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California Wrestling State Rankings – Feb 13
While our NorCal Wrestler Rankings just went live, SportStars INSIDERs at The California Wrestler prepared their California Statewide Rankings. TOP CALIFORNIA WRESTLERS 106 – Andre Gonzales (Poway, SD, 11) #1 Nation 113 – Richard Figueroa (Selma, CS, 11) #1 Nation 120 – Tristan Lujan (Selma, CS, 12) #6 Nation... Read more
Volleyball Blocking Techniques- What works for you?
In my last blog post, I covered 3 Weapons For Effective Blocking. We detailed our way through “soft blocking”, “swing blocking” and “the joust”. Each have to do with hand positioning and making sure your hands are as big as you can make them appear to be. Now, lets... Read more
California Wrestlers Featured in Collegiate Rankings
California Wrestlers Featured by Amateur Wrestling News in Collegiate Rankings – February 11, 2020. Breakdown is by high school attended. Feature photo: 133 – Devan Turner (Oregon St/Dixon HS, SJ) 125 – Liam Cronin (Indiana/Servite HS, S) #15 125 – Nicolas Aguilar (Rutgers/Gilroy HS, CC) #17 125 – Sidney... Read more
Tameiya Sadler | St. Patrick-St. Vincent Star Mourns Kobe, Pushes Bruins
CLOSE TO HOME: Jolted By Kobe Bryant’s Tragic Death, St. Patrick-St. Vincent’s Tameiya Sadler Is Ready To Lead The Vallejo Program Into The Postseason • It was just two days later. It seemed too soon for Tameiya Sadler. Shock still reverberated in the aftermath of the helicopter crash of... Read more
All-NorCal Football Defense 2019: SportStars Honors 26
Meet The 26 Players Comprising SportStars’ All-NorCal Football Defense 2019 Roster — Led By Defensive Player Of The Year, Marcus Jones Jr. • We do things differently at SportStars. Rather than build an all-region roster broken into first- and second-team honors, we build one complete roster. The 26 players... Read more
Bella Vista Boys Soccer | Three For 16: Broncos On Emotional Quest
Bella Vista Boys Soccer Dedicates Its Quest For A Third Straight Sac-Joaquin Section Title To Fallen Former Teammate • Look around at any Bella Vista boys soccer game and you’ll notice one number is missing on the field. Number 16 used to be included in the team’s mesh bag... Read more
All-NorCal Football Offense 2019: SportStars Honors 25
Meet The 25 Players Comprising SportStars’ All-NorCal Football Offense 2019 Roster — Led By Offensive Player Of The Year, Jackson Pavitt • We do things differently at SportStars. Rather than build an all-region roster broken into first- and second-team honors, we build one complete roster. The 25 players below... Read more
CIF North Coast Section Dual Meet Championships – Finals
SportStars Wrestling INSIDER Al Fontes (The California Wrestler) offers up his CIF North Coast Section Dual Meet High School Wrestling Championships Finals report. Here’s his news from the mats. DIVISION I EAST BAY 1 – De La Salle (EBAL) 2 – Granada (EBAL) 3 – James Logan (MVAL) 4... Read more
Gabby Rones, West Campus Hot Shot Grabs SportStar of the Week
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
InterMat High School Rankings – Cali Wrestlers Top List
InterMat’s February 6, 2020 High School Wrestling Rankings. California Wrestlers Gonzales, Figueroa, and Saldate Top State List! Grabbing national headline news, once again, are arguably California’s top three / best high school wrestlers. CALIFORNIA WRESTLERS 106 weight class – Andre Gonzales (Poway, SD, 11) #1 106 – Raymond Lopez... Read more
Marcus Jones Jr. | 2019 SportStars NorCal Defensive Player Of The Year
Tenacious Middle Linebacker Logged 101 Solo Tackles In A Season That Saw Monterey Trail Defeat Folsom And Reach The Section Final • All that Marcus Jones, Jr. has ever wanted and needed is an opportunity. Give him that and he will take care of the rest.  Monterey Trail head... Read more
Jackson Pavitt | SportStars 2019 NorCal Offensive Player Of The Year
Accounting For 41 Touchdowns, Cardinal Newman’s Jackson Pavitt Was A Prolific Dual-Threat QB — And Just The Right Leader For 3-AA State Bowl Champions • A great quarterback once said, “You can’t have success if you don’t visualize it first.” That great quarterback is the SportStars NorCal Offensive Player of... Read more