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How to Alleviate Foot and Heel Pain
As athletes, we deal with foot issues throughout our careers. It’s just part of the drill. Our feet are the workhorses of our workouts! But does that mean we have to suffer foot discomfort when were off the field of play? Muir Orthopedic doctors have answers. Here’s how to... Read more
Pleasant Valley Football: Defending CIF Champs Ready For Battle
Chico’s Pleasant Valley High Opens Its Season At Del Oro With 12 Returning Starters, A Dynamite Junior Class — And Special Forces Training • “Everyone has a job to do.” It’s the mantra of the Pleasant Valley football program.  It wasn’t crafted by its stellar bookend offensive tackles or other... Read more
Sheldon Conde, No. 28 Del Oro Football Prepare For The Unknown
With Just Three Returning Starters, Del Oro Will Look To Determined Senior RB Sheldon Conde To Set The Tone • Third-year coach Jeff Walters hopes his Del Oro football team will attack the 2019 season like senior running back Sheldon Conde hits the hole. The Golden Eagles may not... Read more
Going the Distance: Angel More Menlo School-Atherton
Angel More, Menlo School-Atherton – Distance Swimming – Senior named SportStar of the Week. So… what did you do this weekend? Angel More swam 28 miles around the Manhattan Island in New York City. She’s also setting records on Menlo-Atherton’s swim team and was a league championships qualifier. But... Read more
Las Lomas Football: Newell Beginnings
Doug Longero Had No Intention Of Returning To The Las Lomas Football Sidelines — Until He Met A Young Isaiah Newell • Isaiah Newell walks into the Las Lomas football office like he’d walk into his own living room. He wears a big smile as he strides to an... Read more
Wilcox Football: Charged For An Encore
After 14 Wins And A CIF State Bowl Title, Wilcox Football Enters New Territory As It Prepares To Follow Its Most Successful Season Ever • For the Wilcox football team, it’s been about shattering barriers and destroying preconceived notions. Barriers were blown away during the Chargers’ outstanding 2018 season... Read more
Linsdey Berg: Playing From The Heart
My name is Lindsey Berg. I was born and raised in the incredible volleyball state of Hawaii. My volleyball skills then took me to Minnesota for college, the Olympics three times, and all over the world playing professionally. After retiring five years ago from the sport, it is finally... Read more
James Medeiros is Taking the Los Angeles City Section A Level Up
The following is my latest article about James Medeiros, who attended American High School in Fremont. Now at Birmingham High, Coach Medeiros is taking the Los Angeles City section to another level. The road map to achieving goals in life is through hard work, sacrifice, and being fully dedicated... Read more
NorCal Preseason Top 30: Expanded Football Rankings To Open 2019
SportStars Opens The 2019 High School Football Season With Our NorCal Preseason Top 30 Rankings • NorCal Preseason Top 30. All records are from 2018 1. DE LA SALLE-CONCORD (11-1) FINAL 2018 NORCAL RANK: 1 OUTLOOK: No surprise here. The Spartans enter 2019 with 27 straight North Coast Section... Read more
Preseason All-NorCal Football 2019
SportStars’ 2019 Preseason All-NorCal Football Team Features 44 Players Representing Five Different NorCal Sections • Welcome to our Preseason All-NorCal Football Team, a staple of our annual Football Preview Issue. Selections are based on a variety of criteria, including 2018 performance, 2019 expectations, comments from coaches and recruiting buzz.... Read more
Cameron Skattebo: “I Will Score”, Rio Linda’s Relentless RB
NorCal’s Most Prolific Running Back From 2018, Cameron Skattebo Returns With A Goal Of 300 Yards A Game For The Defending CIF Bowl Champs • Before he was a Northern California football legend and a Division 5-A State Bowl Champion for Rio Linda, Cameron Skattebo was a running back... Read more
High School Football: STRONG SIDE • Inside Football’s Good Fight
With The Risks Of Playing Driving Society’s Narrative About High School Football, Many Teens Still Crave It And Several Coaches Strive To Teach It. We Asked WHY • Tre Maronic has every reason not to play high school football. In June of 2016, Maronic sat by his brother Toran’s... Read more