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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

NorCal Player of the Year

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section January 20, 2017 0

NorCal Player of the Year Mason Hurst • WR/DB • Del Oro-Loomis • Senior Versatile. Humble. Leader. Competitor. Athletic. Mature. Special. The adjectives to describe SportStars Magazine’s NorCal Football Player of the Year Mason Hurst are as plentiful as the skills that he possesses on and... Read more

Welcome To Rugby 101

HS / CLUB RUGBY Sac-Joaquin Section January 19, 2017 0

A Brief History And Introduction To One Of America’s New IT Sports. Over the course of the next few editions of SportStars Magazine, we want to introduce you to a sport that many consider the fastest growing team sport in the United States: Rugby! Youth Rugby in particular in... Read more

Elishja Duplechan

High School Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week January 19, 2017 0

SportStar Of The Week | Sheldon-Sacramento | Basketball | Senior • The Huskies’ point guard has Sheldon off to a fast start and atop SportStars’ NorCal Top 20 rankings through the first two weeks of January. At just 5-foot-11, Duplechan guided the Huskies to a 12-1 start that includes... Read more

The Fabulous Forbes

Basketball High School Basketball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section December 6, 2016 0

From two generations of Harlem Globetrotters, the Forbes siblings are ready for center stage Read more

Leading Lancers

Football High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 17, 2016 0

A long dormant giant, Cordova Football was at the forefront of its league and the concussion safety movement Read more

Folsom Graduate Jake Browning Has A Chance To Join A Very Short List of NorCal Heisman Trophy Winners

CalHiSports Insights CalHiSports Sitewide Stats CalHiSports.com LEVELUP INSIDERS Sac-Joaquin Section November 11, 2016 0

Folsom Graduate Jake Browning Has A Chance To Join A Very Short List of NorCal Heisman Trophy Winners Northern California didn’t have much of a connection to the Heisman Trophy for the first 30 years in which college football‘s most prestigious award was handed out, but then... Read more

Drama Lurks As Playoffs Arrive

North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section November 11, 2016 0

Well it’s November, which means we’ve officially reached the first postseason of the high school sporting year. This one arrives with a bit of intrigue for a couple sports, actually. And of course, an accompanying amount of confusion and controversy. Let’s talk about the good stuff... Read more

Ball Of Confusion: Trying To Process The Sac-Joaquin Playoff Selection Process

Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section October 28, 2016 0

Long, long ago, a good high school season meant winning the league championship. There might’ve been some kind of postseason playoff, but basically it was about being the best in your little area. Obviously, that has changed. Just like professional sports (and of course college sports are... Read more