Jesuit’s Rutherford is all Family Business
High School FootballSac-Joaquin Section October 20, 2017 2
Like His Dad Before Him, Jesuit’s Isaiah Rutherford — An Alabama Recruit At Cornerback — Has Also Become A Game-Breaking Running Back • Story By STEVEN WILSON | Photos By JAMES K. LEASH Like father, like son. Former Cal running back Reynard Rutherford, who racked up over 2,200 yards... Read more
SportStar of the Week: Tanner McKee
Southern SectionSportStars of the Week October 16, 2017 0
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
Pahulu’s POV: SCOTS “Dangerous Minds”
LEVELUP INSIDERS October 12, 2017 0
Photo Credits: Liliana Hernandez Carlmont Scots @ San Mateo Bearcats 10.6.17 A great CCS PAL Lake matchup between the 5-0 Carlmont Scots against the 4-1 San Mateo Bearcats. Carlmont is located in Belmont next to a Tongan Methodist church called “Fale Hufanga” as the Princess of Tonga HRH Princess PiloLevu... Read more
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
Figuring Out FALL
LEVELUP INSIDERS October 6, 2017 0
Just like that, we’re already more than a full month into the fall athletics season. Which means it’s time for us to share a few things that we think we’ve learned to this point. Here’s a running list of those things. >> Despite a hiccup in the desert to... Read more
Built Tough
High School FootballNorth Coast Section October 5, 2017 0
Four Years After The Boston Marathon Bombings Left Him With Severe Leg Injuries, Aaron Hern Is Thriving As Alhambra’s Starting QB • The first thing that jumps out to the visitor in Aaron Hern’s bedroom is simply how immaculate it looks. Bed neatly made. No clothes on the floor.... Read more
Pahulu’s POV: Alma Maters, Terra Nova @ Capuchino and “Trenchtown”
LEVELUP INSIDERS October 4, 2017 0
Story by George Pahulu. Photo credits to Darren Yamashita. Terra Nova HS @ Capuchino HS 9/23/17 Taking a campus tour today in observance of celebrating my alma mater Capuchino High School 20 year high school reunion planned this weekend. The campus has changed with all the remodeling. Found out that... Read more
Pahulu’s POV: St. Francis-Mountain View at DLS
LEVELUP INSIDERS September 22, 2017 0
On Sept. 8, I went to Concord to see the Lancers from St. Francis play against the prestigious Spartans from De La Salle. I was looking forward to watching two Tongan football student-athletes from St. Francis #7 Joshua Pakola and #52 Tyler Manoa. Last year’s running back from St. Francis,... Read more
Forfeit Philosophy: When Not Playing Is The Right Call
CalHiSports Insights September 14, 2017 0
It usually doesn’t take long for forfeits to rear their ugly head each football season and we had two very different ones in Northern California to start 2017. One of them, in fact, could be called “a good one.” That forfeit was the one that Brookside Christian-Stockton offered up... Read more
SportStar Of The Week: Kaiden Bennett
SportStars of the Week September 14, 2017 2
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
Rugby: A Game Of Its Own
HS / CLUB RUGBY August 24, 2017 0
Coaches Of Fabled Sport Contrast Rugby With Football When people think of rugby, the first thing that usually comes to mind is football without the pads. While yes, rugby players do not wear pads, the ins and outs of the games are vastly different, while keeping some of the... Read more
The Glorious Gridiron
LEVELUP INSIDERS August 24, 2017 0
Alas, it’s here. Our labor of love, and admittedly my favorite issue to work on every year. This is the eighth edition of our Football Preview, and I feel like it gets better each time we do it. This year we added our newest wrinkle, adding a Southern California... Read more