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Big League Fun

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section April 5, 2017 0

Feel like you’re playing in the Big Leagues by taking in the type of views legends Babe Ruth or Ted Williams had at the famous replicas of major league ballparks at Big League Dreams in Redding. The 30-plus acre complex features scaled-down replicas of Boston’s Fenway Park, New York’s... Read more

Hang 10

EB Issues North Coast Section Special Editions April 4, 2017 0

With Its First 10 Games, Clayton Valley Baseball Announced Its 2017 Presence With Authority Story By Mike Wood | Photos By Samuel Stringer Clayton Valley Charter High-Concord baseball is out of the gate quickly this season. How fast? Try a 10-0 start, with five shutouts. Thanks to a stingy... Read more

Rugby 101: Part IV

HS / CLUB RUGBY Sac-Joaquin Section March 29, 2017 0

Rugby Culture And A Region Unparalleled Editors note: This is the fourth and final installment to a four-part series. Parts 1-3 can be found beginning with our January issue. All four articles are also available at sportstarsmag.com In this, our final installment of this series, we will be spotlighting... Read more

USTA’s Champions of Character

San Francisco Section Tennis: High School & Club March 17, 2017 0

USTA NorCal Uses Four Scholarships To Reward Students Of The Game Located in Alameda, the United States Tennis Association, Northern California Section is a not-for-profit volunteer-based organization with approximately 34,000 adult members, 16,000 junior members and over 300 organization members. USTA Northern California is one of the 17 sections... Read more

Pack Mentality

Central Section High School Basketball March 7, 2017 0

Talent, Leadership, Experience — And A Little Grit — Brought Ridgeview Its First Title Since 2013. Story by Trevor Horn | Photos by Samuel Stringer FRESNO — A crowd began to arrive at Selland Arena in downtown Fresno for the Central Section Division II boys basketball championship game. This... Read more

Heat Wave

Blog High School Baseball/Softball Southern Section March 7, 2017 0

A “Rebuilding Year” Didn’t Cool Off Mission Viejo Softball. Will Any Opponent Have An Answer For The Diablos In 2017? Story By Mark Tennis | Photos By Patrick Takkinen/SoCalSidelines.com If you are building an elite high school program in any sport — especially one that is nationally-ranked virtually every... Read more

Rising Son

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section March 7, 2017 0

Growing Up Amongst Major Leaguers Gave Darren Baker An Edge — But The Jesuit Standout Made Sure He Would Forge His Own Path Story By Jim McCue | Photos By James K. Leash Darren Baker may have been born with a baseball in his hand and grew up in... Read more

After 11 Winning Seasons Patriots’ Day is Finally Here for Heritage

High School Basketball North Coast Section March 4, 2017 0

After 11 Winning Seasons, Heritage Clinches Its First State Playoff Berth. After 10 seasons of varsity basketball, and never a losing season, nobody could’ve blamed the Heritage-Brentwood boys or coach Pat Cruickshank if they didn’t feel a bit cursed at the end of the 2015-16 season. The Patriots rode... Read more

Ethan Thompson Torrance SportStar of the Week

High School Basketball Southern Section SportStars of the Week March 3, 2017 0

SportStar Of The Week Ethan Thompson, Torrance Basketball, Senior The Torrance basketball shooting guard Ethan Thompson scored a game-high 21 points to go along with five rebounds. And with the help of 15 fourth-quarter points from teammate Jordan Schakel they led the Knights to a 70-63 win over then... Read more

Spencer Hoyle SportStar of the Week

HS / CLUB Soccer Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week March 3, 2017 0

SportStar Of The Week | Folsom | Soccer | Senior • Hoyle scored a pair of goals in each of the Bulldogs’ first two Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoff matches and added an assist as part of a quarterfinal victory. The postseason goals upped Hoyle’s team-leading goal total to 18... Read more

Almost Perfect

Central Section High School Baseball/Softball March 2, 2017 1

Few Programs In The State Have Had The Continued Success Of Buchanan-Clovis — And It’s Not Stopping Anytime Soon Story By Mark Tennis | Photos by Cary Edmondson In his 19 years as the head baseball coach at Buchanan High in Clovis, Tom Donald has become familiar with perfection.... Read more

Freedom’s March

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section March 2, 2017 0

Junior Pitcher Vanessa Strong Leads A Talented Freedom Roster Still Burning With Motivation Following An Emotional 2016 NCS Title Run. Story By James G. Kane It was, in retrospect, love at first sight. The diamond. The ball. The strike zone. The target. And the batter, of course. Don’t forget... Read more