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SportStars All-City “V Award 2018” Denner Party

Sac-Joaquin Section Track & Field, Anchored by Youth Runner XC-Track-Running May 15, 2018 0

Oak Ridge Senior Maddy Denner Has Established Herself As One Of The State’s Strongest Girls Distance Runners Winning a race often takes more than speed or an ability to quickly cover distances. Strategy, mental preparation, and conditioning are just as essential, if not more important than physical training. Oak... Read more

Franklin Finds A Way

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section May 10, 2018 0

Franklin-Elk Grove Wildcats Survive A Frenzied Final Week Of Delta League Baseball To Emerge With Their First Title Since 2015 • For the last 19 years, the last remaining team in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section North bracket was from the mighty Delta League. Elk Grove, Jesuit, Davis and... Read more

Masterful Communication Aids Elk Grove High Softball

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section May 10, 2018 0

21st Century Clout Coach Amanda Buck operates her Elk Grove High softball team like a finely-crafted marketing plan. The team mission adjusts pitch-by-pitch to the calls of assistant coach Jake Lively, corresponding with color-coded commands on each player’s arm band. Play is often stalled to discuss strategies with coaches,... Read more

Roseville Runs On Cole

Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA May 8, 2018 0

Undaunted By Offseason Knee Surgery Or A Fourth New Coach In As Many Seasons, Jacob Cole Leads Roseville’s Push Toward A Title Defense • Injuries can be devastating for prep athletes, but timing plays a big role in their effect on the prospects of college-bound seniors. Post-commitment ACL tears,... Read more

West Campus Girls Basketball on a Championship Run

High School Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section April 6, 2018 0

West Campus Girls Credit Their Track Coach, Conditioning Program In The Wake Of Winning A Second Consecutive State Championship • West Campus Story by MIKE WOOD | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH You might not expect to hear groans, gasps and cackles from a girls basketball team that just... Read more

River City Girls Soccer, Zero Postseason Wins to Division Champs

HS / CLUB Soccer Sac-Joaquin Section March 6, 2018 0

How River City High Went From Zero Postseason Wins In Program History, To Sac-Joaquin Section Div. II Champs • Leading up to the biggest game of her career, River City Girls Soccer-West Sacramento senior Sydney Schultz practiced the ideal shot in what became the deciding factor of the Sac-Joaquin Section... Read more

Woodcreek High School Swim Invitational Splashes into Roseville

Aquatics Sac-Joaquin Section February 28, 2018 0

More Than 1,000 High School Swimmers Compete in Roseville on March 9-10 The 18th Annual Woodcreek High School Swim Invitational is splashing into the newly renovated Roseville Aquatics Complex (RAC) on March 9-10. Woodcreek Aquatics Club and Placer Valley Tourism are thrilled to welcome more than 1,000 student athletes from... Read more

Sheldon High School Softball: Details On Demand

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section February 22, 2018 3

Sheldon-Sacramento Has Built Its Sac-Joaquin Section Softball Dynasty Upon Mastering The Little Things — And The 2018 Squad Is Already At Work • There’s nothing simple about winning three consecutive Sac-Joaquin Section Division I softball championships and seven titles in the last 11 years. And it’s no simple task... Read more

Seniors Signing NCAA Soccer Programs

HS / CLUB Soccer Sac-Joaquin Section Sac/Joaquin Edition February 17, 2018 0

Two Seniors are the pride of St. Francis Seniors Marlee Nicolos (Santa Clara) and Taylor Simpkins (Point Loma Nazarene) each signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer next fall in college at a ceremony at the school Wednesday morning, Feb. 7th. Nicolos, who currently is the leading scorer... Read more

Maya’s Empire

HS / CLUB Soccer Sac-Joaquin Section January 18, 2018 0

NorCal’s Soccer Community Knows The Name Maya Doms — A National Audience Is On The Brink Of Learning It Too • Story by STEVEN WILSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH Special. It’s the first word most people utter when it comes to Davis High junior midfielder Maya Doms... Read more

Maximum Mat Watch-List: 10 Must-See Events

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 29, 2017 1

Make A New Year’s Commitment To Take In Some Of NorCal’s Best Wrestling Events — We’ve Helped You Out With A List • By IKE DODSON “I’m going to eat better and exercise more.” No, you’re not. I’ll give you a week before your longing hands go plunging into... Read more

Del Oro’s JT Stinson is The Scrambler

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section December 21, 2017 0

The Reputation Of Del Oro’s JT Stinson Grows After His Recent Upset Victory • Story and Photos by IKE DODSON On the wrestling mat, scrambling is art. Not every pin is achieved after a perfectly executed move, and evenly-matched foes will often improvise rolls, dives, pivots, hoists and pulls... Read more