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Monte Vista’s Sarah Brans – SportStar of the Week
Sarah Brans, Monte Vista-Danville’s Basketball Soph. Posts Double-Double earning here SportStar of the Week accolades One of the youngest varsity teams in the East Bay got off to a stellar 7-2 start thanks in large part to the efforts of Sarah Brans. Brans posted a double-double of 18 points... Read more
Salesian Girls Basketball: Pride Powers Way To Diamond Delight
Richmond Power Showcases Its Talented, Balanced And Grit-Filled Roster En Route To Winning West Coast Jamboree’s Diamond Division • There was a moment during the Salesian girls basketball game with Miramonte-Orinda when the raucous crowd fell silent.  It came as guard Alexsandra Alvarado went down on the Las Lomas... Read more
SportStars NorCal Wrestling Team Rankings | Dec. 24
Gilroy Leads The Pack, But It’s Not A Runaway As Vacaville, Pitman, Del Oro And Oakdale All Trail By Narrow Margins • All season, SportStars will align the best wrestlers of each weight class, and the top teams in Northern California into lists of the 10 or 15 best.... Read more
Favorite 2019 SportStars Cover | Vote For Your Regional Favorites
We’ve Chosen A Dozen Finalists And Now We Leave It To Our Fans To Vote For Their Favorite 2019 SportStars Covers From Each Region • As we enter the final week of 2019, we thought we’d have some fun with a contest to decide our best covers of the... Read more
Cardinal Newman: Cardinals Football Collectively Says ‘No Flippin’ Way’
Two Years After The Tubbs Fire, And One Year After A Coin Flip Ended Its Season, Cardinal Newman Football Wasn’t Going To Waste Its Shot Jackson Pavitt stood near midfield teetering on the edge of being emotionally wrecked. The Cardinal Newman High quarterback had just delivered another one of... Read more
Jackson Pavitt Cardinal Newman Football, SportStar of the Week
Jackson Pavitt Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa — Football — Senior Named SportStar of the Week Jackson Pavitt has been one of NorCal’s most dangerous dual-threat quarterbacks over the past two seasons. He closed his Cardinal’s career with a signature performance. Pavitt rushed for 176 yards and two touchdowns and threw for... Read more
CIF Football: Underdog De La Salle Set For Bosco Battle
De La Salle Steels Itself To Challenge National No. 1 St. John Bosco In The CIF Football Open Division State Championship • When you are as good as national No. 1-ranked St. John Bosco High-Bellflower, the array of talent never ends. With more than two dozen college recruits and threats... Read more
Rancho Cotate Football: Rasheed Rankin Powers Relentless Cougars
Fueled By Its Bruising Running Back, Rancho Cotate Football Claimed Its First NCS Title In 17 Years And Has Shot At A CIF 3-A State Bowl Appearance • Listed at 6-foot-1 and 225 pounds on the Rancho Cotate football roster, Rasheed Rankin has shoulders broad enough to support his... Read more
De La Salle Football Lu Magia Hearns SportStar of the Week
LU MAGIA HEARNS De La Salle Football Named SportStar of the Week Playing against the program that his dad starred for 25 years ago, Lu Magia Hearns delivered an electric five-minute sequence that helped the De La Salle Spartans defeat Pittsburg 49-7 in the North Coast Section Division I championship... Read more
SportStars NorCal Volleyball Rankings: 2019 FINAL
FINAL NorCal Volleyball Rankings: CIF NorCal Open Champion Marin Catholic Goes Wire-To-Wire As NorCal’s No. 1; WCAL Lands Three In Top Six • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All Records Are Final (via MaxPreps.com) 1. (1)  —  Marin Catholic-Kentfield   35-4    2. (2)  —  Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland   30-8   3. (3)  — ... Read more
Foothill High Sends Spirit All-American to Disney Competition
Muna Bellot, sophomore from Foothill High School in Pleasanton, California, has been selected to perform in the annual Orlando Varsity Spirit All-American  Thanksgiving Tour, held at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Bellot along with more than 300 high school cheerleaders from across the U.S. joins the tour. _______________________________ GET CONNECTED:... Read more
John Brindley Encinal Football SportStar of The Week
SportStar of The Week — John Brindley Encinal-Alameda – Football – Senior After seeing his team’s 21-0 lead evaporate in the span of nine minutes on Friday night, John Brindley was given the chance to give the Jets a victory as time expired. _______________________________ GET CONNECTED: Follow SportStars on Twitter & Instagram | Like us on Facebook | Subscribe! _______________________________... Read more