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The Beautiful Game I love the World Cup. And it’s not because I’m a big soccer fan. I love the World Cup because it turns me — and millions of other fair-weather futbol Americans — into soccer fans. All-consuming soccer fans. Even if just for a few summer fortnights. It’s a testament to the all-encompassing power of sports. And competition. And drama. And good ol’ red-blooded patriotism. But mostly, it’s sports. Sports unifies in spectacular ways. And it always has. It’s why I’m writing this column in a standing-roomonly eating establishment at 2 p.m. on a Tuesday watching the USA play Belgium — during a VERY extended “lunch break.” It’s why the decibel level of our watching venue may have reached its peak when Chris Wondolowski — a De La Salle-Concord graduate and San Jose Earthquakes star — entered the game with approximately 20 minutes left in regulation. The unification of sports trickles down to the high school level, too. It’s why an 18,000-seat high school football stadium was built in Allen, Texas, just a couple years ago. For the price of just $60 million. A high school stadium. High school. It’s why “When The Game Stands Tall,” a movie based on the De La Salle football program and its coach Bob Ladouceur, is one of the most anticipated movies in the Bay Area since ... wait for it ... “Moneyball,” which was based on the Oakland A’s — currently the best team in baseball, by the way. It’s why we here at SportStars have created things like the SportStars Cup and the Bay Area 75, because it unifies our readers and creates conversation and debate. Sports bring people together. As many — I’d imagine nearly all of you — know, the Americans lost their match against Belgium. It was another round of 16 exit after a promising effort in group play. But Julian Green scored our lone goal, and he’s only 19 years old. DeAndre Yedlin played over 90 minutes, and he’s only 20. There’s a bright future for the U.S. Men’s Soccer team, and there are a lot more fans who will be following that future. And let’s not forget that the U.S. Women’s Team has the chance to bring us all together once again in 2015. The Women’s World Cup begins in less than a year and will be on North American soil. Until then, we’ll remember this World Cup fondly as another moment in which sports transfixed us and made us care more than we wanted to. It’ll never get old. Also, Tim Howard is our hero.
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top five thoughts of aaron gordon upon being drafted into the nba The NBA draft came and went last week. Missed it? Yeah, us too. I guess we got all caught up in the drama of a 1-0 loss that allowed Team USA to advance to the knockout round. Screwy, screwy World Cup… Anyway. It should NOT hyper-athletic forward out of Archbishop Mitty, went No. 4 overall to the
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The Cup is Be-Deviled! schools can rise through the SportStars Cup rankings like a
1. Davis ............................ 4,900
9 league titles, 8 section titles, 1 state title (FionnaO’Keefe, girls cross country)
2. Granite Bay .................. 4,650
SportStar of the Year (Taylor Nelson, girls volleyball), 8 league titles, 1 All-State title (Nelson), 6 section titles, 1 NorCal title, 1 state title
3. Folsom.......................... 4,200
SportStar of the Year (Nick Fiegener, wrestling), 3 league titles, 2 All-State athletes (Jake Browning, Jordan Ford), 6 section titles, 1 NorCal title, 1 state title (Fiegener)
4. (tie) St. Mary’s-Stockton ..3,300
11 section titles, 2 All-State athletes (Gabe Vincent, Charise Holloway), 2 section titles
Vacaville ...................... 3,300
7 league titles, 4 section titles, 1 state title, Jeramy Sweany (wrestling)
6. (tie) Benicia .................. 3,000
9 league titles, 4 section titles
Central Catholic ........... 3,000
6 section titles, 1 section title, 1 NorCal title, 1 state title
Del Oro ......................... 3,000
5 league titles, 5 section titles, 1 NorCal title
9. (tie) Capital Christian .... 2,900 Modesto Christian ........ 2,900 11. (tie) Jesuit......................................2,800 Modesto .........................................2,800 13. Vista del Lago...............................2,700 14. Bella Vista .....................................2,600 15. St. Francis.....................................2,400 16. Christian Brothers ........................2,200 17. Woodcreek ...................................2,000 18. (tie) Oakdale .................................1,900 Placer .............................................1,900 20. Bradshaw Christian ......................1,800 21. Merced..........................................1,700 22. Lodi ...............................................1,600 23. (tie) Rio American.........................1,500 Riverbank.......................................1,500
at least four league titles since our last update and seven schools captured at least two Sac-Joaquin Section titles during the spring athletic season. 100 — Have an athlete named SportStars of the Year (Fall, Winter or Spring) 200 — Win a team league championship 250 — Have an athlete be named All-State (First-team overall only) 300 — Win a section championship (team or individual) 350 — Win a scholastic section championship for highest team GPA 400 — Win an individual NorCal title 500 — Win a team NorCal title 700 — Win an individual state championship 1,000 — Win a team state championship When the dust settled on the completed 2013-14 athletic erboard. The Blue Devils claimed section championships give the school a total of 8 SJS titles (seven team titles plus
6 league titles, 2 All-State athletes (Nifae Lealao, DJ Wilson), 4 section titles
SportStar of the Year (Lexi Tubbs, girls basketball), 2 league titles, 2 section titles, 1 NorCal title, 1 state title
25. Manteca ........................................1,450 26. McClatchy .....................................1,400 27. (tie) Lincoln-Stockton ...................1,300 Whitney ..........................................1,300 29. Cosumnes Oaks ..........................1,200 30. (tie) Inderkum ...............................1,100 Ripon..............................................1,100 32. (tie) Calaveras ..............................1,000 Elk Grove .......................................1,000 Enochs ...........................................1,000 Gregori ...........................................1,000 Tokay ..............................................1,000 Valley Christian ..............................1,000 Vintage-Napa.................................1,000
