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Acalanes Softball | Here Come The Dons – Fences Beware

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section March 6, 2020 0

A Dynamic Incoming Freshman Adds To An Already Fierce Lineup That Has Acalanes Softball Aiming For Its First NCS Title • Freshman prospect Hailey Stripling made a big impression in her first live action as a high school player. Literally. Just look at the fence on the Acalanes High... Read more

Kelly Sopak | Clear Vision: Miramonte Hoops Coach Nears Milestone

High School Basketball High School Sports Features North Coast Section March 5, 2020 0

As Miramonte Girls Basketball Coach Kelly Sopak Nears 400 Career Wins, He’s Taking A Calmer Approach • Kelly Sopak had a question: “What are those progressive lenses like?” Sopak, in his 11th year coaching at Orinda’s Miramonte High, turns 51 this month, and is considering his vision-improving options. Though... Read more

Vista del Lago Softball | Viva Vista! Eagles Ready For Takeoff

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section March 4, 2020 1

A Deep, Young Roster Led By Sophomore Tayler Biehl Has Vista Del Lago Softball Thinking Big Things For 2020 And Beyond • They say that youth is wasted on the young. The Vista del Lago softball team hopes to prove that adage false in 2020. To do that, the... Read more

De La Salle Baseball: Spartans Bring Crossover Appeal

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section March 4, 2020 0

Boosted By Its Vaunted Football Program, De La Salle Baseball Opened 2020 As The State’s No. 1 Team — And Chasing A Record Fifth Straight NCS Title • De La Salle will always be known as a football school. For as many championship banners as the Concord school’s other... Read more

St. Francis Soccer Wins Section D2 Title

HS / CLUB Soccer Sac-Joaquin Section Sac/Joaquin Edition March 3, 2020 0

St. Francis Soccer Wins Section D2 Title over Ponderosa (Feb. 17, 2020) Junior Jackie Stanco scored the game-winning goal in the final minutes of the second half to give St. Francis soccer a 3-2 win over Ponderosa in the Sac-Joaquin Section D-2 title game at Whitney High School. “What... Read more

Lilly Freitas (Pitman) SportStar Wrestler of the Week

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week March 2, 2020 0

Pitman-Turlock Girls Wrestling Sophomore Phenom, Lilly Freitas Selected SportStar of the Week Lilly Freitas won her second CIF state title in as many years on Saturday after a dominant three-day performance in Bakersfield. The Pitman girls wrestling phenom went a perfect 5-0 and won all five matches by pin.... Read more

Susac Family Fun Time: All Aboard Jesuit Baseball’s Hype Train

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section March 2, 2020 0

Major League Hype Follows Jesuit Baseball’s Susac Cousins As They Seek Return Trip To SJS Title Game • Sitting in the bleachers at Sacramento City College, seven-year-old Anthony Susac wanted to be a part of the fun, so he asked his dad for a few bucks, hustled 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

Bret Harte’s Kodiak Stevens Named SportStar of the Week

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section Sac/Joaquin Edition SportStars of the Week February 25, 2020 0

SportStars’ #1 Ranked, Kodiak Stevens Bret Harte-Angels Camp – Wrestling – Senior All season long, SportStars Magazine has ranked Kodiak Stephens as its top NorCal wrestler at 170 pounds. This past weekend he showed why. Stephens blazed his way through the 170-pound field at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Tournament. Get... Read more

Lucas Cook, Lincoln Wrestling | THE TRANSFORMER

High School Sports Features High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section February 18, 2020 0

Lincoln Heavyweight And SJS Masters Hopeful Lucas Cook Finds Strength In Faith, Recovery And Transformation • A wrestling mom never gets the credit she deserves. Part dietician, manager, agent, publicist, taxi driver and bankroller, she also has to prep her vocal cords for that shrieking “Pin him!!” you can... Read more

SportStar Jackie Stanco St. Francis-Sac. Soccer

HS / CLUB Soccer Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week February 17, 2020 0

Arizona-committed forward Jackie Stanco, earned six points across two wins during the final week of the regular season. Stanco first notched two goals and an assist in a 4-1 win over SJS rival Davis on Feb. 7. She added another assist in the team’s regular season final, a 3-0... 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