Sportstars
SportStar of the Week: Ali Bamberger
Carondelet-Concord – Basketball – Junior Ali Bamberger Ali Bamberger, the 6-foot-3 post scored 21 points and added 10 rebounds to help lift Carondelet to a 67-56 win over host Miramonte-Orinda during the Elite Is Earned New Year’s Showcase on Jan. 6. The win was the third straight for the... Read more
SportStar Of The Week: Archbishop Mitty Erika Yeager
SportStar of the Week: Next Level highlights former California high school athletes who are excelling on the collegiate or international stage • ERIKA YEAGER | ARCHBISHOP MITTY-SAN JOSE ’16 UNIV. RHODE ISLAND – SOFTBALL – SOPHOMORE If her first collegiate season was any indication. Rhode Island hit the jackpot... Read more
SportStar of the Week- Tariq Bracy Milpitas Football Sr.
Tariq Bracy Milpitas Football Trojans Running Back The Trojans running back was quite simply on a mission. When his team traveled to Campolindo-Moraga for the CIF 4-A northern regional playoff game on Dec. 9. Since he and his twin brother, Tyree — the team’s quarterback — have been at... Read more
SPORTSTAR OF THE WEEK: TATIANA TOLEAFOA
JAMES LOGAN-UNION CITY – VOLLEYBALL – SENIOR TATIANA TOLEAFOA Tatiana Toleafoa finished one kill off of her season high on Nov. 25 when she thundered down 25 in a four- set win over Sacred Heart Cathedral-S.F. This sent the Colts to their rst CIF State Championship nal. Toleafoa also... Read more
SportStar of the Week: Laurel Parker
Parker ’18 Places First in Fall Golf Tournament, Wins Scholarship Award and Accolades for Bentley Laurel Parker is Bentley’s lone female golfer this fall. But that doesn’t even phase her level of play! She competes on the spring Coed Varsity Golf Team at Bentley High School, serving as team... Read more
SportStar of the Week: Lauren Pak Volleyball MIAC honor
Lauren Pak (Fy./Moraga, Calif./Campolindo) averaged 12.0 assists per set, tops in the MIAC last week, in helping the Carleton College volleyball team to a pair of victories. Also, in recognition of that performance, she was selected as the MIAC’s Volleyball Athlete-of-the-Week for Oct. 9-15. It is her first career... Read more
SPORTSTAR OF THE WEEK: MADDIE DAILEY
Monte Vista Mustangs-Danville – Volleyball – Senior Maddie Dailey A three-year starter for the Mustangs, Dailey helped Monte Vista finish out a 30-win regular season with a 3-0 sweep of cross-town rival San Ramon Valley-Danville on Oct. 26. The fierce middle blocker led the Mustangs with 14 kills on... 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
SportStar of the Week: Robert Miranda
Menlo School-Atherton – Cross Country – Senior Robert Miranda Miranda won the West Bay Athletic League meet at Crystal Springs on Oct. 5, covering 2.95 miles in a course-record 15 minutes and 21.1 seconds. Two days later, he took first at the Artichoke Invitational in Half Moon Bay. He... Read more
SportStar of the Week: Justin Boyd
Pittsburg – Football – Junior Justin Boyd Boyd was moved from starting wide receiver to starting quarterback just four days before the Pirates’ football season-opener. And in just five weeks has become one of the most dangerous dual-threat quarterbacks in the East Bay. In back-to-back games on Sept. 15... Read more
SportStar Of The Week: Makaela Tanaka
Archbishop Mitty-San Jose – Volleyball – Monarchs’ Senior Makaela Tanaka Tanaka, the All-American setter bound for Fordham next fall was the Monarchs’ lone All-Tournament selection at the prestigious Nike Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas from Sept. 15-16. Mitty went 6-1 at the tournament and took fifth place in... Read more
SportStar Of The Week: Kaiden Bennett
Folsom – Football – Junior The Bulldogs quarterback opened the season displaying efficiency and versatility to lead Folsom to the top of the Sac-Joaquin Section ranks. Bennett is stepping up to earn mention as the next outstanding QB in a long line of recent signal callers under head coach... Read more