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Jaden Rashada | Young QB Ready To Shine After 5,800-Mile U-Turn

High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section SportStars of the Week October 5, 2020 1

Top 2023 Quarterback Recruit, Jaden Rashada, Settles Down At Pittsburg After Briefly Chasing Fall Football Hopes In Florida • Jaden Rashada just wanted a chance at playing football in 2020. It was that desire that led him to the house of his best friend, Rashid Williams, on an early-Summer... Read more

Nick Yorke, Boston Red Sox 1st Round Pick | SportStar Of The Week

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball SportStars of the Week June 15, 2020 0

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

Ben Dillard, Oak Ridge Swimmer – What Would’ve Been

Aquatics Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week May 11, 2020 0

SportStar Ben Dillard, a senior swimmer from Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills, is a champion. A record-setting champion in fact. Dillard’s the kind of guy who fills the grandstands. The sort of swimmer whom spectators and other swimmers alike find themselves rooting for in hopes of witnessing a new record.... Read more

Alexa Edwards, St. Francis-Sacramento | SportStar of the Week

Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA April 20, 2020 0

St. Francis Volleyball’s Alexa Edwards Is Named SportStar Of The Week After Earning The Sac-Joaquin Section’s Top Student-Athlete Scholarships • Alexa Edwards is no stranger to SportStars adulation. The Magazine recently named her one of the Top 10 girls volleyball players of the decade. On Friday, April 17, St. Francis... 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

Lilly Freitas (Pitman) SportStar Wrestler of the Week

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week March 2, 2020 0

Pitman-Turlock Girls Wrestling Sophomore Phenom, Lilly Freitas Selected SportStar of the Week Lilly Freitas won her second CIF state title in as many years on Saturday after a dominant three-day performance in Bakersfield. The Pitman girls wrestling phenom went a perfect 5-0 and won all five matches by pin.... Read more

Bret Harte’s Kodiak Stevens Named SportStar of the Week

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section Sac/Joaquin Edition SportStars of the Week February 25, 2020 0

SportStars’ #1 Ranked, Kodiak Stevens Bret Harte-Angels Camp – Wrestling – Senior All season long, SportStars Magazine has ranked Kodiak Stephens as its top NorCal wrestler at 170 pounds. This past weekend he showed why. Stephens blazed his way through the 170-pound field at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Tournament. Get... Read more

Gabby Rones, West Campus Hot Shot Grabs SportStar of the Week

High School Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week February 10, 2020 0

Gabby Rones, the Warriors’ three-year starter, is firing on all cylinders for her senior season, earning her SportStar of the Week honors. Through Feb. 1, Gabby Rones helped lead West Campus – Sacramento to a 16-5 overall record and a 5-1 mark in the Greater Sacramento League. The Warrior’s... Read more

SportStar Mike Mitchell (Mitty) Best in League

Central Coast Section High School Basketball SportStars of the Week February 4, 2020 0

Mike Mitchell Archbishop Mitty- San Jose – Basketball Jr. Named SportStar of the Week. Mike Mitchell is considered by some to be the best all-around player in the vaunted West Catholic Athletic League. The Archbishop Mitty Jr. and Pepperdine-commit helped lead the Monarchs to a 16-3 overall record through... Read more

MVP Alexsandra Alvarado Takes SportStar Honors

High School Basketball North Coast Section SportStars of the Week January 24, 2020 0

Alexsandra Alvarado, Salesian-Richmond, Basketball, Junior, SportStar of the Week Alexsandra Alvarado continues to show up big! She closed out 2019 by earning the MVP Award for the West Coast Jamboree Diamond Division. this was in the Pride’s biggest games- when it really counts! Alvarado scored 22 points in a... Read more

Aidan Mahaney Campo Basketball SportStar of the Week

High School Basketball North Coast Section SportStars of the Week January 20, 2020 0

Aidan Mahaney, Campolindo Moraga Basketball, Sophomore named SportStar of the Week. One season after being named the Cal-Hi Sports Boys Basketball State Freshman of the Year, Aidan Mahaney picked up right where he left off. At the halfway mark of the regular season (through 13 games), Mahaney was averaging... Read more