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SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Softball Team
Led By Player Of The Year, Jess Oakland, These Are The 32 Players We’ve Selected As Our 2022 All-NorCal Softball Team • PICTURED ABOVE: From left to right, Tianna Bell (Heritage-Brentwood), Jess Oakland (St. Francis-Mountain View) and D’Auna Johnson (Sheldon-Sacramento). Every section got to play its first full season... Read more
Malcolm Moore | 2022 NorCal Baseball Player Of The Year
McClatchy’s Malcolm Moore Went From Wearing Baseball Shoes To Kindergarten, To Becoming One Of The Nation’s Top 60 Draft Prospects • PICTURED ABOVE: Malcom Moore sets up behind home plate during his time playing for Team USA’s U16 Development Team In 2019. (USA Baseball photo) Long before he was... Read more
Aissa Silva | SportStars 2022 NorCal Softball Pitcher Of The Year
Elk Grove’s Fireballing Lefty, Aissa Silva Delivered A Dominant Junior Season While Navigating One Of NorCal’s Toughest Schedules • If hitters facing Aissa Silva were as selective as she is, her 2022 stat sheet would be a bit more humble. Instead it reads like it’s being shouted by Lil... Read more
2022 Final NorCal Baseball Rankings | Top 25
Pitching Depth And Stubbornly Resilient Lineup Lead De La Salle To Two Titles And The Top Spot In Our Final NorCal Baseball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1 De La Salle Celebrates Its NorCal Div. I title. (Jean-Paul Toshiro photo) Final NorCal Baseball Rankings. All records are through June... Read more
2022 Final NorCal Softball Rankings | Top 25
For The Second Straight Year, It’s The Saint Francis Lancers Leading The Way In Our Final NorCal Softball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: Lexi O’Gorman Slides Safely Into Third For No. 1 St. Francis-Mountain View. (Chace Bryson photo) Final NorCal Softball Rankings. All records are through June 4. 1. (1)... Read more
CIF NorCal Softball Championship Previews
We Break Down The Matchups And Offer Score Predictions For Each Of The Top 3 Inaugural CIF NorCal Softball Championship Games Being Played This Saturday • Well, we had to wait an extra year, but we finally will get CIF NorCal Softball Championship games across five divisions this weekend.... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | May 31
Section Finals Deliver Full Shakeup To The NorCal Softball Rankings — And Regional Playoffs Could Do The Same For Next Week’s Final Rankings • NorCal Softball Rankings Previous rankings in parenthesis. All records are through Saturday, May 28 PICTURED ABOVE: Jessica Im of No. 5 Heritage-Brentwood. (Chace Bryson photo)... Read more
Hope, Grace & Ws | Meet The Jenkins Sisters Powering Sac’s St. Francis Softball
Powered By Twins With Motivational Philosophies And Winning Attitudes, Saint Francis Softball Seeks First Sac-Joaquin Section Title Since 1986 • Hope & Grace. It sounds like a motivational memoir that fits nicely into your staged background for virtual meetings, somewhere between How to Win Friends and Influence People and... Read more
Flood Zone | Woodcreek Baseball Opens Playoffs As NorCal No. 1
We’re Past The Rising ‘Creek Stage — Extremely Talented Woodcreek Baseball Enters SJS Division II Postseason As NorCal’s Team To Beat • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Zack Malone raises a fist from second base during a win over Oakmont-Roseville at Sutter Health Park on April 30. (David Gershon photos) As... Read more
Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | 2021-22
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
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
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