Woodland Christian .......................1,000 40. (tie) Big Valley Christian ...............900 Brookside Christian .......................900 Mariposa ........................................900 Ripon Christian ..............................900 Vanden ...........................................900 West Campus ................................900 46. (tie) Bear River .............................800 Los Banos......................................800 Linden ............................................800 Nevada Union................................800 River City .......................................800 Sacramento ...................................800 Tracy ..............................................800
yielded four league titles (boys and girls water polo and swimming) and three section championships (boys and girls water polo and boys swimming) this year. Granite Bay remained on the heels of the Blue Devils, moving up one spot to second place overall. The Grizzlies won 5 Sierra Foothill League championships and added The biggest movers up the ranks were Benicia and St.
for sixth with 3000 points. The Rams ended up tied for fourth with 3300 points highlighted by Charise Holloway earning All-State honors from the basketball season and the baseball team claiming the Division I South title to rise eight spots. More than 130 SJS schools earned points for league or section titles and other athletic accomplishments, and the entire group of Sac Joaquin schools—from large school powerhouses to small-school juggernauts—will be back in August to start the chase for the 2014-15 SportStars Cup.
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SALUTING THE
Three-Sport Athlete for someone who put in the effort to excel in three different sports, a special tip of the hat
like Anderson, special attention is deserved.
basketball team and was a key contributor in volleyball.
Cleveland Indians.
Year.
player of the year in boys volleyball that year in addition to basketball while Sherman was
Mark Tennis is the co-founder of Cal-Hi Sports, and publisher of CalHiSports.com. Cal-Hi Sports is the authority in state rankings for football, basketball, baseball and softball, as well as the recognized state record keeper for all high school sports. Contact him at markjtennis@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter, @CalHiSports.
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Draft Double-up
Aaron Gordon takes fast-track to NBA lottery pick liams was selected No. 2 overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves
26 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. his former player picked early. “I am so excited for Aaron to make his dreams come true,” Sports Mr. Basketball honors since Tyson Chandler of Domin
same year, DeMar DeRozan was taken No. 9 by the Toronto went No. 2 to the Milwaukee Bucks and then Gordon was select
UConn with the NCAA title. held their kids back for sports purposes.” She should know a lot
Thames, the No. 59th pick overall by the Toronto Raptors. The
FROM CCS TO NBA that are now in the CCS but previously were in the North Coast Section. The NBA Draft actually has been going on longer than the CCS has been in existence Year
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Player
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Aaron Gordon
moseby’s no. 2, still no. 1 Player of the Year, was taken No. 2 overall by the Toronto Blue homers, 737 RBI and 280 steals. Derek Hill of Elk Grove was the 23rd player named in this
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TALENTTAcTics? — or —
During the World Cup, there is a lot of talk about the formation and the tactics, but then they focus on the star players. What’s more important? P.L., Sonoma
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reat question — and it applies to all sports. In fact, I’ll start with college basketball. When college basketball first got on television, Dick Vitale, a former coach, became the voice of the game. He knew all the coaches, and he watched the game like a coach, so he would say things like “John Thompson is pounding the ball inside,” or “Bobby Knight has the 3-pointers working tonight.” This was OK, I guess, but it confused things, and made the audience think that the coaches were the ones making the entry pass to Patrick Ewing, or hitting threepointers. Of course, they’re not. If the wings can’t make an entry pass then Thompson’s team (not Thompson) can’t pound the ball inside, and if the shooters keep missing, Knight’s
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team (not Knight) won’t have the 3-pointers working. To expand that even further, coaches in all sports have certain systems they like to run. They are both tactical and strategic, and they reflect the coaches’ beliefs and experience. In hockey, for example, some teams will dump and chase, and others prefer to build up an attack with shorter passes; in baseball, some teams bunt a lot, and others are more focused on moving runners along with base hits. In the end, all systems work — if you have enough talent. And, in the end, all systems don’t work — if the talent can’t execute. The answer to your question, then, is pretty obvious: Star players win games, in all sports, and if one team has a major advantage in talent, then it will win the vast majority of games regardless of the formation or tactics. Note, however, the adjective “major.” If one team has a slight advantage in talent, then tactics and strategy take on more importance, and the teams are even in talent, then
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the team that utilizes its talent the best – or neutralizes the other team’s talent – will have a better chance to win. In the World Cup, and in almost every other kind of competition, there are generally different levels of talent. Some teams, like Brazil, are so much better than other teams that they’re going to win some games no matter what. In high school leagues, there are usually a couple of teams that aren’t very good at all, and a couple of teams that stand out. When the standout teams play the weak teams, strategy doesn’t matter — but when the standout teams play each other, then the tactics and formations and such become very important. So, though talent is No. 1 on the list, for a team to excel, whatever talent it has must play in a system that maximizes its ability, and that’s where coaching comes in. But without talent, formations and coaching are about as important as the color of the uniforms.
