Erik Boal

3 weeks ago | sportstarsmag.com | Erik Boal

In order for St. John Bosco High to become the first baseball program to win consecutive Southern California Regional championships, the top-seeded Braves entrusted the most consistent and reliable pitcher in the state during the postseason in order to complete their remarkable run.

3 weeks ago | sportstarsmag.com | Erik Boal

Dramatic comebacks by the Concord De La Salle High baseball team are nothing new in the brief history of the Northern California Regional Division 1 final, and the Spartans rallied again Saturday for another remarkable victory against San Mateo Serra.

3 weeks ago | sportstarsmag.com | Erik Boal

Loomis Del Oro was the last team standing Saturday in the showdown of Sierra Foothill League softball rivals to decide the Northern California Regional Division 1 title. The second-seeded Golden Eagles, who split regular-season clashes with top-seed Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills, rebounded from a heartbreaking one-run loss May 24 in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division 1 final to secure a 5-3 victory and the program’s first regional crown.

3 weeks ago | sportstarsmag.com | Erik Boal

The only program to win multiple Southern California Regional softball titles also became the lone school to capture championships in two different divisions. Mater Dei Catholic, the No. 2 seed, scored six runs in the fifth inning and added five more in the seventh to secure a 12-3 victory Saturday at top-seed El Modena in the Division 1 regional final. The Crusaders (27-7), who won Division 2 regional championships in 2022 and again last year, achieved their first Division 1 regional crown.

3 weeks ago | youthrunner.com | Erik Boal

Sophomore from Justin Northwest High in Texas takes aim at 1996 national high school record of 1:46.45 established by Granville; Hedengren tries to lower her own U.S. Under-20 2-mile standard, with several more meet records under threat in Washington  The oldest boys record at the Brooks PR Invitational could be challenged Sunday at Renton Memorial Stadium in Washington, but Cooper Lutkenhaus has even bigger aspirations in the 800 meters at the annual event, which starts at 12:45 p.m. PST.