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All-NorCal Football Defense 2019: SportStars Honors 26
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
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
CIF North Coast Section Dual Meet Championships – Finals
SportStars Wrestling INSIDER Al Fontes (The California Wrestler) offers up his CIF North Coast Section Dual Meet High School Wrestling Championships Finals report. Here’s his news from the mats. DIVISION I EAST BAY 1 – De La Salle (EBAL) 2 – Granada (EBAL) 3 – James Logan (MVAL) 4... Read more
Jackson Pavitt | SportStars 2019 NorCal Offensive Player Of The Year
Accounting For 41 Touchdowns, Cardinal Newman’s Jackson Pavitt Was A Prolific Dual-Threat QB — And Just The Right Leader For 3-AA State Bowl Champions • A great quarterback once said, “You can’t have success if you don’t visualize it first.” That great quarterback is the SportStars NorCal Offensive Player of... Read more
Shamar Garrett | 2019 SportStars NorCal Football Player Of The Year
After A Remarkable Senior Year, Shamar Garrett Closed His Three-Year Varsity Career With A Place Among De La Salle’s Best Two-Way Skill Players • For as much talent that takes the field for De La Salle year-in and year-out, Northern California’s best football program of the last four decades... Read more
Grads Focus on Technique, Mobility at “The Foundation”
Building On Movement Technique, Proper Mobility Are Focal Points Of College Park Football Grads Who Co-Own Concord’s The Foundation training facility Daniel Adler’s training facility is known as The Foundation: House of Movement for a good reason. His goal is to get young athletes to move the right way.... 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
Granada Wrestlers Win State Dual Championship
Granada (NCS) Wins California State Dual Meet Championships – Division 4 Feature photo: Granada’s Rylan Matheson, Carter Bailey, and Edward Vilchis receive Championship trophy CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 108 Nathaniel Jackson (North Bakersfield) F Emilio Renteria (Granada), 0:43 115 Jaden Namayan (Granada) F Daniel Ornelaz (North Bakersfield), 1:24 122 Kalob Lopez... Read more
MVP Alexsandra Alvarado Takes SportStar Honors
Alexsandra Alvarado, Salesian-Richmond, Basketball, Junior, SportStar of the Week Alexsandra Alvarado continues to show up big! She closed out 2019 by earning the MVP Award for the West Coast Jamboree Diamond Division.  this was in the Pride’s biggest games- when it really counts! Alvarado scored 22 points in a... Read more
SportStars’ Girls Volleyball BIG 10 | NorCal’s Best Players (’10-’19)
SportStars’ Anniversary Project Begins With The Girls Volleyball Big 10 — Our Top 10 NorCal Girls Volleyball Players From The Past 10 Seasons (2010-2019) • Welcome to the SportStars’ Girls Volleyball BIG 10.  This is an installation to our Big 10 Project: A 10-months long anniversary project to celebrate... Read more
Aidan Mahaney Campo Basketball SportStar of the Week
Aidan Mahaney, Campolindo Moraga Basketball, Sophomore named SportStar of the Week. One season after being named the Cal-Hi Sports Boys Basketball State Freshman of the Year, Aidan Mahaney picked up right where he left off. At the halfway mark of the regular season (through 13 games), Mahaney was averaging... Read more
Maddy Goldberg: Foothill Soccer GK Is Keeping It 100
Pleasanton’s Maddy Goldberg Is Taking Charge — And One Of NorCal’s Best Goalkeepers Has Foothill Off To A Strong Start • Don’t expect Maddy Goldberg to quietly, unassumingly hang out around the goal box. The always-vocal Foothill High junior is constantly in motion, whether the action is headed her... Read more