Clay Kallam is an assistant athletic director and girls varsity basketball coach at Bentley High in Lafayette. To submit a question for Behind the Clipboard, email him at clayk@fullcourt. com
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Elite Athletics in Roseville focuses on training baseball and softball players — and teaching athletes to be kids
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By DARIN WISSNER | Contributor
eing defined as elite is something that people are in a hurry to do with sports figures. But being elite takes time and you have to start somewhere. Elite Athletics in Roseville is trying to be just that, elite. “We have been in business for just about seven months, and things are going well,” said Gary Brown, CEO of the training center which specializes in baseball and softball. “We believe that customers have bought in with what we are trying to accomplish here, and that is to provide training and instruction to all sort of athletes who may be new or already accomplished.” The staff at Elite Athletics has the right approach. From the front desk to the fitness room and training cages, they are about developing young athletes in their sport as well as teaching and encouraging fitness to become a well-rounded athlete. Elite Athletics provide assessments, private lessons, small group lessons, special events, clinics and college recruiting services. The facility specializes in baseball and softball, but you do not have to be just a softball or baseball player to receive individual or group training. Elite Athletics really takes pride in its fitness and sports performance programs. In both cases, the programs start with an assessment and program development evaluation. “We consider the assessment a baseline measurement; a starting point on your map of fitness.” said Rex Owens, Elite Athletics’ Director of
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Sports Performance. “Kids today are not jumping fences, or running on uneven ground, or playing sports on the playground or in the parks. “As generations evolve, there is less and less mobility with kids. They may be sport-specific so their range of motion is limited, so they incur injuries on their body consistent to that one motion. We are here to work out the other parts of the body. I am not here to get a pitcher to throw harder, or a fencer to jab more efficiently. I find out what their sport of choice is, and we work on the opposite movements from which they are accustomed to.” Elite Athletics currently employs four baseball instructors, two softball instructors, and three fitness and sports performance instructors. One of the softball instructors is Michele Granger, a 1996 Olympic gold medal winner for Team USA’s softball squad — which is about as elite as you can get. Before becoming an Olympic champion and a four year All-American at Cal, Granger starred at Valencia High where she compiled videogame-like pitching numbers. Her four year career ended with an 0.10 ERA, 1,635 strikeouts and 36 no-hitters. Could she do it again in the current high school softball climate? “Oh, I would dominate” she with a laugh. “The high school division back then that I competed against was quite concentrated with talent. I pitched against Lori Harrigan in high school who was on the same 1996 Olympic team. So that is two Olympians coming from the same conference.”
