Sportstars
SPORTSTAR OF THE WEEK: Faith Derby
SportStar of The Week – Freedom-Oakley – Softball – Senior Faith Derby If Faith Derby didn’t have the nickname “Home Run Derby” before May 26, she certainly has it now. The Falcons’ senior catcher hit a game-tying two-run homer in the sixth inning, and then followed it up with... Read more
Kezie Okpala: SportStar of the Week-Basketball
SportStar Of The Week | Esperanza | Basketball | Senior • Okpala closed out a stellar Aztecs career with a double-double of 22 points and 12 rebounds.  As a result, this helped lead Esperanza to the program’s first state title in its first appearance. In addition, Esperanza wasn’t fazed in... Read more
Haley Van Dyke SportStar of the Week Basketball
SportStar Of The Week Campolindo Basketball Junior  Haley Van Dyke For Campolindo Basketball, it wasn’t a matter of what Van Dyke accomplished over the two-week CIF Northern Regional Division III tournament. It may be easier to list the things she didn’t accomplish in leading the Cougars to the their... 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
Spencer Hoyle SportStar of the Week
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
Hannah Jump
SportStar Of The Week | Pinewood-Los Altos Hills | Basketball | Senior • Jump played a key role in keeping the Panthers’ lengthy winning streak alive during a tough three-games-in-seven-days stretch that bridged January and February. Pinewood, which entered this week at No. X in SportStars NorCal Top 20, knocked... Read more
Elishja Duplechan
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
Jacqueline DiSanto
SportStar Of The Week | Menlo-Atherton | Volleyball | Senior • DiSanto helped put the Bears back in the CIF Division I State final by posting 15 kills, 14 digs, three aces and going 15 of 16 on serve receives in a 3-1 victory over Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills... Read more
Candice Denny
SportStar of the Week | Archbishop Mitty-San Jose | Volleyball | Senior • Denny had a game-high 17 kills with an astounding 60 percent success rate to help lead the Monarchs to a straight-sets win over Santa Margarita-Rancho Santa Margarita in the CIF Open Div. State Championship on Dec. 3.... 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
Carondelet Golfer Yealimi Noh Named SportStar of the Week
Carondelet-Concord Golfer Yealimi Noh is named our SportStar of the Week One year after Top 10 finishes at both the CIF NorCal and State Tournaments — as a freshman — Noh shot to the top of the leaderboard. At The Club at Crazy Horse Ranch in Salinas on Nov. 7,... Read more
Jonathan Pierce
SportStar Of The Week | Freedom-Oakley | Football | Senior • In one the best back-and-forth games of the season in the East Bay, Pierce helped keep the Falcons’ perfect season in tact by leading them to a 41-38 victory at previously-unbeaten Pittsburg. Pierce’s 34-yard touchdown pass to Giles Jackson... Read more