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NEW Softball State Top 20

With Thursday’s Los Alamitos at Norco game postponed by weather, the Griffins (who are still unbeaten) go back to the top spot in the state this week to replace previous No. 1 Cathedral Catholic. Norco moves up to No. 3 with Orange Lutheran (which has split with Norco) at No. 2. Newcomers this week are...

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Valley Christian: Version 2.0

With A Dugout Full Of Returning Talent, Valley Christian of San Jose Prepares For A Year Of New Challenges As It Chases A CCS Open Division Repeat Story By JAMES G. KANE | Photos By SAMUEL STRINGER At 53, John Diatte is not nearly old enough to have come from the time of Satchel Paige. […]

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Big Mac: Jordan Brown’s All-American Journey

From Woodcreek of Roseville to Prolific Prep of Napa to America’s Most-Celebrated High School All-Star Game, Jordan Brown’s Stock Keeps Rising Story By STEVEN WILSON Jordan Brown’s meteoric rise to basketball notoriety took another leap in January when his name was included on the 2018 McDonald’s All-American roster for the renown All-Star contest March 28 […]

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Hearlihy Wins Add Up: More Than 700

It’s been a strong season so far at Harvard-Westlake with a top four state ranking and on Thursday the Wolverines capped a perfect run through the super-tough Mission League. They’ll now head to the CIF Southern Section Open Division as a co-favorite with Windward of Los Angeles and they’ll do it with a head coach […]

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Out Of The Fire with Maiya Flores

October’s Devastating Tubbs Fire Erased Her Home And Ravaged Her School — But It Couldn’t Damage The Spirit Of Cardinal Newman’s Maiya Flores. Story By MIKE WOOD | Photos By BERRY EVANS III Note: To check out more SportStars Magazine coverage of California girls basketball plus many more free features from other sports, CLICK HERE. Fans who witnessed […]

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Serra Football: Never Better

The Word ‘Never’ Was Used A Lot Among The Serra Football Team In 2017 — A Team Never Short On Resilience Or Talent • Story by CHACE BRYSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH Note: To check out more SportStars Magazine coverage of this year’s CIF state football finals plus many more free features from […]

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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)

Serra of Gardena climbs six spots after beating Long Beach Poly but still has to stay behind Bishop Amat (head-to-head loss). Granite Bay gets a slight bump but we still have the Grizzlies behind St. Mary’s of Stockton. This week’s lone newcomer, meanwhile, is 9-1 Corona del Mar of Newport Beach. For teams ranked No....

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Daniels’ stats lower, but who cares?

Sensational Mater Dei junior QB JT Daniels isn’t quite on the same statistical pace he was on as a sophomore, but the Monarchs are more balanced offensively, they seem to be near an all-time best level overall in all facets of their game and they have a seasoned, veteran leader who clearly knows where the […]

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Griffin on a Mission for Diablos

One of the top players who will be on the field for Friday’s showdown between state No. 5 Mission Viejo and state No. 6 Long Beach Poly will be receiver/corner Olaijah Griffin. The UCLA commit will be tested on both sides of the ball by the talented Jackrabbits but he should be up to the […]

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All-State Softball Nominees (Part 1)

Now that all of the final team rankings are done, it’s time for us to work toward selection of the 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball teams. The first step is this post of all-state nominees from every CIF section. If someone is missing, don’t get mad, just let us know. There will be an […]

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