Pittsburg Baseball Embraced Its Inner Bad Guy To Win Its First NCS Game Since 1996 And Ignite A Run To The Division I Semifinals • IMAGE CREDIT: Pittsburg High Baseball/Twitter Sometimes it pays to be the villain. That was the mindset the Pittsburg High baseball team adopted as an offense... Read more

Departure Of Defensive Coordinator Nate Kenion Leads To Key Role Changes And The Return Of A Very Familiar Face • There was no need to overthink it. Sometimes it’s best to just go with what works — which led De La Salle football coach Justin Alumbaugh to one of the... Read more

With The ’91 Pittsburg Football Team Going Into The Pittsburg FB Hall Of Fame This Weekend, We Dug Up Our 2011 Feature On That Famous Win • EDITOR’S NOTE: This Article First Appeared In SportStars #37 On Dec. 8, 2011, Marking The 20th Anniversary Of Pittsburg’s 1991 Win Over De... Read more

When It Comes To Destination Running Camps, It’s Hard To Beat The Oregon-Based Youth Runner Options • Nick Slenning knew it when he first experienced it.  What started on a recommendation from his high school track coach, has since turned into a full-blown summer passion. Slenning first attended a Youth... Read more

With A CIF Div. I State Title And A State Playoff Winning Streak Now At 19 Games, Oakland Tech’s Leroy Hurt Is On One Epic Run • MORE SPORTSTARS POSTSEASON HONORS: NorCal Girls Player Of The Year (Jordan Lee – St. Mary’s-Stockton) | All-NorCal Girls BB Team (out April 7)... Read more

As Part Of Our Annual Camps & Clinics Resource Guide, We Asked Top High School Athletes To Sound Off On What They Gained From Camps • For the past several years, we’ve been polling high school athletes on their favorite memories from camps & clinics they’ve attended over the years.... Read more

Mitty-San Jose Finishes At The Top Of Our Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Yet Again — And The Dominance Isn’t Likely To Stop • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior guard Nia Hunter of No. 4 Oakland Tech. (Chace Bryson photo) It’s Mitty’s world in Northern California and here in the NorCal Girls... Read more

For The Second Straight Season, Modesto Christian Finishes As No. 1 In Our Expanded Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: (L to R) Te’shawn Gamble, Money Williams and Jimon Campbell of No. 17 Oakland take photos during the CIF Div. III State Championship medals ceremony. (Chace Bryson photo)... Read more

Salesian Girls Show Grit In 2OT Road Win; EBAL Dominates; Sierra Foothill League Cinderellas Whitney, Granite Bay Boys Set To Clash Again • PICTURED ABOVE: Whitney-Rocklin Senior Derek Lamb Dunks The Ball During The Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Final. (David Gershon photo) As the Open Division closed out the first... Read more

A Strong Weekend For Boys & Girls NorCal Wrestling Yielded Eight State Titles At The CIF State Wrestling Championships In Bakersfield • PICTURED ABOVE: Cesar Chavez-Stockton Senior Taydem Khamjoi, Who Won The 131-Pound Girls State Title On Feb. 25. (Ike Dodson photos) Sixty-four Northern California wrestlers escaped the three-day CIF... Read more

Defending NorCal Div. I Champion De La Salle Begins 2023 Atop Our Preseason NorCal Baseball Rankings — With The WCAL In Hot Pursuit • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Cal Randall Of No. 1 De La Salle. (Ike Dodson photos) As things transition from scrimmage to nonleague games during the last week... Read more