Author Archives: Harold Abend
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
Lack of action may be a factor in some of the Northern California squads not being real sharp yet as some have only played two games, and some still none, while teams in the CIF Southern, San Diego and Central Sections have played as many as 16 games. No. 1 Mater Dei was especially sharp...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Our first week of the NorCal/SoCal Basketball Players of the Week for this season is kicking off a full month after the season should be over and done with. It also marks the first time ever we are presenting players of the week in four different sports in the same week — baseball and softball, […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
For week six of our Baseball and Softball Players of the Week feature we hit the slopes of Mt. Diablo in Danville and the shadow of Travis Air Force Base for our NorCal honorees, and then head to the Ventura County town of Santa Paula and San Diego for our SoCal award winners. One of […]
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
Trying to do a First Look rankings last week with half the state still not in action was tough to say the least but with the pandemic still having an effect on things and some teams still not in action or with only one or two games under their belts further complicating things, this first...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Week five of our Baseball and Softball Players of the Week feature has us visiting the Mother Lode town of Shingle Springs, plus Visalia in Northern California, and then it’s on to Oxnard of Ventura County and finally to the Inland Empire city of Redlands for our Southern California award winners. Go inside to see […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This COVID-abbreviated football season still has a few games left and a couple of places in the state, but this will be our final Players of the Week feature. Our final journey takes us to the southern part of the Inland Empire, the south Orange County city of San Clemente, and Pasadena in the south. […]
Girls BB: First Look State TOP 25
Trying to do a first state ranking with a huge portion of Northern California still not in action, with some still finalizing schedules is difficult to say the least. But we wanted to take a stab at it before two of the top teams in Northern California square off on Wednesday when Archbishop Mitty (San […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Week four of our Baseball and Softball Players of the Week feature takes us to the Orange County cities of Mission Viejo and Huntington Beach for the SoCal honorees. It’s also to Mill Valley and the metro Sacramento town of Lincoln for the Northern California award winners. Also, for this week’s winners, we looked at […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Week five would be less than halfway through a normal football season, but this season is anything but normal, so instead we’re in the home stretch with just one more week to go for this feature. This week we travel to Orange County, San Diego and the Inland Empire for our SoCal honorees, and Shafter, […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
For week three of our Baseball and Softball Players of the Week feature we start out in Placer County (north of Sacramento) in the community of Granite Bay, then head south to the Port City of Stockton, and then to Ventura County for the second straight week, before ending this week’s journey across the border […]
