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How to Set a Goal, Plan to Reach it and Dream
“Doing easily what others find difficult is talent. Doing what is impossible for talent is genius.”~ Henri-Frederic Amiel Imagine Parents, Teachers, Coaches… if your athlete, player, or child that you so care about showed up with a DREAM — set a GOAL based on that DREAM and a plan to... Read more
California Gold. Cali In Sync at Pan Americans
Cali made quite a splash as synchronized swimmers represented over the weekend. California swimmers were definitely in sync at Pan Americans synchronized championships in Riverside over weekend. U.S. athletes finished with 14 medals, including nine golds, at the UANA Pan American Artistic Swimming Championships, which ended Saturday. The U.S.... Read more
Women’s West Coast TOC Returns To Rocklin
Placer Valley Helps Bring Premier Women’s West Coast TOC Wrestling Event Back To NorCal — Bigger Than Ever • On Dec. 14-15, Rocklin’s Hardwood Palace will transform into a wrestling mecca. Placer Valley Tourism, Sacramento Area Wrestling Association and Cliff Keen Wrestling are joining forces again to host the... Read more
Football 2018: Secondary To None
Sac-Joaquin Section’s Top-Flight Defensive Backs Live With Thrills, Perils Of Big-Play Microscope • The spotlight on defensive backs shines bright. It can be used to illuminate greatness and showcase style and personality. And it can expose glaring mistakes and wilt confidence and poise. For every Deion Sanders high-stepping pick-six... Read more
NorCal Football Preseason Top 20 Rankings
Our Preseason Rollout Of The NorCal Top 20 Football Rankings Won’t Surprise At The Top, But Offers Plenty To Debate As You Move Down The List • Here it is, our full 2018 Preseason NorCal Top 20 Football Rankings. 1. De La Salle-Concord (11-2) Perhaps Northern California’s best defense,... Read more
Reaching Your Full Potential? Maybe You’re Overthinking.
Get Mental with Erika Westoff, SportStars INSIDER• What’s Holding You back from reaching your full potential? It could easily be “Overthinking”! Overthinking is the top reason athletes seek professional help and it may just be what is interfering with your sports performance development. Overthinking is common and most times can make... Read more
Wine Country Curling Crushes it in Roseville
Curling Craze Draws Biggest Ever, 40 Teams to Annual Labor Day Bonspiel Wine Country Curling Club’s (WCCC) signature bonspiel, CRUSH 2018, just got bigger. Lots bigger! The Labor Day Weekend event drew its largest ever team registration with 40 teams entered. WCCC President Katie Feldman conveyed her enthusiasm and... Read more
Jaden Conwright in Formula 3 Championship Drivers Seat
Follow The Absolute Leaders: Rounds 2 & 3 update Jaden Conwright’s star is rising. The East Bay native, (See SportStars story: 19 yr old Jaden Conwright Signs F3 Championship) racing for Absolute Racing Team in the FIA Asian Formula 3 Championship gained valuable personal and team points by finishing 4th... Read more
De La Salle vs. Folsom: Collision Course
De La Salle And Folsom Will Potentially Play NorCal’s Biggest Football Game Of The Season — On Opening Night •  From coffee shops to weight rooms, water coolers to dinner tables, there’s one game everyone in Northern California is talking about. This year, for the first time, Folsom High... Read more
Key is to Work on Your Explosiveness and Power
You often hear “speed kills…” …and if you caught any of the World Cup 7s in San Francisco, you know this is especially true. Watch these videos featuring the best tries in rugby, these from the RWC7s. Rugby is a game of stops and starts, and therefore, not only is... Read more
Granite Bay Triathlon Turning 21 In August
Tri, Tri Again! If you know about triathlon, that headline will resonate! It takes a lot of training, skill and mental toughness to race in a Tri, none the least this one. The Granite Bay Triathlon! On Saturday, Aug. 25, Total Body Fitness Racing will host one of their biggest... Read more
Aquanuts Synchronize to Swimming 50 Years in the Creek
Webster’s defines “synchronize” this way: harmonize, mesh, integrate… they come closer to our way of thinking with “pool”. Perhaps ol’ Mr. Webster just never saw the Walnut Creek Aquanuts synchronize to their swimming routines like we have! We call it EXCELLENCE! And 2018 marks 50 years of excellence for... Read more