanan (CS): 193.0 4 – Evergreen Valley (CC):... Read more
USTA Honor Juniors Honor Roll: July 2019
July is the month where the best in the U.S. battle on the Clay Courts all over Florida during the USTA Boys’ and Girls’ National Clay Court Championships. And it is no exception that Team NorCal is traveling across the country to compete for titles. So let’s dive right... Read more
SportStars 2019 Football Preview Cover Vote
SportStars Football Preview OFFICIAL Voting Welcome to the 2019 Cover Vote! Tell us who should grace our SportStars Football Preview covers next month. We’ll have our two covers, Bay Area and Sac-Joaquin. So tell us who you believe are the most deserving players for each region. GOT A WRITE-IN VOTE? EMAIL... Read more
Team NorCal Battles on National Level
NorCal Juniors Honor Roll: May 2019 In May, Team NorCal traveled to Florida and Southern California to battle on the national level and on the ITF tour. Team NorCal started the month by heading to Delray Beach, FL, from April 29, to May 4, at the Delray Beach ITF.... Read more
St. Francis Track & Field Qualifies for State Championships
St. Francis Track & Field Qualifies Three and Relay for State Championships The St. Francis track and field team won the first ever Sac-Joaquin Section Masters team title behind three individual wins, a second-place relay and three additional top-five performances Saturday in rainy conditions at Davis Senior High School.... Read more
Rock Stars Travel to SoCal and Nevada
NorCal Juniors Honor Roll: April 2019 April was an exceptional month for Team NorCal, on the national and international level. Keeping it close to home, our rock star players traveled to Southern California and Nevada to compete. First on the agenda, the coveted USTA International Spring Championships from March... Read more
State of Baseball Playoffs
CIF Could Be On the Cusp of State Championship Event For Baseball • The last official CIF state baseball championship was in 1922 in Los Angeles as Sacramento High blanked Franklin-Los Angeles 3-0. San Diego High won the year before over host Chico and also won titles in 1918... Read more
Biggest Junior Tournaments of the Year
NorCal Juniors Honor Roll: March 2019 As we close the first quarter of 2019, we take a look back at one of the biggest junior tournaments of the year: the Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, CA. Prior to the Easter Bowl, Team NorCal also played at the USTA Southern... Read more
Girls Wrestling: 2019 CIF State Championship Preview
Ready for Rabobank: Girls Wrestling Joins The Big Show As CIF Welcomes The Field To Its Premier State Championship Venue Alongside The Boys • It will stretch the action to three days and eliminate the finals stage and spotlight, but the girls wrestling earned participation at the premier venue... Read more
CIF State Wrestling: NorCal’s Top Contenders
It’s Our Annual Weight-By-Weight Breakdown Preview Of The CIF State Wrestling Championships. Who Is NorCal’s Best Hope? Who Could Bracket-bust? • Seeds schmeeds. No matter where wrestlers landed in the 14 40-man brackets at the CIF State Wrestling Championships, they have the scrambler’s chance to victory. It’s what makes... Read more
First Pitch: CIF on High School Sports Officials
First Pitch: Black & White Issue On Jan. 11, the California Interscholastic Federation released an op-ed about high school sports officials. It was emailed to the various media outlets throughout the state which still cover high school sports. (It’s not as big a list as it used to be).... Read more