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Amit Elor: College Park’s Pin-Seeking Phenom
2019-20 WRESTLING PREVIEW: Just A Sophomore, Defending CIF State Champion Amit Elor Has Rocketed To Superstar Status On The Mat • The next big thing in U.S. women’s wrestling is a remarkable 15-year-old College Park-Pleasant Hill sophomore with dazzling abilities and uncanny poise. She goes by the name Amit... Read more
De La Salle Football Lu Magia Hearns SportStar of the Week
LU MAGIA HEARNS De La Salle Football Named SportStar of the Week Playing against the program that his dad starred for 25 years ago, Lu Magia Hearns delivered an electric five-minute sequence that helped the De La Salle Spartans defeat Pittsburg 49-7 in the North Coast Section Division I championship... Read more
Manteca Football: Bring On The Doubters
Scrappy Manteca Football Team Upends Expectations En Route To Punching A Ticket Into SJS Div. III Final • They’ve read the articles. They’ve seen the predictions. Players and coaches from the Manteca football program have fully embraced their underdog status this season.   Pundits and computer rankings picked against the... Read more
SportStars NorCal Volleyball Rankings: 2019 FINAL
FINAL NorCal Volleyball Rankings: CIF NorCal Open Champion Marin Catholic Goes Wire-To-Wire As NorCal’s No. 1; WCAL Lands Three In Top Six • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All Records Are Final (via MaxPreps.com) 1. (1)  —  Marin Catholic-Kentfield   35-4    2. (2)  —  Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland   30-8   3. (3)  — ... Read more
Foothill High Sends Spirit All-American to Disney Competition
Muna Bellot, sophomore from Foothill High School in Pleasanton, California, has been selected to perform in the annual Orlando Varsity Spirit All-American  Thanksgiving Tour, held at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Bellot along with more than 300 high school cheerleaders from across the U.S. joins the tour. _______________________________ GET CONNECTED:... Read more
John Brindley Encinal Football SportStar of The Week
SportStar of The Week — John Brindley Encinal-Alameda – Football – Senior After seeing his team’s 21-0 lead evaporate in the span of nine minutes on Friday night, John Brindley was given the chance to give the Jets a victory as time expired. _______________________________ GET CONNECTED: Follow SportStars on Twitter & Instagram | Like us on Facebook | Subscribe! _______________________________... Read more
CIF California State Championships, Since ’73
SportStars Wrestling Insider, Al Fontes (TheCaliforniaWrestler.com) chronicles the CIF California 3x and 4x State Champions/Finalists/Placers Club (since 1973) Feature image: Darrell Vasquez (Bakersfield, CS) First 4x State Champion. 3x State Champs list below… 4x CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONS Seth Nevills (Clovis, CS): 2015, ’16, ’17, ’18 Justin Mejia (Clovis, CS): 2014,... Read more
SportStars’ Preseason Girls Basketball Rankings: NorCal Top 25
Despite Graduation And Injuries, Archbishop Mitty Opens The 2019-20 Season In The Top Spot In Our NorCal Preseason Girls Basketball Rankings • Welcome To Our Exclusive Expanded 2019-20 Preseason Girls Basketball Rankings. Records are from 2018-19. 1. Archbishop Mitty-San Jose (25-3) Yes, it’s a cliché, but Archbishop Mitty does... Read more
St. Francis XC Wins Fourth Straight Section Title
Cross Country Wins Fourth Straight Section Title to Qualify for State Championships The St. Francis cross country team won its fourth consecutive Sac-Joaquin Section Division II title and qualified for the CIF State Cross Country Championships on Nov. 30. “The team feels awesome,” said senior Isabella Fauria. “We can’t... Read more
Isa Silva: Top Recruit Leads Jesuit Into 2019-20
Tabbed By One Evaluator As “A Magician,” Isa Silva Leads A Promising Marauders Roster That Has Jesuit Aiming For A Return To Sac-Joaquin Section Elite • Two months, three states, two countries. With that track record, you could say Isa Silva is getting used to flying across the country.  This... Read more
Pittsburg Football’s Swashbuckler Survival Guide
The 2019 Pirates Have Battled Their Way Through The Types Of Adversity That Have Derailed Pittsburg Football Teams Of The Recent Past • In most cases, the loss of a quarterback to injury would qualify as one of the most adverse circumstances a high school football team could face. That... Read more
Alden Standley, Sacred Heart, Volleyball SportStar of the Week!
 ALDEN STANDLEY Sacred Heart Cathedral-S.F. – Volleyball – Senior- Honored as SportStar of the Week! They say it’s hard to beat a good team three times. Try five! Standley delivered 44 assists and added eight digs on Nov. 9 as she and her Fightin’ Irish teammates defeated Archbishop Mitty-San... Read more