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2020 Taught Me… | Athletes & Coaches Reflect, Share Outlook For New Year

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball High School Basketball High School Football High School Golf High School Sports Features North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section January 5, 2021 0

NorCal Athletes And Coaches Sound Off On What They Learned Over A Difficult Year, And Express Hope As We Start Anew • From the pandemic to social unrest, 2020 was a tidal wave that hit us all. Especially the world of high school athletics. Now that the water may... Read more

Who’s Got Next? | Readers Get Final 2020 SportStars Cover Choice

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW HS / CLUB Soccer North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 22, 2020 14

Vote On The Final 2020 SportStars Cover — What Image Should Represent An Issue Containing Our Favorite Work From A Frustrating Year Paired With A Hopeful Look Forward? So yeah, NorCal high school athletic programs are unlikely to remember 2020 with much fondness. We get it. However, SportStars worked... Read more

Damion Elliott | Del Oro Wrestler Has Singlet, Will Travel

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section December 14, 2020 0

Wrestling In 2020-21 May Just Be A Vision Quest As NorCal Wrestling Stars Like Del Oro’s Damion Elliott Flee State For Chances At Competition • Six months after he seized California Interscholastic Federation stardom by reaching the state finals as a sophomore, Del Oro-Loomis wrestler Damion Elliott found himself... Read more

Maddie Gamble Is ALL IN | Carondelet Ace Doubles Down On Golf

High School Golf North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 14, 2020 0

With A Renewed Passion For Her Sport, Carondelet’s Maddie Gamble Is Slaying Amateur Competitions And Hoping For A Chance To Lead The Cougars One Last Time • Carondelet High golfer Maddie Gamble understands she won’t get a ton of sympathy. After all she’s been able to play and compete... Read more

SportStars 1-on-1: Ian Book | Star QB Talks Notre Dame, Oak Ridge, Pandemic & More

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section December 3, 2020 1

Seven Years After Appearing On SportStars’ Cover, Oak Ridge Alum Ian Book Spoke With The Magazine Just Days Before His First Chance At Becoming Notre Dame’s Winningest QB • Notre Dame image: Roy K. Miller/Icon SMI via ZUMA Press On Saturday, Dec. 5, Ian Book will start his last... Read more

Cosumnes Oaks Football | “Civil Savages” Ready For Biggest Test

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 24, 2020 0

With A Confident Young Coach And A Talented Roster, Cosumnes Oaks Football Is Ready To Take On All Comers — And It Doesn’t Care If You Think That’s Crazy • Two words sum up the Cosumnes Oaks football program this year: attitude and effort. You might also add crazy. ... Read more

California Coaches Join West Coast Colleagues In Restart Push

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Football High School Golf Los Angeles City Section North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section XC-Track-Running November 13, 2020 0

California Coaches Join West Coast Coaching Alliance In Hopes To Inform, Lobby Local & State Officials Regarding Sports Restart • We’ve reached the point where California coaches know they need more than trending hashtags to be heard. There’s less than four weeks remaining before the CIF’s Dec. 7 start... Read more

Casey Taylor’s New Normal | Star Football Coach Starts Anew Again

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 2, 2020 0

After His Wildly Successful Football Coaching Career Took More Than One Unexpected Twist Last Spring, Casey Taylor Eagerly Waits To Begin Building Another Champion On A New Campus • Back in March, Casey Taylor was enjoying a change of scenery and entering a new phase of his life. The longtime... Read more

NorCal Early Football Predictions | Staff Stabs: Jim McCue

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section October 29, 2020 0

As We All Nervously Await December, SportStars Is Using Each Thursday Of October To Reveal The Early Football Predictions Of Different Staff Writers • We’ve officially entered our 2021 Season Preview mode. Because it’s not like anything else is happening. So it’s time for some early football predictions. Before... Read more

Early NorCal Football Predictions | Staff Stabs: Steven Wilson

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section October 22, 2020 0

As We All Nervously Await December, SportStars Is Using Each Thursday Of October To Reveal The Early NorCal Football Predictions Of Different Staff Writers • We’ve officially entered our 2021 Season Preview mode. Because it’s not like anything else is happening. So it’s time for some early NorCal football... Read more

Early 2021 Football Predictions | Staff Stabs: Chace Bryson

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section October 15, 2020 0

As We All Nervously Await December, SportStars Is Using Each Thursday Of October To Reveal The Early 2021 Football Predictions Of Different Staff Writers • We’ve officially entered our NorCal football 2021 Season Preview mode. Because it’s not like anything else is happening. So it’s time for some early... Read more

2021 Early Football Predictions | Staff Stabs: Ike Dodson

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section October 8, 2020 1

With First Practices Two Months Away, And Little Better To Do, SportStars Writers Have Some Fun With Some 2021 Early Football Predictions • We’ve officially entered our NorCal football 2021 Season Preview mode. Because it’s not like anything else is happening. So it’s time for some early football predictions.... Read more