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Lilly Freitas (Pitman) SportStar Wrestler of the Week
Pitman-Turlock Girls Wrestling Sophomore Phenom, Lilly Freitas Selected SportStar of the Week Lilly Freitas won her second CIF state title in as many years on Saturday after a dominant three-day performance in Bakersfield. The Pitman girls wrestling phenom went a perfect 5-0 and won all five matches by pin.... Read more
Susac Family Fun Time: All Aboard Jesuit Baseball’s Hype Train
Major League Hype Follows Jesuit Baseball’s Susac Cousins As They Seek Return Trip To SJS Title Game • Sitting in the bleachers at Sacramento City College, seven-year-old Anthony Susac wanted to be a part of the fun, so he asked his dad for a few bucks, hustled to the... Read more
CIF Wrestling Preview: A Weight-By-Weight Boys & Girls Breakdown
SportStars’ Wrestling Guru, Ike Dodson, Runs Down Each Division Listing Favorites As Well As NorCal’s Top Contenders, Dark Horses • 2020 CIF Wrestling Preview The walls of Mechanics Banks (formerly Rabobank) Arena will soon be singing the sweet melody of state championship wrestling. Thursday’s pigtail rounds open 28 brackets... Read more
Bret Harte’s Kodiak Stevens Named SportStar of the Week
SportStars’ #1 Ranked, Kodiak Stevens Bret Harte-Angels Camp – Wrestling – Senior All season long, SportStars Magazine has ranked Kodiak Stephens as its top NorCal wrestler at 170 pounds. This past weekend he showed why. Stephens blazed his way through the 170-pound field at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Tournament. Get... Read more
Lucas Cook, Lincoln Wrestling | THE TRANSFORMER
Lincoln Heavyweight And SJS Masters Hopeful Lucas Cook Finds Strength In Faith, Recovery And Transformation • A wrestling mom never gets the credit she deserves. Part dietician, manager, agent, publicist, taxi driver and bankroller, she also has to prep her vocal cords for that shrieking “Pin him!!” you can... Read more
SportStar Jackie Stanco St. Francis-Sac. Soccer
Arizona-committed forward Jackie Stanco, earned six points across two wins during the final week of the regular season. Stanco first notched two goals and an assist in a 4-1 win over SJS rival Davis on Feb. 7. She added another assist in the team’s regular season final, a 3-0... Read more
SportStars Girls Golf BIG 10 | NorCal’s Best Golfers (’10-’19)
SportStars’ 10 Year Anniversary Project Continues With Its Girls Golf Big 10 — The Magazine’s Top 10 NorCal Girls Golfers Of The Past 10 Seasons (2010-2019) • The SportStars Girls Golf Big 10 is the second offering to a 10-months long anniversary project to celebrate what will be 10... Read more
All-NorCal Football Defense 2019: SportStars Honors 26
Meet The 26 Players Comprising SportStars’ All-NorCal Football Defense 2019 Roster — Led By Defensive Player Of The Year, Marcus Jones Jr. • We do things differently at SportStars. Rather than build an all-region roster broken into first- and second-team honors, we build one complete roster. The 26 players... Read more
Bella Vista Boys Soccer | Three For 16: Broncos On Emotional Quest
Bella Vista Boys Soccer Dedicates Its Quest For A Third Straight Sac-Joaquin Section Title To Fallen Former Teammate • Look around at any Bella Vista boys soccer game and you’ll notice one number is missing on the field. Number 16 used to be included in the team’s mesh bag... Read more
All-NorCal Football Offense 2019: SportStars Honors 25
Meet The 25 Players Comprising SportStars’ All-NorCal Football Offense 2019 Roster — Led By Offensive Player Of The Year, Jackson Pavitt • We do things differently at SportStars. Rather than build an all-region roster broken into first- and second-team honors, we build one complete roster. The 25 players below... Read more
Gabby Rones, West Campus Hot Shot Grabs SportStar of the Week
Gabby Rones, the Warriors’ three-year starter, is firing on all cylinders for her senior season, earning her SportStar of the Week honors. Through Feb. 1, Gabby Rones helped lead West Campus – Sacramento to a 16-5 overall record and a 5-1 mark in the Greater Sacramento League. The Warrior’s... Read more
Marcus Jones Jr. | 2019 SportStars NorCal Defensive Player Of The Year
Tenacious Middle Linebacker Logged 101 Solo Tackles In A Season That Saw Monterey Trail Defeat Folsom And Reach The Section Final • All that Marcus Jones, Jr. has ever wanted and needed is an opportunity. Give him that and he will take care of the rest.  Monterey Trail head... Read more