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‘Sky High’ | Granada Softball Storms Stampede
With High Confidence And Loud Bats, Granada Softball Won A Stacked Livermore Stampede Tournament To Take Over NorCal’s No. 1 Ranking • PICTURED ABOVE: Livermore Stampede tournament MVP, Makayla Winchell. (Chace Bryson photos) As Granada High softball pitcher Alex Mello continued to retire hitter after hitter in the Livermore... Read more
Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | 2021-22
Modesto Christian’s 30-Win Season, Regional Open Title Secure Crusaders The Top Spot In Our Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: Div. II State Champions, No. 12 Elk Grove . (David Gershon photo) Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings. Previous rank in parenthesis 1. (1) Modesto Christian (30-6) Crusaders... Read more
SportStars’ Season-Opening NorCal Softball Top 20
Led By A Pair Of Undefeated Teams From 2021, The Season-Opening NorCal Softball Top 20 Suggests A Riveting Three Months Ahead Of Us • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1 St. Francis-Mountain View from March 2020. (SFHS Athletics photo) 1. ST. FRANCIS-MOUNTAIN VIEW (26-0 in 2021) It’s Jessica Oakland’s world and... Read more
Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Wrestling Championships Preview
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
Presumed Dead Too Soon? | Elk Grove Football Rushes Back To SJS Relevance
Seniors Zeke Burnett, Ethan Archuleta And Pita Folaumotui Vi Are On Mission To Prove Elk Grove’s Demise Was Falsely Advertised — They Might Be Right • TOP PHOTO: Zeke Burnett Crosses The Goal Line In Elk Grove’s Sept. 17 Win At Lincoln (Ike Dodson photo) A dive isn’t a... Read more
Final NorCal Softball Rankings | 2021
St. Francis Left Zero Doubt Over Its Credentials To Be The Top Team In Our Final NorCal Softball Rankings Of 2021 • Final NorCal Softball Rankings For 2021. Previous rank in parenthesis. (TOP PHOTO: Tayler Biehl of No. 15 Vista del Lago-Folsom; James K. Leash photo) 1. (1) St.... Read more
SportStars’ 2019-20 NorCal Team Of The Year VOTE
In A Final Tip Of The Cap To The 2019-20 Year In High School Sports, SportStars Seeks Reader Help In Choosing Its NorCal Team Of The Year • As we begin that looong wait for December — with masks on and fingers crossed —  our recent August issue sought... Read more
Boys Basketball Fan Vote | SportStars’ NorCal Player Of The Year
While We Prepare Our NorCal Postseason Honors Release, We’re Asking Readers To Take Part In Our Boys Basketball Fan Vote For The Region’s Top Player • SportStars will be releasing its NorCal Player of the Year and All-NorCal teams in our upcoming April 10 issue. While we’ll be producing... 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
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
Marcus Bagley: ’18-’19 NorCal Boys Player Of The Year
Sheldon-Sacramento 6-foot-8 Wing Marcus Bagley Delivered On The Expectations That Accompanied His Out-Of-State Arrival • Marcus Bagley lived up to his preseason hype.  Coming into the 2018-19 boys basketball season, Bagley’s addition to an already strong Sheldon High team made it one of the most explosive and most dangerous teams... Read more
Sheldon Basketball: Out In The Open
Huskies Boys Vow To Regroup After Falling To Nationally-Ranked Sierra Canyon-Chatsworth In The CIF Open State Final For Second Straight Season • Despite a strong run to California’s pinnacle prep basketball game, Sheldon High’s momentum faded quickly against the NBA-offspring superteam from Sierra Canyon-Chatsworth. It became apparent by halftime... Read more