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All-NorCal Wrestling Honors | Ike’s Ironmen & Ironwomen 2020

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section March 26, 2020 0

Chase Saldate, Lilly Freitas and 22 NorCal teams represented in SportStars’ Third Annual All-NorCal Wrestling Honors • Though it again spanned three grueling days, the combined Boys-Girls CIF Wrestling Championships at Mechanics Bank (formerly Rabobank) Arena in Bakersfield was a resounding triumph for NorCal’s best wrestlers. And for the... Read more

Roseville Softball | Talented Tigers Wondering If It’s 5-And-Over

High School Sports Features More Sports Sac-Joaquin Section March 25, 2020 0

After An Impressive Start To 2020, The Roseville Softball Team Copes With A Season Stuck In Limbo • One day after beating cross-town Woodcreek High, 9-2, to improve to 5-0 in the early stages of the 2020 season, the Roseville softball team got word that it likely just played... Read more

Anthony Susac, Jesuit- SportStar of the Week

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week March 23, 2020 0

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

James Logan Girls Wrestling | Colts Claim State Title As Sport Skyrockets

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section March 20, 2020 0

James Logan Girls Wrestling Clutches CIF Championship As Girls Wrestling Builds NCAA “Emerging Sport” Momentum • Saturdays are officially for the girls. And the James Logan Girls Wrestling team is here for it. Wrestling’s highest divisions have been invaded by college and prep athletes looking to define their generation... Read more

Chase Saldate | Gilroy Wrestling Star’s Countdown To Liftoff

Central Coast Section High School Sports Features High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW March 19, 2020 0

National No. 1 And CIF State Wrestling Champion, Chase “Satellite” Saldate Is An Other-Worldly Sensation — And Our NorCal Wrestler Of The Year • 10. For Chase Saldate, the countdown for his liftoff into orbit begins now. After he graduates from Gilroy High, the 152-pound InterMat National No. 1... Read more

Viral Disruption: NorCal Teams Cope With State Basketball Cancellations

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section March 17, 2020 0

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 Ashley Hiraki Mitty Girls Basketball

Central Section High School Basketball SportStars of the Week March 16, 2020 0

Ashley Hiraki, Archbishop Mitty-San Jose — Basketball – Senior named SportStar of the Week Amidst the concern and confusion of the COVID-19 outbreak, stellar student-athletes continue find ways of standing out. And wowing us! At the time this piece was written, girls (and all) high school basketball has been... Read more

Salesian Basketball Sr. Jaden Lazo Scores SportStar of the Week

High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week March 7, 2020 0

SportStar of the Week Jaden Lazo Salesian-Richmond – Basketball Senior Wing Thursday’s CIF Division 1 Norcal Regional quarterfinals pitted Salesian basketball against Grant-Sacramento. Jaden Lazo came out firing on all cylinders. The senior wing scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the first quarter to help the Pride... Read more

Acalanes Softball | Here Come The Dons – Fences Beware

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section March 6, 2020 0

A Dynamic Incoming Freshman Adds To An Already Fierce Lineup That Has Acalanes Softball Aiming For Its First NCS Title • Freshman prospect Hailey Stripling made a big impression in her first live action as a high school player. Literally. Just look at the fence on the Acalanes High... Read more

Lujan, Nagao, Haas Join Prestigious State Champions Club

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW March 6, 2020 0

120 – Tristan Lujan (Selma, CS, 12) joins Nagao, and Haas in prestigious 2x California State Wrestling Champions Club There have been precious few to reach such achievement in four quick years of high school sports. These three men among boys, Lujan, Nagao and Haas) have entered the within... Read more

California Wrestling Championship Teams 1973–2020

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW March 5, 2020 0

SportStars wrestling Insider, Al Fontes (The California Wrestler) offers his retrospective report of California State Wrestling Championship Teams dating back to 1973. There’s a photo gallery included. Click this link also for a player-by-player list of 1973 & 2020 CIF State Individual Champions. Perpetual stalwart, Buchanan High School-Clovis caps... Read more

Vista del Lago Softball | Viva Vista! Eagles Ready For Takeoff

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section March 4, 2020 1

A Deep, Young Roster Led By Sophomore Tayler Biehl Has Vista Del Lago Softball Thinking Big Things For 2020 And Beyond • They say that youth is wasted on the young. The Vista del Lago softball team hopes to prove that adage false in 2020. To do that, the... Read more