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Along with her work at Elite Athletics, Granger coaches two of her daughters’ club teams at 14U and 18U. She also just completed her fifth season as the softball coach for Granite Bay High. “What I have learned since I have been training and involved with high school softball, is that there is talent out there, but there is much more diversity,” Granger said. “There are more good teams out there, but with that, teams are a bit more watered down. There are many, many more solid players out there than when I played high school, but again, it is not as concentrated when I was playing. “There is so much specialized training like what we do at Elite Athletics. The girls are just getting better and better if they choose to take advantage of all the training available to them.” This is not to say that Granger supports the trending tide of young athletes choosing specialization in one sport. “I am not a big fan of it,” she said, “because when I was in high school I also played basketball and volleyball. The problem with young girls playing softball year-round is not so much wear and tear on the arm, because we all know it is less stressful than the pitching motion in baseball, but it is the problems that develop in the knees, or the back or just tendonitis. I do preach to my students and clients to become a well-rounded athlete.” Which is what drew Granger to Elite Athletics in the first place. She recognized what Elite Athletics is trying to instill in the young athlete — that the performance and sports performance classes are just as critical to a young athlete’s success as learning how to throw strikes on the diamond. “We are all about development here at Elite Athletics,” said Noah Brewster, Elite’s President and baseball trainer. “We start by video taping the athlete’s movement, whether it is swinging a bat or pitching. We will analyze the video and will work
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from there. We have to be able to assess what needs work.” Noah takes pride in conveying that Elite Athletics is for everyone. There is no prerequisite that must be reached to begin training there. “We do not want to be locked in to only developing kids who were to play exclusively for Elite Athletics teams had we had such teams,” Brewster said. “I have been involved in travel baseball teams in the past, and to be honest, I was just not a fan of that culture. Our goal is to develop that baseball or softball player who may be playing in recreation ball, or travel ball, and watch them over the course of their career. “Our hopes are that we can get these kids to play high school baseball and move on to college ball. We are a new facility, so we have some time until most of our clients get to that point, but in the meantime, we will follow their development. The prospects are exciting.” There was a time when kids would run up and down hills, jump fences, and would play soccer, football and hopscotch in the parks. The staff wants to bring all that back. To learn more about Elite Athletics email them at info@eliteathletics.com.
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BAWs is Back Bay Area World Series, the
BAWS is now preceded by BAWS Underclass, which is
are a few of the standouts.
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By BLAINE CLEMMENS | Contributor
lot has been happening with Bay Area World Series (BAWS) since last summer and it’s time to preview BAWS 2014 — which takes place July 18-20 at Santa Clara University, home to BAWS since 2005. Over the years, nearly 600 BAWS participants have moved on to play Division-I college baseball, roughly 170 have been drafted and there are currently 10 former participants who’ve reached the big leagues. Let’s identify a few players to keep an eye on at the event later this month. On Team Alameda a pitcher to watch is LHP Thomas Triantos (Class of 2015) of Livermore. Other positions to watch are catcher, shortstop and centerfield. The Alameda roster has good players at those positions, particularly Head-Royce shortstop Reid Gibbs (2015), Monta Vista-Cupertino catcher Sam Nastari (2015) and Arroyo-Hayward OF/LHP Tim O’Dalaigh (2016). Team Central has players from the valley and the coast region. Watsonville right-handed pitcher Christopher Rivera (2015) has good stuff and excellent mound presence. Gregori-Modesto shortstop Tyler Janitz is a physical, athletic player at a premium position and he’s a multi-sport standout. A pitcher who may have many eyes on him when he takes the mound is 6-foot, 4-inch, 205-pound. Santa Cruz lefty Brock Theilen (2015). Each year Team Contra Costa is one of the most talented teams at BAWS. This year a big group of De La Salle-Concord players highlight the roster. Some of the DLS players to know are RHP Tyler Lonestar (2015), SS Armani Smith (2016), RHP Camerson Schneider (2015) and catcher Andrew Schatz (2015). That is not to suggest that those are the only Spartans who will stand out. Monte Vista-Danville catcher Charles Zaloumis (2015) has been on the radar of college coaches for some time now and CampolindoMoraga outfielder Max Flower (2016) is the type of young athlete who will stand out with his tools and size. Team North Bay has a very strong roster. Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa LHP/OF Cal Clamar has been a strong performer in the region for a couple of seasons now, and at BAWS he can make a name for himself. HeritageBrentwood catcher Jake Cruce (2016) was MVP of the BAWS Underclass championship game in 2013. Marin Catholic-Kentfield centerfielder Johnny MacLean has the tools and size that will draw attention and Petaluma outfielder Austin Gabbert is another talented hitter to keep an eye on. Perhaps the one player who already is most well-known among college coaches is Heritage’s RHP/3B Kevin Milam (2016). Milam is on the Peninsula roster and he will perform as both position player and pitcher. Serra-San Mateo RHP Hunter Bishop recently transferred from St. FrancisMountain View and is another name to know on the Peninsula roster. Team South Bay looks to have the best overall roster. Leland-San Jose catcher Brendt Citta (2015), Mitty-San Jose catcher/RHP Tommy Hudson (2015), Mitty HS 3B Brooks Allen (2015), Los Gatos SS Matt Wilcox (2015), and Westmont-San Jose catcher Mitchell Sancier (2015) are names to know. St. Lawrence Academy outfielder Addison Mock is from a small school and he has a chance to show he’s more than a player who dominated small school competition. Los Gatos HS 3B/P Hunter Bigge (2016) was a standout at BAWS Underclass last summer.
event. His fastball was up to 86 mph, he showed power with
Jordan Williams (2016), Albany, SS — Williams showed
keep him at shortstop. He also showed power with the bat. San Jose, SS — He has been a standout in his two years showed why, with his athleti
skills and tools, but also his abil ity to hit with authority. Sid Iyer (2016), Bellarmine He
feel, and the fact that he faced nine hitters and retired them all. Zach Chalmers (2017), — Chalmers opened a lot of eyes with his stuff (fastball up to
J.J. Barnett (2017), Ameri can Canyon, RHP — Barnett was a blast to watch, with his
curveball at the event — an absolute wipeout pitch. Alejandro Lara (2016,) He
ity to make both the routine shortstop.
