Sportstars
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
SportStar Of The Week: Krissy Miyahara
Archbishop Mitty-San Jose – Basketball – Senior Krissy Miyahara  Miyahara Played for the San Jose Cagers Blue club team at the End Of The Trail Summer Swoosh Championships in Irvine. At the championship, Miyahara showed why she will be expected to be a key shooting threat for the Monarchs... Read more
SportStar Of The Week: Aquira DeCosta
St. Mary’s-Stockton – Basketball – Senior Showing why she’s one of the nation’s top talents for the Class of 2018, DeCosta was nothing short of phenomenal in leading the U.S. to gold at the FIBA U18 Women’s 3×3 World Cup in Chengdu, China. DeCosta was named the World Cup... Read more
SportStar Of The Week: Bryn Evans of St. Ignatius
St. Ignatius-S.F. – Lacrosse – Senior Playing for the top program on the West Coast, Evans was the only California boys lacrosse player named to a USA Today All-USA team (when the publication released its top three teams on June 28). Evans was named as a Third-Team midfielder. He... Read more
SPORTSTAR OF THE WEEK: Equestrian Gabrielle Burshteyn
SportStar Of The Week – Equestrian Gabrielle Burshteyn Sr. Bentley-Lafayette Equestrian Gabrielle Burshteyn has certainly “earned her spurs” in horsemanship. She grew up riding horses for Nancy Dupont at Castle Rock Arabians. There, she bought her first horse, Karee from Nancy and learned her advance skills from the most outstanding... Read more
SPORTSTAR OF THE WEEK: Ryan McLaughlin
SportStar Of The Week – Drake-San Anselmo – Baseball – Junior Ryan McLaughlin McLaughlin was facing an undefeated Miramonte-Orinda baseball team in the North Coast Section Division III championship game. They were just mere miles from the Miramonte campus.  McLaughlin took the mound and spun a complete-game four-hitter. Furthermore,... Read more