With An Intense Work Ethic And Passion For Improving The Lives Of Others, Multi-Sport Athlete & Student Leader Fifita Grewe Isn’t Slowing Down Anytime Soon Fifita Grewe has a schedule that would be daunting to most adults, but the Antioch High School junior wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s a four-sport athlete, student body president, a rally commissioner, volunteer coach and has a part-time job as a youth recreation leader. Her drive, leadership, compassion, and infectious positivity have earned her yet another role, as the City of Antioch’s 2024 Youth of the Year.  Grewe was ho ..read more

One Year After A Heartbreaking NorCal Championship Loss, Valley Christian-San Jose Baseball Is Off To A 7-0 Start Behind Loads Of Returning Talent And A Familiar Guide PICTURED ABOVE:Quinten Marsh crosses the plate against Elk Grove on Feb. 24. (David Gershon photo) Watching another team skip, flail and rejoice on your field was borderline unbearable, but John Diatte and his Valley Christian-San Jose Warriors’ baseball team had no choice. De La Salle-Concord had just scored six runs in the top of the seventh last June, capped by a two-out grand slam by Hank Tripaldi, to pull out one of the mor ..read more

Another Highly Touted Collection Of NorCal Baseball Talent Is Set To Make An Impact Across The Region In 2024 PICTURED ABOVE: Will Mountz of Bellarmine-San Jose. As usual, talent isn’t tough to find on diamonds across Northern California, and 2024 looks like another banner year for high school baseball throughout the region.  College recruiters would certainly back up that claim, with NorCal stars headed to SEC powers like Vanderbilt, Arkansas and Mississippi State as well as a hearty contingent ready to join back-to-back College World Series participant Stanford. The toughest part of ide ..read more

CalHiSports.com Recently Announced De La Salle Baseball Will Begin 2024 At No. 4 In The State, So We Thought We’d Revisit Our NCS Title Story From Last Spring • This story originally appeared on May 27, 2023. Look For New Baseball Coverage Coming Soon. De La Salle baseball pitcher RJ Meyn got to see success from a variety of angles during Friday’s North Coast Section Div. I championship at Diablo Valley College.  From the top of the mound, where he spun seven innings and allowed just three runs, to the bottom of the dogpile at midfield following his team’s 7-3 win over Clayton Valley-Conc ..read more

Our 11th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings For The ’22-’23 School Year Begins Concludes With Nos. 25-1 PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1, McKenna Woliczko of Archbishop Mitty-San Jose Basketball, Softball Welcome to our 11th annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes from the 2022-23 school year. Covering high school sports in the Bay Area continues to be luxury that we vow never to take for granted. The talent that we’re able to witness over a 10-month stretch every year is truly remarkable. Every year we build this list, we marvel at the final list of names and ..read more

Our 11th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings For The ’22-’23 School Year Continues On With Nos. 50-26 PICTURED ABOVE: No. 39, Money Williams of Oakland High Welcome to our 11th annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes from the 2022-23 school year. Covering high school sports in the Bay Area continues to be luxury that we vow never to take for granted. The talent that we’re able to witness over a 10-month stretch every year is truly remarkable. Every year we build this list, we marvel at the final list of names and shake our heads at the many names tha ..read more

Central Catholic’s Randi Roelling Brings Perfect Close To Prep Career; Valley Christian’s Michael Castaneda Tied For State Lead In Wins • MORE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL HONORS: Baseball Player Of The Year | Softball Player Of The Year Everything starts with the ball in their hands. And more often than not, it ends with the batter returning to the dugout in a prompt fashion.  There were several strong candidates for SportStars NorCal Pitcher Of The Year honors in 2023, but we don’t expect much argument on our two eventual selections. Let’s see if we’re right.  NorCal Softball Pitcher Of The Y ..read more

RELENTLESS: Nolan Stevens Set Out To Do Everything In His Power To Lift Franklin-Elk Grove To Its First Section Title — And Delivered • PHOTOS: David Gershon Franklin baseball coach Bryan Kilby estimated he heard it at least 50 times.  Nolan Stevens made a habit of telling his coach the same thing.  “Whether it was in the weight room in January, or while getting water off the field in February and March, he was constantly telling me, ‘Coach, we’re winning Section this year,’” Kilby said.  “You could tell he meant what he said.” Then he went out and proved it with a dominant seas ..read more

Early Grind Of Games In March, And Pivotal Loss On May 1, Built Hollister Softball Into An Unstoppable Force By Season’s End • PHOTOS: Larry Kauk / Legndz Photography After a 33-game season, it’s not always easy to recall vivid details from just any game. But Hollister softball senior pitcher Sophia Mariottini had no trouble remembering the specifics of her team’s 3-2 loss to Mitty-San Jose on May 1.  “That was our first and only loss on our field,” Mariottini said. “Going into that game, I was so confident. Everyone was confident and we were winning. We were having a great time; we were ..read more

Central Coast Section Sweeps Each Of The Top Three Spots In The Final NorCal Softball Rankings, Including A First-Time No. 1 • PICTURED ABOVE: CIF Div. I NorCal Championship Game Hero, Hank Tripaldi, Of No. 1 De La Salle. (Chace Bryson photo) Final NorCal Softball Rankings. All records are through June 3. 1. (1) Hollister (30-3) What a statement season and finish for the Haybalers. They left zero doubt on who should finish No. 1 after knocking off former No. 1 St. Francis-Mountain View in the Central Coast Section Open Div. final — and then backing it up a week later by topping the Lancers aga ..read more