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Now in her second major international tournament with Team USA, Sabrina Ionescu is already NorCal’s next great girls hoops talent Story by Clay Kallam Photos by Phillip Walton
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linded by the light of professional sports – and of course, the money on the men’s side – it’s easy to overlook USA Basketball. Of course, it’s considered an honor, but what does it really mean to make a USA Basketball team? After all, the games are played in the summer, and are drowned out by everything from Wimbledon to the World Cup. And the big events, the age group world championships, are usually played far away and are pretty much ignored by the media and the casual fan. But stop a minute and consider the USA Basketball Under-17 team — featuring Miramonte’s Sabrina Ionescu — which has been playing in the Czech Republic for the past two weeks.
Unlike men’s basketball, the biggest dates on the women’s basketball calendars are international competitions. The Olympics and the World Championships are the most important events on the planet, and the players know this. The USA Basketball U-17 team draws from younger players, and there are a whole lot of them around the country. There are a whole lot of them at the End of the Trail in Oregon this week, and at tournaments in Northern California every summer weekend. Ionescu, though, will not be in Oregon with the Cal Stars, her local club team. She will not be playing in L.A., or even Las Vegas. She’s otherwise occupied. As one of the 12 best 16- and 17-year-old female basketball players in the United States, she’s playing for a world title in Pilsen in the Czech Republic. Ionescu lives in Walnut Creek and goes to high school at Miramonte-Orinada. Those who pay close attention to girls’ basketball know who she is, but up until now, she’s played in the shadow of Gabby Green, Mikayla Cowling, Mariya Moore, Kelli Hayes and Natalie Romeo on the local scene. When top players are mentioned, the 5-foor-11 Ionescu, who will be a junior this year, has been an afterthought. But of the players mentioned above, only Green has represented her country overseas, and Green didn’t make the cut on her first trip to Colorado Springs, where tryouts for USA Basketball are held. Ionescu did. For its female youth teams, USA Basketball holds open tryouts. About 35 players are invited, and they are the presumptive favorites to make the final 12-person roster. The other hundred or so who pay a small fee and make the trip (on their own dime) are there for the experience, mostly, and to be able to say they played with Katie Lou Samuelson or Asia Durr or the other acknowledged young stars. “My coach told me to go,” says Ionescu, “so I went. I didn’t know anything going in, or what to expect, so I just played.” As observers watched over the four-day process in 2013, Ionescu emerged from the pack. The selection committee cuts players, from 145 to 90, from 90 to 40, from 40 to 12. At the end of last year’s tryouts, Ionescu was on the team instead of many more highly touted girls. Those 12 players headed to Cancun, where they rolled over competition from this hemisphere and qualified for this year’s World Championships. But USA Basketball is about competition, and just because a particular group of 12 girls got America to the World Championships doesn’t mean that same 12 get to play in the World Championships. So this May, there was another round of open tryouts. Naturally, Ionescu was one of the select invitees, but this time, even though she played well, she didn’t
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were the only team to beat Sabrina Ionescu and Miramonte last season. make the final cut. Te’a Cooper, who had been a very surprising cut in 2013, came back determined to make the top 12 this year, and did so. Kennedy Burke, a Southern California player, came out of nowhere to claim as spot as well. There was some consolation, though, as Ionescu was named an alternate. “We always have replacement players in mind,” explains Carol Callan, USA Basketball’s Women’s National Team Director, “and this year we had an injury on the last day of practice, so we brought in Sabrina.” “It was awesome that USA Basketball brought Sabrina in,” says U-17 coach Sue Phillips, who is familiar to NorCal fans as the hugely successful coach at Archbishop Mitty-San Jose – especially since Cooper became ill at the last minute at training camp and couldn’t go to the Czech Republic. In fact, Ionescu had her plane tickets in hand, and was packing to go home when she got word that Cooper wouldn’t be able to play. “It was very much a surprise,” says Ionescu, who now will go to Europe for the first time ever – a trip that means even more to her given her parents’ roots in Romania. Last year, Ionescu started every game, but in the practice games for the World Championships, she’s come off the bench. “What makes Sabrina valuable is her consistency, her ability to make reads, and her ability to knock down shots,” says Phillips. “She brings tremendous energy and intensity, she attacks the rim aggressively, finds the open