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California-San Ramon, Oak Ridge Football Enter Preseason Ranks At #25-26
Mix Of Experience And New Talent Gives California-San Ramon, Oak Ridge Opportunities To Surprise Within A Pair Of Super-Competitive Leagues • This is the third of five releases this week debuting the opening 10 teams to our expanded 2019 Fit Pro Go! NorCal Preseason Rankings. California-San Ramon has proven... Read more
Bear River Football: Measuring Up (SJS Small Schools 2019)
Despite Small Rosters And Bigger Opponents, Grass Valley’s Bear River Sets A Gold Standard For Small Program Success In A Football-Rich Region • Small school football is a little slice of Americana: small communities where everyone knows their neighbors and all cheer on the local school’s athletes. All of the... Read more
San Ramon Valley, Del Oro Football Join NorCal Ranks At #27-28
Del Oro, San Ramon Valley Continue Our Expanded NorCal Preseason Ranks As Defending Section Champions Facing Holes To Fill And Questions To Answer • This is the second of five releases this week debuting the opening 10 teams to our expanded 2019 Fit Pro Go! NorCal Preseason Rankings. Defending... Read more
Team California 2019 Fargo All-Americans Dontcha Know
Being familiar with, and to some extent fans of the Coen brothers cult film, Fargo, we thought we’d take some fun liberties with SportStars INSIDER, Al Fontes’ (The California Wrestler) compilation of Team California 2019 Fargo All-Americans. Ya, sure, there’s a lot of good wrestlers that go to Fargo!... Read more
Football Preview Kickoff Week 2019
Presenting The Schedule To Our Week-Long Buildup To The Aug. 16 Online Release Of Our 10th Annual Football Preview Special Edition • Welcome to our Football Preview kickoff week — the opening week of our NorCal preseason football coverage. It’s going to be quite a busy week at SportStarsMag.com.... Read more
Manteca, Mitty Football Open NorCal Preseason Ranks As #29-30
We Open Our 2019 NorCal Preseason Football Rankings With Two Programs Who Finished 2018 Unranked — But Look Ready To Take The Next Step • This is the first of five releases this week debuting the opening 10 teams to our expanded 2019 NorCal Preseason Rankings. Mitty’s promise lies... Read more
Area Code Baseball: Six Snapshots From NorCal Tryouts
SHORT CODES: Six Quick Profiles From The Northern California Tryouts For The 2019 Area Code Baseball Games Each year the top 220 or so high school baseball players from across the country come together to compete in the Area Code Games — a five-day showcase at Blair Field in... Read more
40 Years of Wrestlings Who’s Who!
Founder Bill Grant has Brought the Who’s Who in Wrestling to Monterey. A 40 Year Plus History of the Monterey Clinic of Champions, by Al Fontes 2019 marks the 41st Annual Monterey Clinic of Champions held at the Embassy Suites in Pacific Grove, CA on October 25th – 27th.... Read more
3 Things to Try if You’re Suffering From Back Pain
Getting ready for long-distance runs? Like any sport, running can bring on various injuries or pain. Back pain is pretty common with runners. Its solution may be a simple stretch or when the issue is more complex, what’s required is a structural shift. Elijah Rogge of Castro Valley High... Read more
MARCUS BAGLEY, Sheldon Basketball Sr. Honored SportStar of the Week
Sheldon-Sacramento Basketball Senior Nets Another Star Sheldon basketball Sr. Marcus Bagley, SportStars Magazines’ reigning NorCal Boys Basketball Player of the Year, made his college choice official. The younger brother of the Sacramento Kings’ Marvin Bagley III, gave his oral commitment to Arizona State on July 29. He chose the... Read more
Nick Kresnak, Acalanes Baseball SportStar of the Week
The SportStar of the Week award goes to… Nick Kresnak, Acalanes-Lafayette – Baseball – Senior Nick Kresnak will close his summer out in style next week when he joins 28 of Northern California’s best-rising senior baseball players at the prestigious Area Code Baseball Games showcase in Long Beach. Kresnak... Read more
Gabriel Reclusado Piedmont Hills, SportStar of the Week
Gabriel Reclusado turned the 43rd Annual Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Game into his own personal highlight show. The recent Pirates graduate had a 25-yard interception return for a touchdown during the second quarter. He then took over at quarterback and completed a pair of passes for 81 yards, one of... Read more