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SportStars’ Girls Volleyball BIG 10 | NorCal’s Best Players (’10-’19)

Big 10 Anniversary Project Central Coast Section North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA January 23, 2020 3

SportStars’ Anniversary Project Begins With The Girls Volleyball Big 10 — Our Top 10 NorCal Girls Volleyball Players From The Past 10 Seasons (2010-2019) • Welcome to the SportStars’ Girls Volleyball BIG 10. This is an installation to our Big 10 Project: A 10-months long anniversary project to celebrate... Read more

St. Francis Soccer Pinnacle of Success

Blog HS / CLUB Soccer Sac-Joaquin Section Sac/Joaquin Edition January 21, 2020 0

Soccer Program Named Winner of the Inaugural Team Pinnacle Award by United Soccer Coaches The St. Francis soccer program was named one of 36 high school schools (26 girl’s programs) in the nation to receive the inaugural Team Pinnacle Award by the United Soccer Coaches. The Troubadours were the... Read more

Saladhin Farukh: Sacramento’s Wrestler Of Fortune

High School Sports Features High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section January 17, 2020 1

Valley High’s Salahdin Farukh Left War-Stricken Afghanistan To Chase Sac-Joaquin Section, CIF Wrestling Glory From California Capital • Perhaps the only wrestler in CIF history to go 0-3 at the state championship tournament, Valley-Sacramento junior and Afghanistan native Salahdin Farukh is determined to take advantage of the fortuitous opportunities... Read more

SportStars Final NorCal Football Rankings | 2019’s Top 30

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section January 10, 2020 0

FINAL RANKINGS: Bay Area Teams Take Top Four Spots In Our Expanded 2019 Final NorCal Football Rankings • Final NorCal Football Rankings — Like this page (above) and leave your name in comments (below) for a shot at winning a sweet SportStars T-shirt! 1. (1) — De La Salle-Concord 12-2 COMMENT:... Read more

Peter Ming And Elk Grove Wrestling’s Swiss Dynasty

High School Sports Features High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section January 8, 2020 0

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

SportStars NorCal Wrestling Team Rankings | Dec. 24

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section December 24, 2019 0

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

North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 23, 2019 4

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

Oak Ridge Football: Blue Banner Breakthrough

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section December 11, 2019 0

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

Women’s West Coast Tournament of Champions

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section Sac/Joaquin Edition December 11, 2019 0

PRESTIGIOUS WRESTLING TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO ROCKLIN’S HARDWOOD PALACE, DEC. 20-21 The Women’s West Coast Tournament of Champions Always Brings Top High School and College Wrestlers to Placer Valley. This year, the final to be held at Hardwood Palace, promises to be even bigger. Placer Valley Tourism and Cliff Keen... Read more

Matt Strangio, Jesuit Cross Country CIF Champion

Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week Track & Field, Anchored by Youth Runner XC-Track-Running December 7, 2019 0

Sac-Joaquin’s Matt Strangio Kicks to 2nd Cross Country CIF Championship Win Matt Strangio, Jesuit-Carmichael Cross Country CIF Champion blazed through Fresno’s Woodward Park course in a time of 14 minutes and 44 seconds on Nov. 30. It was 16 full seconds faster than the next closest finisher and delivered... Read more

Kainoa Acia: Viral Freshman Football Talent Hits The Mat

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section December 5, 2019 0

2019-20 WRESTLING PREVIEW: A Social Media Sensation During The Fall, Kainoa Acia Has Traded In Pads For Singlet As Part Of Del Oro’s Stellar 2023 Infusion • A month before his Nikes stepped onto the wrestling mat, Del Oro-Loomis freshman Kainoa Acia was a household name. That is, if... Read more

“We Move People”: Elk Grove Football Puts It All On The Line

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section December 4, 2019 0

Following The Lead Of Its Experienced And Relentless Linemen, Elk Grove Football Has A Chance At Its First CIF State Bowl Appearance • For the Elk Grove football linemen, some of the toughest assignments come before Friday. On the practice field, the trenches can be pretty tough among the... Read more