player, hits the open three and defends effectively in the open court.” All of that, of course, is not news to those who have seen her play with the Cal Stars or Miramonte. The Cal Stars lost in the finals of the most prestigious club tournament last year (the Nike Nationals), and Miramonte went 30-2 last year before losing to Mariya Moore and Salesian in the NorCal Open Division playoffs. On a team with five seniors, Ionescu was the star, but she knows her role will change this coming season, just as it already has this summer with the Cal Stars. “I need to do more,” she says. “I have to take on more of a leadership role” – which isn’t that easy for a person who doesn’t usually talk a lot. “We need leadership,” says Kelly Sopak, her coach at Miramonte. “Can Sabrina step on the floor and make everyone better without making a shot or making a pass? Mariya Moore made kids better just by being there, just by her presence, and we need that from Sabrina. “She doesn’t like to lose, and she hasn’t lost a lot.” Sopak doesn’t expect a 30-2 record, and Ionescu will be tested if the Matadors stumble, as the pressure will be on her, and the expectations will be high. “Will she be able to pick herself and her teammates up off the mat and play well?” Of course, that’s asking a lot, as Ionescu will be expected to score, rebound, hand out assists and defend at the highest level. But remember, there are only 12 girls in the entire country who went to the Czech Republic, and Ionescu was one of them. She’s a special talent, an elite player, and on track for more media-friendly honors such as the McDonald’s All-American Game and national recognition. And barring the unexpected, she’s also on track to be one of the best players to ever come out of Northern California. 20
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Brooke Watson, Adlee VanWinden, Natassja Bowman, Torrey VanWinden, Abby Jensen and Mikaela Nocetti.
nd renown coaching has Five Starz thinking gold at Youth Nationals Story by Trevor Horn. Photos by James K. Leash
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When Debby Colberg first began coaching club volleyball a half decade ago, it was a nightmare. “They are very talented in terms of their athletic abilities, and we’re deep. They are just good kids. I haven’t had to do anything when you get kids that are this good from different areas. — Debby Colberg
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After 32 years as a hall-of-fame coach at Sacramento State, 14-year olds were a chore. Fundamentals needed to be focused on and skill sets were not what she was accustomed to. Colberg, the consummate professional she is, stayed the course and it has paid off. Three of the girls on her last 14-under team are now integral parts of the Five Starz 17-under team based in Davis — the third-seed of the Open Bracket at the USA Girls Junior National Championships in Minneapolis, Minn. that ran from June 28 to July 1. The roster of 12 players that passes the eye test as a nationally ranked team is chock full of Sac-Joaquin Section talent to go along with players from the East Bay. A fair amount of mileage is needed for most to get to practice, but it only underscores the group’s dedication and unified goal — bringing home gold to Northern California. Nastassja Bowman, a senior-to-be at Christian Brothers-Sacramento was just 12 when she began playing for Colberg five years ago. A powerful, yet undersized outside hitter that led Christian Brothers to an SJS Division III section title in the fall, Bowman is a setter for Five Starz. Like the rest of the team, Bowman soaks up every word the legendary coach gives her, and has appreciated the relationship the two have created. “(Colberg) has nurtured me and is a role model on and off the court,” Bowman said. “We have a relationship that goes beyond volleyball.” Quick to dismiss the praise for the success of the group, which is evident after a silver medal at junior nationals at the 15-year old level and a bronze last summer at 16s, Colberg knows talent. “They are very talented in terms of their athletic abilities, and we’re deep,” Colberg said. “They are just good kids. I haven’t had to do anything when you get kids that are this good from different areas. “They’re thrilled to be with each other. Lots of people say, ‘Debby, they come to play for you.’ I think they want to play with the other players. They are as attracted to one another as they are with the coaching.” It’s not hard to see why talent is attracted to Colberg’s coaching. At
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Sac State, she led the Hornets to 20 NCAA tournament apperances, a Div. II national championship in 1981and an induction to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Also, the court at The Nest, the gymnasium at Sac State, is named after Colberg. “When we tell others who we play for and they say, ‘Oh, I know Debby Colberg. I’ve heard of her,’ that’s exciting,” Five Starz and El Camino-Sacramento outside hitter Mikaela Nocetti said. “We know she holds us to a high standard and she’s a really competitive person as well. That really drives us to accomplish our goals.”
