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Corona, Huntington Beach suffer semifinal losses at National High School Invitational; Livermore Granada secures another shutout in North Carolina
Corona and Huntington Beach, the past two champions of the National High School Invitational, both suffered semifinal setbacks Friday at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. Venice High of Florida scored four runs in the fifth inning against top-ranked Corona, which had its 24-game winning streak... Read more
Corona, Huntington Beach advance to National High School Invitational semifinals; La Mirada, Livermore Granada rebound with wins in North Carolina
Following dramatic late-inning victories to open the National High School Invitational, both Corona and Huntington Beach made sure to produce early offense in Thursday’s quarterfinals, resulting in the past two champions of the event advancing to Friday’s semifinals at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. Seth... Read more
Corona baseball team stages dramatic comeback in seventh to win National High School Invitational opener, Huntington Beach advances in eight innings
Reigning champion Corona High needed a three-run, seventh-inning rally Wednesday to outlast Casteel High of Arizona in the opening round of the National High School Invitational at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. Ethin Bingaman came through in the clutch with two outs, a two-strike count... Read more
Corona baseball team captures Boras Classic South title with 8-3 win against La Mirada, which prevents top-ranked Panthers from tying state record for consecutive shutouts
La Mirada demonstrated again Friday that it is the only lineup thus far capable of manufacturing any offense against the Corona High baseball team. But the top-ranked Panthers continued to showcase how dominant they can be, especially against the elite programs in Southern California. Although the Matadores prevented Corona... Read more
NorCal Baseball: Tempers Flare as Granada Completes Hat Trick Over De La Salle
Even without a walk-off, the third installment between the Matadors and Spartans was must-see theater. There was no need for extra innings, no walk-off, no marathon affair split across two days at two different sites. But Granada’s 5-0 win over De La Salle in the Northern California Division I... Read more
CCS Baseball: Rodriguez Lifts Mitty To Division I Championship
The Monarchs’ Wichita State commit put up an MVP performance. The Central Coast Section doesn’t give out an MVP award for its baseball postseason. If there was one, it undoubtedly would have gone to Nico Rodriguez. The Wichita State commit went 7-for-10 with three walks over three playoff games,... Read more
Anson Aroz: The Constant | Meet Placer Baseball’s Problem Solver
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’ Overall Boys Athlete Big 10 | NorCal’s Best Male Athletes (’11-’20)
For The Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue, SportStars Continued Its Big 10 Series With The Overall Boys Big 10 —NorCal’s Best Male Athletes Of The Past Decade • The Overall Boys Athlete Big 10 is an installation of the SportStars Big 10 Project: A 10-months-long anniversary project celebrating the magazine’s... Read more
Nick Yorke, Boston Red Sox 1st Round Pick | SportStar Of The Week
NICK YORKE Archbishop Mitty-San Jose – Baseball – Senior Despite having his senior season all but wiped out because of the Coronavirus, something tells us that the recently-graduated Yorke is a lot less bummed after June 11. That’s when the Boston Red Sox made him their first-round selection (17th... Read more
From Callero To Zuardo | One Coach’s #NeverStop Thanks To His Mentors
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
Anthony Susac, Jesuit- SportStar of the Week
Anthony Susac-SportStar of the Week! In what might possibly have been the last big NorCal baseball matchup of the 2020 season, SportStars’ No. 2-ranked Jesuit hosted No. 1 De La Salle-Concord on March 12. Susac spun six sterling innings and struck out nine as the Marauders defeated the Spartans,... 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