Sportstars
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
Peter Ming And Elk Grove Wrestling’s Swiss Dynasty
Stanford-Bound Wrestler Peter Ming Is The Latest In A Long Line Of A Swiss Family That’s Part Of The Bedrock To The Elk Grove High Program • Elk Grove senior Peter Ming has come a long way from sawdust. It’s the sacred floor of Swiss wrestling, a sport known... 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
McClymonds Football: “We’ll Bounce Back”
Denied A Fourth Straight CIF Bowl Win, McClymonds Football Still Made History As The First Oakland Section Program To Reach Division 2-A Or Higher McClymonds football coach Michael Peters took a long stroll off the field on a cool gray Dec. 14 day at Cerritos College. And he didn’t... 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
Paradise Girls Basketball: Resilient Bobcats Finding Footing
One Year After A Wildfire Destroyed Its Town, A Still-Healing Paradise Girls Basketball Team Makes Gratifying Visit To West Coast Jamboree On a quiet November night in 2018, David Jackson sat down to watch the Golden State Warriors telecast. It wasn’t just any regular night on Warriors Ground though.... Read more
Mitty Boys Basketball: Eyes On All The Prizes
With Experience And A Veteran Swagger, The Mitty Boys Basketball Team Has Opened The 2019-20 Season With Big Goals In Mind — And The Talent To Achieve Them • Early indications show the Archbishop Mitty boys basketball team is built to thrive amid those tense late-game moments. The Monarchs’... 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
Oak Ridge Football: Blue Banner Breakthrough
A Tough CIF NorCal Regional Loss Can’t Dim The Afterglow Of Oak Ridge Football’s First Section Championship In 15 Seasons • For most coaches, celebrating your first Division I section championship victory in a windy downpour could damper the mood. But for Oak Ridge football coach Eric Cavaliere, it... Read more