BEYOND TALENT Six players for Five Starz stand over six feet. They pass the eye test. Then once the team plays, talent overcomes all hype. Adlee and Torrey VanWinden have been around volleyball since birth. Their mother, Kelly, was a standout volleyball player at Cal Poly before turning pro. The sisters helped lead Vintage-Napa to the SJS Div. II section championship and Adlee is headed to Cal Poly, like her mother. With Torrey playing on the right side and middle with incredible strength and height (6-foot, 4 inches) at the net, the junior-to-be looks up to her big sister and both credit their mom and Colberg for their talents. “We owe all of our fundamentals and all of our drive and integrity to my mom,” Torrey said. “But Debby Colberg has changed all of our lives in such a positive way on and off the court.” The strength of the team is in the play near the net. Nocetti, who is headed to Portland, helped lead El Camino to the SJS Div. II section title in 2012. Quiet and unassuming, Nocetti is another player that Colberg has coached for the last four years. She gets the highest praises from the coach because of her ability to shine without needing to show off. “She’s the unsung hero of this team all the time,” Colberg said. “She’s just a Steady Eddie. I love the way she plays. She’s the exact type of player I’d want at Sac State. She does everything well and she has her ego intact with a really good head on her shoulders.”
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It’s no wonder that the third player that has been with Colberg the longest also hails from the same neighborhood as Nocetti. Brooke Watson is a libero for Rio Americano-Sacramento and Five Starz. The affable senior-to-be says that after placing second and third the past two seasons, gold is the standard this time. “We have silver and bronze, so why not go for it,” Watson said. Despite standing just 5-10, Vacaville’s Brie Gathright can jump out of the gym. She’s one of four Five Starz players who can touch a 10-foot basketball rim, and like Roseville seniorto-be Abby Jensen, the two are physically talented and have a drive to compete. “(Jensen) is one of the more athletic ones on the team,” Colberg said. “And (Brie), she’s the best blocker on our team because she gets up and over the net.” Jensen feels this team is peaking at the right time. “It should be interesting to see how it all plays out,” Jensen said. “But we have high hopes for how we are going to do.” Maddie Haynes, a 6-4 junior-to-be volleyball standout for Rocklin High got a phone call on June 17 with an offer she couldn’t refuse. That afternoon, Haynes, who is part of the starting rotation for Five Starz, was being called up to the USA Girl’s Youth National Volleyball team to compete at the NORCECA Women’s U-18 Continental Championships in Costa Rica. The USA tournament ended midway through the Minneapolis tournament, and Haynes will fly directly there to meet up with the team and hopes to compete in the final two days.
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sonalities that overshadow the team. There are no divas in the house when Colberg is coaching. “It feel like Coach Debby is like your grandma, and you want to play hard because you don’t want to disappoint your grandma,” Gaitright said. “Because if you do something wrong, she’ll give you that look like, ‘you’ve done messed up.’ It’s funny, but at the same time, it makes you want to work hard.” Jokes aside, this team is focused but knows when to let loose. “We all really bond,” Watson said. “We are like a family.” Practicing twice a week, you can see how excited the players are to see each other as they arrive from their neighborhoods. Kelley Wirth of Campolindo-Morago rushed over to greet her friends from Sacramento before a practice last week. Smiles all around, there are no egos here. “We’ve created such a good bond over the years and everyone gets along really well,” Nocetti said. “We are not a drama team, which is nice. We all have a common goal. And being with Debby for so long, we know when she means business.” Colberg says that if there is a weakness with this team, it may be that there is no alpha dog in the group. While that helps with the fusion of personalities, it can hinder the drive on the court. Despite taking home a title this season at the Colorado Crossovers Junior National Qualifier and silver at the Reno Far Westerns and the Las Vegas Classic, Colberg feels there is more in store. “I don’t feel they’ve played to the top of their abilities yet,” Colberg said. “If they get really competitive, they are going to be really hard to stop.”
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT: Storm Soccer Clinic FOR:
HOW TO REGISTER: at
, or call
FEATURING: Members of the California The fol WHEN: WHERE Walnut Creek MORE THAN JUST SOCCER: The event by the physicians of Kaiser Permanente and
PG&E, Garaventa Enterprises, Phillips 66, Kaiser Permanente, John Muir Health, NRG Walnut Creek Soccer Club
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2014 CALIFORNIA STORM ROSTER The Storm does not play every game with subject to player availability. Below is a list of players who have played at least one match for the Storm this season. No. Player
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2014 STORM SCHEDULE/ RESULTS The Storm is having one of its best
Storm events. TOP LEFT: A few clinic attendees learn the basics of CPR as part of the health fair. TOP MIDDLE: Storm veteran and former
Division by 5 points with two games left. Date
Opponent
Result
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nutrition: dr. mo mortazavi
Young athletes should do their best to avoid energy drinks and high amounts of caffeine — especially before competing many new brand names such as Red Bull, Rock Star and Monster becom dramatically increased, especially in the pediatric population.
feine is the most common stimulant in these drinks, many other stimulants
tration and performance with mild to moderate caffeine consumption in
consumption in kids. Caffeine side effects include jitters, anxiety, heart palpitations, upset stomach and insomnia. With excessive consumption, potential serious side effects such as dehydration, heart arrthymias and catastrophic cardiac events can occur. Stimulants such as methylhexanamine, ephedra and a could pose serious and potentially lethal side effects. Despite this informa tion, and the recent ban of a number of these stimulants, every year healthy
and sudden cardiac events when activity is combined with stimulant use.
