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Ashley Hiraki | Fan Choice NorCal Girls Hoops Player Of The Year
After Garnering More Than 10,000 Votes Over Nine Days, Archbishop Mitty Veteran Leader Ashley Hiraki Was The Fans’ Choice For NorCal Player Of The Year • On its way to compiling a 26-3 record and going wire-to-wire as Northern California’s No. 1 team, the Archbishop Mitty High girls basketball... Read more
Viral Disruption: NorCal Teams Cope With State Basketball Cancellations
Twelve NorCal Teams See Title Dreams End After CIF Is Forced Into State Basketball Cancellations As The Coronavirus Outbreak Accelerated • And then there were no championships. On the morning of March 12, the sudden CIF State Basketball cancellations brought the stark reality of the Coronavirus pandemic to the... Read more
SportStar Mike Mitchell (Mitty) Best in League
Mike Mitchell Archbishop Mitty- San Jose – Basketball Jr. Named SportStar of the Week. Mike Mitchell is considered by some to be the best all-around player in the vaunted West Catholic Athletic League. The Archbishop Mitty Jr. and Pepperdine-commit helped lead the Monarchs to a 16-3 overall record through... Read more
Haley Jones: ’18-’19 NorCal Girls Player Of The Year
Archbishop Mitty’s All-American, Haley Jones, Cements Her Legacy Among NorCal’s Greatest Girls Hoops Talents With Another Do-It-All Season • It’s no surprise that Haley Jones is the SportStars’ Girls Basketball Player of the Year for the second straight season. Coming into the season, she was widely considered the top... Read more
All-NorCal Girls Basketball ’17-’18
Beginning With Player Of The Year, Archbishop Mitty’s Haley Jones, It Was A Banner Year For NorCal Girls Talent • CLICK HERE For All-NorCal Boys Selections NORCAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Haley Jones, Archbishop Mitty-San Jose, Junior There’s not much Haley Jones can’t do on a basketball court. At 6-1,... Read more
SportStars Cover Girl, Kate Formico, Makes the Grade at Stanford Volleyball
Up-and-Coming Stanford Volleyball Star Our sister sports publisher, (Ultimate Sports Guide) today captured an up-and-coming Stanford volleyball star. Who just happened to be our own cover subject back in August of 2016, when we featured the Archbishop Mitty star-studded team. Furthermore, we knew she was making the grade! From... Read more
NorCal High School Softball Preseason Top 20
We See No Reason To Doubt The Dynasty That Is Huskies Softball, But A Few Other Defending Section Champions Look Just As Daunting • 1. Sheldon-Sacramento (30-2 in 2017) Sticking the Huskies dynasty right back where we last left it seemed an easy call. Though Sheldon graduated the 2017... Read more
Mitty too strong in the 4th to win over Lady Fighting Irish
Sacred Heart Cathedral kept it close, but Mitty too strong in the 4th to win 82-63 Story by George Pahulu, SportStars INSIDER. Photos: Matthew Aguirre   Archbishop Mitty Lady Monarchs of San Jose are led by All-American #30 Haley Jones, a junior, and are the current #1 team in 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
2017 Final NorCal Girls Volleyball Rankings
Mitty Is A Slam Dunk No. 1 After Winning A Second Straight CIF Open Division Title • NorCal Girls Volleyball Rankings Are Final PICTURED ABOVE: Archbishop Mitty seniors Julia Devine, Makaela Tanaka, Lauren Haniger, Kamrin Caoili and Nicole Liddle. (Photo by Doug Stringer) 1. (1) ARCHBISHOP MITTY-SAN JOSE (37-5)... Read more
Girls Preseason NorCal Top 20
2016-17 Final Records Included 1. ST. MARY’S-STOCKTON (21-9) The No. 2 team in MaxPreps’ national Xcellent 25 has one of the most talented starting lineups in the country. It starts with elite senior Aquira DeCosta (pictured above) — who has signed with perennial national power Baylor — and also... Read more
Collision Course: 2 National Powers, 1 State Title
Archbishop Mitty And St. Mary’s-Stockton Are On An Inevitable Path • Story By CLAY KALLAM | Photos By BERRY EVANS III Since Valentine’s Day of 2006, Archbishop Mitty and St. Mary’s of Stockton have played six times – and though there’s plenty of respect, no candy grams have been... Read more