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SportStars’ Season-Opening NorCal Baseball Top 20

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Northern Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section February 25, 2022 0

De La Salle And Its Arsenal Of Pitching Talent Opens Atop Our First NorCal Baseball Top 20 Rankings Of The 2022 Season • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1 De La Salle (Jean-Paul Toshiro photo) 1. DE LA SALLE-CONCORD (20-4 in 2021) Good pitching beats good hitting and the Spartans have... Read more

Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Wrestling Championships Preview

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section February 17, 2022 6

FORMULA FOR SUCCESS: Ike Dodson Delivers A Weight-By-Weight Breakdown Of The SJS Masters Wrestling Championships That Begin Friday Below is the most comprehensive Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Wrestling Championships Preview you will ever read — mostly because we are the only ones crazy enough about wrestling to write one. With... Read more

FINAL NorCal Football Rankings | Expanded Top 35

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Football North Coast Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section December 14, 2021 0

For The First Time In Our 11 Year History, A New Team Closes The Season At No. 1 As We Expand Our Final NorCal Football Rankings To 35 • Typically we close out the season by making our Final NorCal Football Rankings 33 percent bigger and expanding it from... Read more

Final NorCal Baseball Rankings | 2021

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Northern Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section June 21, 2021 2

WCAL Reigns Supreme As Valley Christian Plays Its Way To A CCS Title And Another No. 1 Finish In Our Final NorCal Baseball Rankings • Final NorCal Baseball Rankings For 2021. Previous rank in parenthesis. (TOP PHOTO: Valley Christian celebrates its CCS Open title on June 19; photo by... Read more

2020 Taught Me… | Athletes & Coaches Reflect, Share Outlook For New Year

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball High School Basketball High School Football High School Golf High School Sports Features North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section January 5, 2021 0

NorCal Athletes And Coaches Sound Off On What They Learned Over A Difficult Year, And Express Hope As We Start Anew • From the pandemic to social unrest, 2020 was a tidal wave that hit us all. Especially the world of high school athletics. Now that the water may... Read more

Maddie Gamble Is ALL IN | Carondelet Ace Doubles Down On Golf

High School Golf North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 14, 2020 0

With A Renewed Passion For Her Sport, Carondelet’s Maddie Gamble Is Slaying Amateur Competitions And Hoping For A Chance To Lead The Cougars One Last Time • Carondelet High golfer Maddie Gamble understands she won’t get a ton of sympathy. After all she’s been able to play and compete... Read more

Mark Soto: Honor Bowl Founder Writes Of Family, Service & Football

High School Football High School Sports Features September 11, 2020 1

In His Book “Honor Coach,” Mark Soto Shares How Passion and Patriotism Helped Birth The National High School Football Showcase • Mark Soto has never been short on enthusiasm and passion for what he loves and believes in. And his first-ever foray into the world of book writing shows... Read more

Fall Sports’ Alternate Reality: An Imagined Sports Future

Central Coast Section High School Golf High School Sports Features North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section Tennis: High School & Club VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA XC-Track-Running July 3, 2020 0

With Football Delayed Indefinitely And Other Sports Forced To Adapt To Virus Concerns, NorCal’s Fall Sports Season Was Like No Other EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a purely fictionalized look into NorCal’s 2020 fall sports future in a state and region still heavily affected by COVID-19. We composed it without... Read more

SportStars’ Overall Girls Athlete Big 10 | NorCal’s Best Female Athletes (’11-’20)

Big 10 Anniversary Project Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section June 18, 2020 0

For The Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue, SportStars Continued Its Big 10 Series With The Overall Girls Big 10 —NorCal’s Best Female Athletes Of The Past Decade • The Overall Girls Athlete Big 10 is an installation of the SportStars Big 10 Project: A 10-months-long anniversary project celebrating the magazine’s... Read more

Granite Bay Golf: Diverse, Talented Roster Fuels Girls Powerhouse

High School Golf Sac-Joaquin Section October 21, 2019 0

NEW WORLD ORDER: A Young Phenom, Tested Veterans And An International Talent Has Granite Bay Golf Aiming For More Than Just A Fifth Straight SJS Girls Crown • On Oct. 14, Anika Varna shot a two-under-par 70 across 18 holes to lead Granite Bay Golf to its fifth straight... Read more

Honor Bowl: Veteran Appreciation Football Event Celebrates 10 Years

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section October 3, 2019 0

Mark Soto And The Honor Group Celebrate A Decade Of Honoring Military And First Responders With Its Hometown Honor Bowl At Del Oro • Granite Bay and Del Oro High faced off in a football rivalry game between former state champions on Sept. 20. But it was more than... Read more

SJS Boys Volleyball: Granite Bay, Elk Grove Lock Up Titles

Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA May 30, 2019 0

SJS Boys Volleyball Power Granite Bay Hauled In Its Sixth Section Banner While Elk Grove Claimed Its First NorCal Title • In the 10 years that the Sac-Joaquin Section has held championships for boys volleyball, Granite Bay has stood atop the SJS boys volleyball world. The Grizzlies have won... Read more