Sportstars
Tanner Hughes – El Dorado Hills – Football
The fullback rushed for 63 yards and three touchdowns in the Trojans’ 26-20 Sac-Joaquin Section semifinal victory over Delta River League foe Pleasant Grove on Nov. 29. Hughes powered in from 6 yards, and added a pair of 3-yard scores to account for the majority of Oak Ridge’s points.... Read more
Joe Mixon 5-Star Recruit -Freedom HS, Oakley – High School Football
Over the past decade, very few East Bay running backs have entered their final season with the type of expectations which faced Joe Mixon this fall. Considered a 5-star recruit by every major scouting service, and at one point holding as many as 50 scholarship offers from major college... Read more
Lauren Owens Davis – Water Polo
Owens was a key contributor at both ends of the pool, leading the Blue Devils to their fifth consecutive Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship. A four-year starter, Owens was a section champion every year. She scored once in Davis’s 11-3 rout of St. Francis in this year’s title game... Read more
Dylan Kainrath Loomis – Football
The running back has taken over the rushing load after TeVon Rhyne went down with a season-ending knee injury in the team’s second game. Kainrath’s latest effort saw him carry the ball 50 times for 226 yards and score three TDs in the Golden Eagles’ win over… Read more
Belinda Hu San Ramon – Golf
   When it comes to a postseason debut, it doesn’t get much better than what Hu did at the North Coast Section Div. I Golf Championships atPeacock Gap Golf Club on Oct. 28.  Two weeks after shooting 2-under at the Diablo Foothill Athletic League Championships, Hu tied for… Read more
Sara Hibbs Bella Vista – Volleyball
Sara Hibbs is the SportStars of the Week for our Sac-Joaquin edition. She is the middle blocker/outside hitter who paced the Broncos to a 12-game winning streak that included a 3-1 win over defending Capital Valley Conference and Division III section champion Oakmont-Roseville. The captain has led the team to... Read more
Nsimba Webster Antioch – Football
SportStars of the Week is Nsimba Webster.  He is a senior this year and is the quarterback for Deer Valley – Antioch.  The dual-threat signal-caller has used his arm and his legs — and a massively talented and athletic supporting cast, which includes his twin brother, Nzuzi — to lead... Read more
Ben Parietti Carmichael – Football
The running back led a powerful running attack with a Holy Bowl-record 280 yards on the ground in the Marauders’ 52-28 victory over Christian Brothers. Parietti took a handoff on the first play from scrimmage and raced 80 yards for the first of four touchdowns on a night where... Read more
Lea Felton Sacramento – Volleyball
   The senior middle blocker/out- side hitter recorded 37 kills in nine matches to help the Troubadours to the High Sierra Invitational title. She hit 35.5 percent and had had five or more kills in four matches to go with nine blocks and 11 digs. Her performance at the... Read more
Harris Ross Pittsburg – Football
   The Pirates’ running back was already prepared to be a major workhorse for his team this season, but he was never going to be counted on as much as he was on Sept. 6 when Pittsburg hosted California a week after a season-opening loss in which starting quarterback... Read more
Evan Wolfe Livermore – Baseball SportStar of the Week
He may be only an eighth grader but Evan Wolfe accomplished something that some never will in a lifetime. Wolfe tossed a perfect game on the opening day of the inaugural Intermediate Little League World Series when his District 57 team faced the Central Region team from Jenison, MI... Read more
Justin Hopper Concord Baseball SportStar of the Week
Justin Hooper put another feather in his cap when he was named one of two incoming juniors to make the Oakland Athletics roster for the New Balance Area Code Games. Competing in a tournament typically reserved for seniors eyed by MLB scouts, Hooper will get his chance to prove... Read more