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Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | 2021-22

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section March 17, 2022 0

Modesto Christian’s 30-Win Season, Regional Open Title Secure Crusaders The Top Spot In Our Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: Div. II State Champions, No. 12 Elk Grove . (David Gershon photo) Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings. Previous rank in parenthesis 1. (1) Modesto Christian (30-6) Crusaders... Read more

Ike’s Ironmen/Ironwomen | All-NorCal Wrestlers 2022

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section March 15, 2022 2

Oakdale’s Ceasar Garza, Whitney’s Leah Brown Lead The Way As 20 Different Programs Are Represented In SportStars’ Fourth Annual All-NorCal Wrestling Honors • PICTURED ABOVE: Leah Brown of Whitney-Rocklin (Ike Dodson photo) The return of wrestling was a resounding success for many of the grapplers represented by SportStars’ NorCal... Read more

Promise Fulfilled | Seniors Lead Whitney Soccer To NorCal Title

Central Coast Section HS / CLUB Soccer Sac-Joaquin Section March 8, 2022 0

A Talented 2022 Class Delivered On Long-Awaited Expectations In Leading Whitney Soccer To A CIF Div. I Crown, Cementing The Program Among Region’s Elite • When Joel Williams took over as the Whitney soccer coach, his vision was to help elevate the varsity boys to become one of the... Read more

NorCal Baseball 2022 | Players To Watch

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section February 25, 2022 1

We’ve Listed More Than 100 Names Of Guys We Expect To Be Impact Players Throughout The 2022 Season Of NorCal Baseball • PICTURED ABOVE: Valley Christian-San Jose pitcher, Jacob Hudson (Chace Bryson photo) As we prepared for our NorCal Baseball and Softball preview coverage to be included in our... Read more

SportStars’ Season-Opening NorCal Baseball Top 20

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Northern Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section February 25, 2022 0

De La Salle And Its Arsenal Of Pitching Talent Opens Atop Our First NorCal Baseball Top 20 Rankings Of The 2022 Season • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1 De La Salle (Jean-Paul Toshiro photo) 1. DE LA SALLE-CONCORD (20-4 in 2021) Good pitching beats good hitting and the Spartans have... Read more

SportStars’ Season-Opening NorCal Softball Top 20

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Northern Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section February 24, 2022 0

Led By A Pair Of Undefeated Teams From 2021, The Season-Opening NorCal Softball Top 20 Suggests A Riveting Three Months Ahead Of Us • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1 St. Francis-Mountain View from March 2020. (SFHS Athletics photo) 1. ST. FRANCIS-MOUNTAIN VIEW (26-0 in 2021) It’s Jessica Oakland’s world and... Read more

Laguna Creek Wrestling | Reversal Of Fortune

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section February 23, 2022 0

How Elk Grove’s Laguna Creek High Suddenly Became A Sac-Joaquin Section Wrestling Stalwart With Three CIF State Wrestling Qualifiers • This story will also appear in the March 2022 PDF edition out Feb. 24. Until 2022, Laguna Creek High of Elk Grove was to wrestling what socks are to... Read more

Chase-ing Perfection | NorCal Section Wrestling Championships Review

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section February 22, 2022 0

Undefeated Champion, Record-Setting Tournaments Highlight Section Wrestling Championships Weekend As NorCal’s Finest Set Sights On Bakersfield And The CIF State Championships • PICTURED ABOVE: Oakdale’s Michael Torres celebrates his 126-pound Masters title. (Ike Dodson photos) Chase Nutting’s championship mullet had to be styled with performance-enhancing substances Friday and Saturday at... Read more

All Gas, No Brakes | Ponderosa Basketball Revs Up For Act II

High School Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section February 18, 2022 1

As The Playoffs Arrive, The State’s Last Remaining Unbeaten Div. II Team Is Ready To Prove The Last Three Months Were No Fluke • There was always an end game. And the Ponderosa basketball team’s seniors have reached it. The high school’s 2022 class of hoopers have had high... Read more

Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Wrestling Championships Preview

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section February 17, 2022 6

FORMULA FOR SUCCESS: Ike Dodson Delivers A Weight-By-Weight Breakdown Of The SJS Masters Wrestling Championships That Begin Friday Below is the most comprehensive Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Wrestling Championships Preview you will ever read — mostly because we are the only ones crazy enough about wrestling to write one. With... Read more

SportStars NorCal Wrestler Rankings (106-145) | Feb. 17

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section February 17, 2022 0

Postseason Weight Class Movements Compelled Us To Dial Up New NorCal Wrestler Rankings Prior To Section Championship Weekend • PICTURED ABOVE: Julian Sanchez of Ponderosa-Shingle Springs (No. 9 @ 113s). (Ike Dodson photo) Bonus content! We saw enough changes in divisional action from the Sac-Joaquin Section and weight class... Read more

SportStars NorCal Wrestler Rankings (152-285) | Feb. 17

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section February 17, 2022 0

Postseason Weight Class Movements Compelled Us To Dial Up New NorCal Wrestler Rankings Prior To Section Championship Weekend • PICTURED ABOVE: Jason Brauning, top, of Vacaville (No. 5 @ 152s). (Ike Dodson photo) Bonus content! We saw enough changes in divisional action from the Sac-Joaquin Section and weight class... Read more