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High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section May 18, 2017 0

With 6-foot-8 Pitching Talent Darren Nelson Leading The Way, Senior-Heavy Granite Bay Is Loose, Confident And Ready To Chase A Title • Story by JIM MCCUE | Photos by DOUG GULER Records are erased and league titles meaningless when the first pitch of the Sac-Joaquin Section baseball playoffs is... Read more

All-Norcal Boys Basketball ’16-’17

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section May 9, 2017 0

Woodcreek-Roseville’s Jordan Brown Was A Slam Dunk Choice As NorCal Player Of The Year • As the final quarter of California basketball for the 2016-17 season ticked away, and Bishop Montgomery-Torrance mustered just enough moxie to eventually hold off Woodcreek-Roseville 74-67 in the CIF Open Division state final, it... Read more

All-NorCal Girls Basketball ’16-’17

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section May 8, 2017 0

Player Of The Year, Iimari Thomas of Sacred Heart Cathedral-S.F., Headlines Our Top 15 Players From 2016-17 • There’s a computer program buried deep in the bowels of the massive MaxPreps’ database of girls high school basketball teams, and it churns through the wins and losses — and... Read more

De La Salle High School Baseball: League Of Their Own

CalHiSports Insights CalHiSports.com Central Section High School Baseball/Softball High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section May 4, 2017 0

Sorting Out NorCal Best Baseball League De La Salle high school baseball team charges the mound to celebrate its 2016 North Coast Section Div. I title. The East Bay Athletic League has won five of the seven Div. I title since 2010. The EBAL also claimed the 2016 Div... Read more

Writing Down A Dream

High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section Track & Field, Anchored by Youth Runner May 3, 2017 0

Vacaville High’s Jurnee Woodward Crafts A Script Of Hurdling Excellence • Story By JIM MCCUE | Photos By JAMES K. LEASH Fluidity. Vacaville High School senior Jurnee Woodward strides along the track and glides over hurdles with a smooth and easy flow. Aspiring screenwriter Jurnee Woodward turns... Read more

Archer’s Aim: World Stage

Outdoor Sac-Joaquin Section April 19, 2017 0

Bear River High’s Abby Weir Vaults To International Heights In Barebow Archery • Story by Josh Howser | Photos by James K. Leash Abby Weir’s breath steadies as she pulls the string back. She aims down her arrow, eyes locked on the lone target nestled among the trees. The 16-year-old... Read more

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

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

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

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

Rugby 101-Part II

HS / CLUB RUGBY NorCal Edition Sac-Joaquin Section Sac/Joaquin Edition February 19, 2017 0

How To Play; How To Score; And What’s A Scrum? Last month, we discussed the history of the sport of Rugby, the very basics on what the sport is and where it is played. This month, we explain HOW you actually play the game and what some of the... Read more

Fairbrook’s 41

Sac-Joaquin Section Uncategorized January 26, 2017 0

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Janae Fairbrook had a big night on Tuesday, scoring a career-high 41 points and made a St. Francis school record 11 three-pointers, including 10 straight in the first half. “I was not really counting during the game,” said Fairbrook, whose career best was... Read more