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Talent-Packed Nor Cal Tip Off Classic Highlights Bishop O’Dowd, Fairfax
The eleventh annual Nor Cal Tip-Off Classic will be held Saturday November 25, 2017 at Newark Memorial High School in Newark, CA. The event is designed to promote and showcase Northern California basketball to college coaches, media. scouts and the public. There are seven games on the day beginning... Read more
Monarch Master
Mater Dei Junior Quarterback JT Daniels Is On A Career Pace To Obliterate Several State Passing Records • Story by MARK TENNIS | Photos by SAM STRINGER (Photo Gallery below) It’s rare to see a junior in high school talk like a seasoned veteran, but Mater Dei-Santa Ana quarterback... Read more
SportStar of the Week: Tanner McKee
From SoCal Issue #11, Oct. 2017 Huskies Football – Centennial-Corona – Senior Tanner McKee The 6-foot-6, heavily-recruited-yet-undecided quarterback amassed nearly 500 yards of offense during the Huskies’ 72-33 win at Roosevelt-Eastvale. McKee completed 17 of 29 passes for 286 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. He did an... Read more
Cal-Hi Sports’ Mr. Baseball 2017—Hagen Danner
Huntington Beach Pitcher/Catcher’s Dominance With Arm And Bat Gave Him Edge Among Truly Elite Class • EDITOR’S NOTE: This story previously ran at CalHiSports.com. Visit the site to see the all-time list of Mr. Baseball honorees. Story By MARK TENNIS | Photos Courtesy of USA BASEBALL There are years... Read more
Nike’s Football Showcase. And so It Begins
Nike’s The Opening NorCal Regional Unofficially Kick Starts The 2017 Football Season • Story By MARK TENNIS, Special to SportStars For the second straight year, De Anza High-Richmond was the site of the annual Northern California stop of the Nike-sponsored national tour now known as The Opening Regionals. For... Read more
SoCal Cycling 2017 Season-Ender
Another season in the books for SoCal High School Cycling League SoCal Cycling 2017 Season-Ender means another season is in the books for the High School Cycling League. Last weekend 730 of the best, brightest, and fastest high school and middle school mountain bike racers in the country tackled... Read more
Heat Wave
A “Rebuilding Year” Didn’t Cool Off Mission Viejo Softball. Will Any Opponent Have An Answer For The Diablos In 2017? Story By Mark Tennis | Photos By Patrick Takkinen/SoCalSidelines.com If you are building an elite high school program in any sport — especially one that is nationally-ranked virtually every... Read more
Ethan Thompson Torrance SportStar of the Week
SportStar Of The Week Ethan Thompson, Torrance Basketball, Senior The Torrance basketball shooting guard Ethan Thompson scored a game-high 21 points to go along with five rebounds. And with the help of 15 fourth-quarter points from teammate Jordan Schakel they led the Knights to a 70-63 win over then... Read more
Streak Smarts
A 50-plus Game Win Streak Has Chino Hills Boys Hoops In Rare Territory    Win streak records are especially fun to keep track of because when challenging teams come along over the years — and there aren’t many — it’s natural to relive those moments and bring back those... Read more
Open Throttle
Story by CHACE BRYSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH SACRAMENTO — It started like so many other big-stage De La Salle High football games. The Spartans needed just three plays from scrimmage to break Kairee Robinson free for a 60-yard touchdown run and De La Salle had a lightning-fast... Read more
The Show Goes On
Story by RONNIE FLORES | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH The scene was Haas Pavilion for the 2015 CIF boys basketball state championships. Chino Hills was in a dogfight with a tough senior bunch from San Ramon Valley-Danville. The Div. I  state title hung in the balance. The game... Read more
Li’Angelo Ball
SportStar Of The Week | Chino Hills | Basketball | Senior • If there was any doubt whose team Chino HIlls was now that Lonzo Ball is at UCLA, his younger brother answered that in a hurry. He scored 56 points in a 121-89 win over Orange Lutheran-Orange as part... Read more