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Proving Perfection | Heritage Softball Opens ’22 Ready To Roll

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section February 24, 2022 0

A Team Shouldn’t Need To Prove Itself After Any Undefeated Season, But Heritage Softball Is Ready To Take NorCal’s Best Shot PICTURED ABOVE: Seniors Tianna Bell, Right, And Kasey Aguinaga Heritage Softball made it look easy in 2021. In a 25-0 season, the Patriots played just two one-run games.... Read more

SportStars’ Season-Opening NorCal Softball Top 20

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Northern Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section February 24, 2022 0

Led By A Pair Of Undefeated Teams From 2021, The Season-Opening NorCal Softball Top 20 Suggests A Riveting Three Months Ahead Of Us • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1 St. Francis-Mountain View from March 2020. (SFHS Athletics photo) 1. ST. FRANCIS-MOUNTAIN VIEW (26-0 in 2021) It’s Jessica Oakland’s world and... Read more

SportStories, Ep. 8 | Thundering Heights

High School Baseball/Softball Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section June 3, 2021 0

Five Guests Revisit Coach Jeff Carlson’s Elk Grove High Baseball Dynasty That Produced Eight Section Titles And Eight Major Leaguers In Just A 16-Year Span • Dynasties are not particularly rare in high school sports. Even though rosters are always changing as classes graduate and others come in, if... Read more

Oakmont Baseball | Meet The Upset Squad

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section April 5, 2021 0

Nearly Two Years Removed From A 30-Win Section Title Season, Oakmont Baseball Returned From The Pandemic Led By A Young Wave Of Talent Ready To Face Anyone • Kurt Marton saved his best fastball for last on March 30. The right-handed sophomore pitcher on the Oakmont High baseball team... Read more

SportStories, Ep. 02 | Freedom Finishes The Business Trip

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Podcasts February 24, 2021 0

Former Freedom Softball Players And Coaches Mark The Five-Year Anniversary Of The 2016 Team’s Inspiring Championship Run In Honor Of Slain Assistant Coach Scott Lunger Scott Lunger was the “good cop” on the Freedom High School varsity softball coaching staff. The Freedom softball players loved the good-natured humor that... Read more

Elk Grove Baseball | EGHS Alums Lead Region’s Growing MLB Footprint

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section August 19, 2020 0

Dylan Carlson’s MLB Debut Continues A Wave Of Elk Grove Baseball And Sacramento Region Talent Reaching The Bigs • While regional diamonds sit eerily quiet, Elk Grove baseball is leading a region that’s making noise at the highest level. Area stars, and Elk Grove High alumni in particular, are... Read more

Anson Aroz: The Constant | Meet Placer Baseball’s Problem Solver

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section July 6, 2020 0

Baseball Is A Game Of Equations For Relentlessly Driven Oregon-Bound Catcher Anson Aroz Of Placer-Auburn There’s baseball IQ and then there’s whatever-in-the-Isaac-Newton Anson Aroz is. The Oregon-committed, switch-hitting catcher from Placer High-Auburn seems to see the diamond in code — or at least in distances and times. “Say a... Read more

SportStars’ Softball Big 10 | NorCal’s Best Players (’11-’20)

Big 10 Anniversary Project Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section June 30, 2020 0

For The Magazine’s 10th Anniversary, SportStars Continues Its Big 10 Series With Its Softball Big 10 —NorCal’s Best Players Of The Past Decade • The Softball Big 10 is an installation of the SportStars Big 10 Project: A 10-months-long series celebrating the magazine’s 10-year anniversary in June 2020. We’ll... Read more

Madi Mays Minutemen Softball SportStar of the Week

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section SportStars of the Week May 19, 2020 0

Madi Mays’ Minutemen career began as a freshman in 2017 when she helped Concord High School softball claim a North Coast Section Division II title. Mays went 3-for-4 with 4 RBI in the final against Granada. Fast forward to her last varsity game, Mays spun a no-hitter against Monte... Read more

From Callero To Zuardo | One Coach’s #NeverStop Thanks To His Mentors

#NeverStop Project Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section May 5, 2020 0

Heritage High Baseball Coach Kevin Brannan Offers A #NeverStop Salute To Mike Callero And Lou Zuardo, The Coaches Who Shaped His Career • As several players have thanked their coaches as part of this project, sometimes coaches need to do the same. There are two people — Mike Callero... Read more