NorCal’s Biggest Tennis Tournament Just Got Bigger!
NorCal EditionSan Francisco SectionTennis: High School & Club July 12, 2017 0
Bank of the West Classic | July 31 – August 6, 2017 | Stanford University The Bank of the West Classic is the longest-running women-only professional tennis tournament in the world and is the first stop of the US Open Series. Owned and operated by IMG, the WTA Premier... Read more
SportStars Vault: Lancers Baseball Living Large
Central Coast SectionHigh School Baseball/Softball June 27, 2017 0
SportStars Vault (Issue 83, April 2014): John Gavin And The St. Francis Baseball Tradition Of Major League Talent • EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re re-running this story from 2014 to celebrate former St. Francis-Mountain View star, John Gavin, signing his first professional baseball contract today (June 27, 2016) with... Read more
The Walnut Creek Aquanuts competitive program is proud to send swimmers ages 11-17 all over the world this summer! 20 members head to the Junior Olympics in Riverside, California June 31-July 8 to compete against top teams from around the country. The club’s 13-15A team will compete at the... Read more
Team USA’s mixed duet places first in tech; 3 Olympians place on Olympic Day The U.S. senior national team won gold and its mixed duet placed first in tech Friday at the Synchro America Open presented by Le Rêve – The Dream. Swimming to an African theme that included songs from... Read more
For Our Friend
LEVELUP INSIDERS June 23, 2017 0
Putting together our Yearbook retrospective is always refreshing. To be honest, we may enjoy going back through our year’s worth of coverage as much as you enjoy thumbing through it once we’re done. Nothing but fun memories and good honest feels. As it should be. The stars of all... Read more
Welcome to the fifth annual Bay Area 75 — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes from the 2016-17 school year. The only criteria used in generating the list were that the athletes must be from one of the nine Bay Area counties, and they must have... Read more
The NBA Season Has Ended. Now it’s Your Turn!
BasketballHigh School BasketballUncategorized June 21, 2017 0
BALL WITH THE BEST. YOUR SEASON STARTS WITH BIGFOOT HOOPS The Bigfoot Hoops Summer Basketball Championships are here, featuring the granddaddy of all youth basketball tournaments—The Bigfoot Hoops Las Vegas Classic! Over 1,100 teams attended last year, with live game coverage featured on ESPN networks. BALL WITH THE BEST!... Read more
SPORTSTAR OF THE WEEK: Ryan McLaughlin
High School Baseball/SoftballSportStars of the Week June 15, 2017 0
SportStar Of The Week – Drake-San Anselmo – Baseball – Junior Ryan McLaughlin McLaughlin was facing an undefeated Miramonte-Orinda baseball team in the North Coast Section Division III championship game. They were just mere miles from the Miramonte campus. McLaughlin took the mound and spun a complete-game four-hitter. Furthermore,... Read more
SPORTSTAR OF THE WEEK: Faith Derby
High School Baseball/SoftballSportStars of the Week June 7, 2017 0
SportStar of The Week – Freedom-Oakley – Softball – Senior Faith Derby If Faith Derby didn’t have the nickname “Home Run Derby” before May 26, she certainly has it now. The Falcons’ senior catcher hit a game-tying two-run homer in the sixth inning, and then followed it up with... Read more
As NICA honors its outstanding participants and contributors from 2016, and 30 individuals are honored for contributions to interscholastic cycling across the country, California shines as students and supporters grab their share of the honor roll. The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) selected thirty individuals to be recognized across eleven categories... Read more
Trainer’s Appearance On American Ninja Warrior TV Show Is A Rewarding, Illuminating Experience On June 12, American Ninja Warrior season 9 will air on NBC. I had the huge honor of being selected, one of 600 out of 75,000 applicants, to compete on the show. Something that was an incredible experience... Read more
SportStars 2017 ‘V’ Athlete of the Year Award: Miles Ahead
High School Baseball/SoftballSac-Joaquin Section May 21, 2017 0
Sheldon Softball’s Taliyah Miles Controls The Circle, Anchors The Offense And Leads Storied Program By Example • EDITOR’S NOTE: The “V” Award is part of the SportStars All-City Team Awards presented in partnership with the Sacramento River Cats. It is presented to the top female athlete of the school... Read more
