Varsha Nekkanti has a lot to smile about these days. Pictured above, she has just holed out on a par 3. A hole-in-one. A rising senior at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Nekkanti has been a participant at The First Tee of Silicon Valley for 10 years. She... Read more
A Two-Way Turlock Football Star, Gabriel Cordero Chose Joining The Marines Over Pursuing To Play At The Next Level • Despite the braces he sheepishly revealed with wide grins, Turlock High School football standout Gabriel Cordero was a man amongst boys during back-to-back all-star weekends this summer. The 18-year-old... Read more
We Reveal Our Annual Ranked Countdown Of The Bay Area Athletes Of The Year For The 2017-18 School Year • Below are the first 55 athletes from our sixth annual Bay Area 75 — SportStars’ rankings of the top 75 Bay Area athletes of the year from 2017-18. We’ll... Read more
Vision’s Quest
VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA June 26, 2018 0
Los Gatos-Based Vision Volleyball Club Sends Its 17 Gold Team To The USA Volleyball Girls Junior Nationals With High Hopes • In some quarters, club volleyball doesn’t always get the same attention as high school volleyball, but the competition is at the highest levels. And the Bay Area’s Vision... Read more
2018 All-NorCal Softball Team
High School Baseball/Softball June 11, 2018 3
We Wrap Up The 2018 Season With Our All-NorCal Softball Teams, Led By Player Of The Year Rachel Cid And Pitcher Of The Year Vanessa Strong • NORCAL SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Rachel Cid, Tracy, Sr. (Pictured above) NORCAL SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE YEAR Vanessa Strong, Freedom-Oakley, Sr. FIRST... Read more
St. Jos’ Caroline Evans • SportStar of the Week
High School Baseball/SoftballNorth Coast SectionSportStars of the Week June 8, 2018 0
EVANS ACE: St. Joseph Notre Dame-Alameda Freshman Softball Caroline Evans looked like anything but a freshman during the North Coast Section Division IV championship game on June 2. She tossed the first no-hitter of her high school career, striking out five and walking none in a 4-0 shutout of Del... Read more
Paced By A Record-Breaking Offense, De La Salle Baseball Thundered Its Way To A Third Consecutive NCS Division I Crown • When a baseball team outscores its four North Coast Section playoff opponents by a combined 42-3, something exceptional is happening. How special? This finish came from likely the... Read more
With A Freshman Phenom Pitcher And A Stacked Lineup, St. Joseph Notre Dame Softball Locked In On Winning — Until They Found Out They Won It All • A consistent mark of good teams is the ability of every player to stay locked in the moment. One would be... Read more
Dogs’ Day
High School Baseball/SoftballSac-Joaquin Section June 7, 2018 0
Gritty And Undaunted, Vacaville Flooded The Delta En Route To Winning Its First Section Title • It’s a difficult road to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I baseball title, especially when navigating from Solano County. The Bulldogs of Vacaville High know this all too well. The Div. I bracket is... Read more
Danville Oaks Take Down Defending Champions In Extra Time To Claim The Varsity Boys National Championship In Kansas City • Beat the Best to Be the Best. That’s how the saying goes. And that’s exactly what the Danville Oaks varsity boys rugby club did on May 19 in Kansas City.... Read more
Joe Knows Redemption: How Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Mixon is Giving Back
High School Football June 4, 2018 5
Joe Knows Redemption It was a little over a year ago that I used this space to defend the character of a kid I once covered extensively as a high school athlete for Freedom High in Oakley. In March of 2017, weeks before the NFL Draft, Joe Mixon — because... Read more
ONE for the Road. Seniors Lead San Ramon Valley To First Lacrosse Section Title
LacrosseNorth Coast Section May 31, 2018 0
In Their Final Game Together, Eight Exemplary Seniors Led San Ramon Valley To Its First Boys Lacrosse Section Title Since 2015 • In the end, for the San Ramon Valley High boys lacrosse team, it was all about “this one.” The “one” on May 17 was big: the North Coast... Read more