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BuiLd BAck up
health watch: michelle cappello, PT
Having a recovery strategy will get you through those long summer workouts body muscles. consecutive matches in the heat of the Brazilian winter. the sport session. Those athletes who do not consume
number of illnesses and injuries. physical performance recovery after each match? and physical relaxation. Contrast showers, spas, saunas, and cold baths are NOT recommended for prepubescent children as their thermodynamic
impact on the recovery process. Recovery in soccer, and all of youth sports, is a complex
Michelle Cappello is a physical therapist and clinical director for Sports Medicine For Young Athletes, a division of UCSF Benioff
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kNEE knowledge Work on lowering your ACL injury risks next season by using these approaches this summer
knee health: hunter green, m.d. A torn ACL is one of the most serious injuries a football player can
osteoarthritis.
knee nearly fully extended when the foot is planted
REDUCING THE RISK Talk with an athletic trainer, physical therapist or sports medicine spe
hops over a cone and scissor jumps help improve power. Be sure to perform exercises on a soft surface. tion.
mit Orthopedic Specialists in Carmichael. He specializes in adult and pediatric sports medicine.
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pitchprep training time: tim rudd for iyca
IMPROVE CONDITIONING —Trainers who
of a better time to cover the importance of offseason skills as a player, they need to improve their athletic
IMPROVE MOVEMENT QUALITY — No matter
up to 90 seconds of down time. If your athletes want to be prepared for the actual demands
their performance and health. GET STRONGER —
when will they? potential to be faster, more powerful and explosive.
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Tim Rudd is an IYCA specialist in youth conditioning and owner of Fit2TheCore.
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powered by trucks: anthony trucks
It’s time to show off the body you’ve been building, but don’t forget proper maintenance only does this save time but it increases your cardio
maintenance for most people while they start spend
USE COMPOUND MOVEMENTS, SUPER SETS: for example. You can also do multiple movements possible. Since you are
PLAN!: attack. You will wander around and waste valuable minutes when every minute counts. CUT DOWN REST BETWEEN SETS: Not
Anthony Trucks is the owner of Trucks Training facility in Brentwood and covers weight training for SportStars.
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Altitude Training center Headlines New East Bay Gym By
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The Quad, the newest gym facility of Leisure Sports Inc. — the company behind ClubSport and Renaissance ClubSport— just recently turned two months. After hearing terms like “revolutionary” and “unique” to describe the new Pleasanton facility, SportStars felt like checking it out for ourselves. What we found was a gym that offers state-of-the-art workout facilities accessible to any desirable athlete looking to up their game. One of the most unique features about The Quad is the Air Fit room. Air pressure is controlled to recreate different oxygen levels at altitudes of anywhere from 2,000 to 22,000 feet in order to replicate altitude training in the convenience of a gym without the constrictions of wearing training masks. “The best way to relate it in terms of sports is the Denver Nuggets,” According to Carlo Maravilla, Director of the Air Fit Facility. “It’s a known fact that when they come down from altitude, they have a physiologic advantage over any other team that they play at sea level.” With the Air Fit facility, any high school athlete has access to that advantage, especially for when traveling to altitude to compete. An Air Fit facility has been in use up in Oregon that has attracted the use of Olympic Skiers, world-class climbers and MMA Fighters, as well as working with a local high school. “We’ve taken it from being something that you had to travel and pay a large amount of money to do as an elite athlete, we can now do for the general public and high school athletes,” said Dennis Dumas, Director of Wellness for Leisure Sports. “If you take it up to the elite level, which should translate straight across the board down to every level, 95 percent of Olympic athletes who have won gold since the 1960’s — in any track event 800 meters and up — used altitude training.” In addition to the top of the line Air Fit facility, The Quad in 40
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Pleasanton offers high school athletes the ability to train specifically to their needs — in more ways than one. “You can pick and choose what you want to do, you can spend your money wisely, and have it specific to your goal,” Dumas said. “At a lot of other clubs and gyms, you pay one set price and you’re paying for a lot of things you’re not going to use.” With an a la carte approach to pricing, The Quad allows members to pick and choose exactly what the member has access to, which makes prices flexible, as well as offering discounts for students and other deals. “We’re likely to attract all the high schools in the East Bay that have high-performing athletic departments, or those which are striving to,” Dumas said. Though new to the area, The Quad has been quick to reach out to local high schools and middle schools to host a series of camps to introduce local athletes to the accessibility that they now have. To learn more about the gym, visit its website at www.TheQuadFit.com. Upload photos and team stats! www.SportStarsOnline.com
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