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Mitch Stephens

California

Senior Editor at High School on SI

Content Creator at San Francisco Chronicle

Senior editor for @HighSchoolOnSI, content provider for San Francisco Chronicle and champion of HS coaches, critters, kindness and kids. Previously at MaxPreps

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  • 1 week ago | si.com | Mitch Stephens

    Parents beware. Misbehaving at high school sporting events is becoming more scrutinized, with more severe consequences. The latest misstep and ban to make national news comes out of New Jersey this week when a parent will be barred from his son’s high school graduation due to strong disagreement he had with football coaches and school officials.

  • 1 week ago | si.com | Mitch Stephens

    It's taken more than 24 hours to digest the softball game of the year in Connecticut and perhaps the country.

  • 1 week ago | si.com | Mitch Stephens

    Before Monday afternoon, perhaps the most notable Batesville (Ark.) athlete in its 101-year standing was NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin. Gage Wood might have changed all that. The 6-foot, 205-pound right-hand pitcher for the University of Arkansas just pitched just the third no-hitter in College World Series history and the first since 1960 in a 3-0 elimination-game win over Murray State.

  • 1 week ago | si.com | Mitch Stephens

    The nation’s fastest growing high school sport now has official rules. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), the preeminent rules makers for the rest of the states to follow, published its first complete set of rules for girls flag football, a sport that 16 states have sanctioned and 18 others are in the middle of independent/pilot programs.

  • 1 week ago | si.com | Mitch Stephens

    ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Golf and baking aren't two interests one would immediately associate with rapidly rising 6-foot-2 forward Maliya Hunter, but life will sometimes surprise you. Hunter thought she would be more of a role player coming off the bench for the 2024-25 Mitty Monarchs, a national power out of San Jose, Calif. Instead, after a season-ending injury to 5-star 2026 star McKenna Woliczko, Hunter was thrown into the fire — but not cooking fire — right away.

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Mitch Stephens
Mitch Stephens @MitchBookLive
10 Jun 25

The Why: How does De La Salle baseball team keep pulling off last-inning championship magic? https://t.co/Zsedlh6V0Y One impassioned, teary-eyed interview from unsung hero shares the Spartans' late-game secret sauce @Tarek_Fattal @SacBee_JoeD @DLSBaseball @KasselMedia https://t.co/AsBr3Lbu38

Mitch Stephens
Mitch Stephens @MitchBookLive
8 Jun 25

RT @Shurtleff8Todd: View stellar action 📸 from high school sporting events across 🇺🇸 in SBLive May Photos of the Month @HighSchoolOnSI! VOT…

Mitch Stephens
Mitch Stephens @MitchBookLive
8 Jun 25

RT @DarrenSabedra: NEW 👉 CIF NorCal roundup: St. Francis baseball, Liberty, San Leandro softball fall in title games https://t.co/iC5LcP…