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Into The Void | NorCal Football Coaches Cope, Hope And Wait

Central Coast Section High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section October 5, 2020 0

Football Coaches Across Northern California Adapt And Cling To Optimism As Their Annual Favorite Time Of Year Has Become A Torturous Waiting Game • Pinning their hopes on a winter start for a high school season postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic, NorCal football coaches are growing anxious. As the... Read more

Chris Toler: Heat Check | Hoops Coach, Fire Captain’s Long Summer

High School Basketball High School Sports Features North Coast Section September 30, 2020 0

Perspective Has A Way Of Changing With The Season For St. Mary’s-Berkeley Girls Basketball Coach Chris Toler, A Contra Costa County Fire Captain • Sometimes basketball takes a back seat — and now is one of those times for Chris Toler. The disappointment for Toler and his St. Mary’s... Read more

California’s Top Wrestler Rankings – September 2020

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Los Angeles City Section North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section September 30, 2020 0

Feature image: 120 – RICHARD FIGUEROA (Selma, CS, 12) 3x California State Champion/#1 Nation California’s Top Wrestler Rankings by Open Mat are contributed by SportStars INSIDER, Al Fontes of The California Wrestler. Rankings by Weight Class 106 – Aden Valencia (Ann Sobrato, CC, 9) #4 106 – Isaiah Quintero... Read more

Mt. Diablo High | Origin Stories To Red Devils’ Sports Facilities

LEVELUP INSIDERS North Coast Section September 25, 2020 0

Series By The Clayton Pioneer Digs Into The Names Behind School Sports Facilities, Starting With Mt. Diablo High, Concord’s Original • Mt. Diablo High School opened in 1901 and its rich athletic history includes championship teams and outstanding athletes like Dan Colchico, who played for the San Francisco 49ers... Read more

USTA NorCal’s Cici Bellis is Back on the Court

Central Coast Section Club Sports North Coast Section Oakland Section San Francisco Section Tennis: High School & Club September 16, 2020 0

2020 has been a fresh start for Northern California native CiCi Bellis. After a long recovery from multiple surgeries that kept her from tennis for more than a year, CiCi Bellis is back on the court and feeling good! And, she wasted no time getting back into the swing... Read more

USTA Q&A: Mackie McDonald Headed to 2020 Western/Southern Open

Central Coast Section Club Sports North Coast Section Oakland Section San Francisco Section Tennis: High School & Club September 10, 2020 0

USTA NorCal recently sat down with Piedmont’s Mackie McDonald before he headed to New York for the 2020 Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati Open) and the US Open to discuss how he is preparing his game in these crazy times and what he is looking forward to most for... Read more

Acalanes Girls Water Polo | 2019-20 NorCal Team Of The Year

Aquatics High School Sports Features North Coast Section September 8, 2020 0

Acalanes Girls Water Polo Players, Coaches Provide Oral History Insight Into Its Achievement Of A Second Straight Perfect Season • To fully appreciate the perfect 27-0 season that led to the Acalanes girls water polo team becoming our 2019-20 NorCal Team of the Year, one needs to go even... Read more

Elk Grove Baseball | EGHS Alums Lead Region’s Growing MLB Footprint

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section August 19, 2020 0

Dylan Carlson’s MLB Debut Continues A Wave Of Elk Grove Baseball And Sacramento Region Talent Reaching The Bigs • While regional diamonds sit eerily quiet, Elk Grove baseball is leading a region that’s making noise at the highest level. Area stars, and Elk Grove High alumni in particular, are... Read more

Bryson: What If CIF Needs A Plan B For 2020-21?

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section August 10, 2020 0

SportStars Magazine Editor Chace Bryson Shares A Few Ideas For Some CIF Calendar Tweaks If Infection Numbers Don’t Look Much Better Come Halloween • This column first appeared in the August 2020 issue of SportStars Magazine. So it’s time to wait a little longer for fall sports, it seems. ... Read more

Amid Covid Crisis Collin Morikawa Wins. Golf Thrives!

High School Golf Los Angeles City Section Southern Section August 10, 2020 0

23 year old SoCal native, Collin Morikawa won his first major PGA tournament yesterday at San Francisco’s Harding Park. The Cal graduate shot a closing round 64 to secure the 102nd Wannamaker Trophy. For his efforts, Morikawa took home $1.98-million share of the $11-million dollar purse. Morikawa attended La... Read more

SportStars’ 2019-20 NorCal Team Of The Year VOTE

Aquatics Central Coast Section High School Basketball HS / CLUB Soccer North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA Water Polo August 6, 2020 4

In A Final Tip Of The Cap To The 2019-20 Year In High School Sports, SportStars Seeks Reader Help In Choosing Its NorCal Team Of The Year • As we begin that looong wait for December — with masks on and fingers crossed — our recent August issue sought... Read more

Lily Freitas | SportStars’ 2019-20 Sac-Joaquin Female Athlete of the Year

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section August 4, 2020 0

Pitman High Wrestling Phenom Lily Freitas Earns Athlete Of The Year Honors After Second Straight Undefeated Season • The best female athlete in the Sac-Joaquin Section is a state and national champion wrestler with Olympic ambitions. Lily Freitas is also just a sophomore. The Pitman High-Turlock mat star hasn’t... Read more