California is one of the best places to live in the world and is a well-known tourist destination. The most populous state in the USA, California also currently has four NFL teams, which will drop by one when the Oakland Raiders move to Las Vegas. None of the four has done particularly great in recent seasons, other than the Raiders last year, but could things change in the 2017 campaign? We now look at the four California-based teams and explore how they could fare this season.
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Super 8 Baseball State Ranks Update
Huntington Beach doesn’t drop after a large margin loss since it can still finish with a better resume than any other team if it wins CIFSS Division I title. There are other teams shuffled around in this week’s rankings, including Clayton Valley of Concord being uplifted back into the top eight.
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Super 8 Softball State Ranks Update
Orange Lutheran holds off Mater Dei 5-3 in the biggest game of the week among the state’s top-ranked teams. The Lancers also remained No. 4 in this week’s rankings, which in addition to them didn’t change for any others who were in the Super 8 last week.
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Super 8 Baseball State Ranks Update
With the top three re-shuffled to Huntington Beach, Buchanan and Rancho Bernardo, the rest of the Super 8 also sees some movement. St. John Bosco and Harvard-Westlake are up and in while Clayton Valley and Bellarmine have to slide.
NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with lists of many other teams on the bubble will be posted each week but will require Gold Club membership to see for the rest of the season. Our breakdowns and analysis of what’s coming up and what’s already happened can’t be matched anywhere else because we’ve been following the statewide scene years and years longer than any other media source. For sign up info, CLICK HERE.
(Through games of Saturday, May 6; Results from Monday, May 8 not included; Previous ranking in parentheses)
1. (1) Huntington Beach 25-3
Hagen Danner took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before finishing with a three-hitter when the Oilers topped Bellarmine Prep of San Jose 4-1 last Saturday in the state title game of the Boras Classic.
Jamal O’Guinn is headed for USC and last year helped Buchanan finish No. 1 in two national polls. Photo: Mark Tennis.
2. (3) Buchanan (Clovis) 25-2
The Bears have now beaten Clovis four times this season after getting a two-game sweep of the Cougars last week. They’ll need help to be No. 1 in the state again, but if Huntington Beach doesn’t win the CIF Southern Section D1 title then they’re right there in a strong position to move up.
3. (2) Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) 24-3
Calvin Mitchell continued to heat up toward the end of the season with two homers in a 10-7 win over Westview of San Diego. Mitchell also now has 10 homers himself this season.
4. (4) Eastlake (Chula Vista) 24-3
For the second time this season, the Titans have won 10 straight games after they defeated Otay Ranch of Chula Vista 8-1 and 3-1 in their two games last week.
5. (11) St. John Bosco (Bellflower) 23-5
This ranking was done after the Braves had their three-game sweep last week of Anaheim Servite, but does not include a loss on Monday of this week to JSerra. They need to win one of the final two games this week vs. the Lions to secure Trinity League title.
6. (15) Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood) 20-4-2
Harvard-Westlake’s more outstanding regular season including games outside of league puts the team higher than Mission League champion Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks not just in our rankings but in the L.A. Times’ Top 25 as well.
7. (10) Moorpark 22-3
Tyger Goslin, Moorpark’s starting quarterback in football last fall, drove in three runs in a 10-7 win last week against King of Riverside that went to eight innings.
8. (9) Gregori (Modesto) 26-0
The Jaguars could be the team to beat in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D1 South playoffs, but will have to get past Bear Creek of Stockton in a non-league game on Wednesday to make their case for being top seed.
Super 8 Softball Rankings Update
The only change in this group is Mission Viejo going up to No. 8 as a replacement for previous No. 8 Rio Mesa of Oxnard. The big news of the week is just that No. 1 Norco was behind after an inning for the first time all season and responded strongly. NOTE: Our updated State…
State’s Teams in Flo50 National Ranks
Cal-Hi Sports partners each week with FloSports channels in softball and boys volleyball to compile a national ranking of high school teams. These rankings are known as the Flo50 and are similar to the FAB 50 national rankings that were directed for many years by Cal-Hi Sports editor Mark Tennis when he was an executive editor with Student Sports and ESPN.
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Super 8 Baseball State Ranks Update
Going up from the lower half of last week’s State Top 20 into the top half of this week’s rankings are Bellarmine, Clovis, Glendora and Gregori. And oh by the way, there’s a new No. 1 with Huntington Beach.
NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with lists of many other teams on the bubble will be posted each week but will require Gold Club membership to see for the rest of the season. Our breakdowns and analysis of what’s coming up and what’s already happened can’t be matched anywhere else because we’ve been following the statewide scene years and years longer than any other media source. For sign up info, CLICK HERE.
(Through games of Saturday, April 29; Previous ranking in parentheses)
1. (2) Huntington Beach 22-3
Already No. 1 in the L.A. Times Top 25 for two weeks, they are our new No. 1 team in the state this week with previous No. 1 Buchanan of Clovis losing. Last week they swept a three-game series against Fountain Valley and it would be hard to top them for the top spot in our final state rankings should they capture the CIFSS Division I championship.
Casey Schmitt of Eastlake will play next at San Diego State. Photo: hometeamsonline.com.
2. (3) Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) 22-2
Following Huntington Beach up a spot is the Broncos as they won both games last week against Poway and are now ahead of previous No. 1 Buchanan of Clovis. Key to their success this season has been pitching despite losing a key member of their rotation due to elbow problems.
3. (1) Buchanan (Clovis) 23-2
Splitting a pair of games against Clovis West of Fresno causes the Bears to fall from the top spot. It was their first loss this season to a team from California. They will have two big games this week against No. 7 Clovis.
4. (7) Eastlake (Chula Vista) 22-3
Moving into the top five at the No. 4 spot is the Titans, who won four games last week and are a perfect 5-0 in Metro Mesa League play. Since a loss to Newbury Park in extra innings, they have won eight straight.
5. (10) Clayton Valley (Concord) 18-0
Going up five spots to the No. 5 position, the Ugly Eagles are now the only unbeaten team that is projected to be in the CIF North Coast Section Division I playoffs. While they have not played a tough schedule compared to some of the other top teams they could end up facing both Foothill of Pleasanton and De La Salle of Concord in the playoffs.
6. (11) Bellarmine Prep (San Jose) 19-5
Winning three games last week, the Bells defeated St. Ignatius of San Francisco, Serra of San Mateo and Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco. They will have a big league game against St. Francis of Mountain View later this week and also face No. 1 Huntington Beach in the Boras Classic state final.
7. (12) Clovis 22-3-1
Getting ready for two big games this week against No. 3 Buchanan of Clovis this week, the Cougars won twice last week against Central of Fresno.
8. (13) Glendora 21-4
Now with a 10-game winning streak, the Tartans won both games last week against Bonita of La Verne. They are currently are in first place in the Palomares League by one game over previous state top five South Hills of West Covina.
Super 8 Softball Rankings Update
Norco, Los Alamitos and Gahr maintain the top three positions in the state, but losses last week by the No. 4 and No. 5 teams causes some changes. Buena gets a big boost while Amador Valley is back to No. 5
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The Kling of Swing at Palisades
Palisades also won its ninth straight section title. Photo: @CIFLACS/Twitter.com.
Palisades of Pacific Palisades wins CIF L.A. City Section boys tennis title and puts head coach Bud Kling closer to becoming the state’s all-time leader for all sports combined in terms of winning section titles.
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Super 8 Baseball State Ranks Update
Huntington Beach and Rancho Bernardo are now putting some pressure on Buchanan of Clovis for the No. 1 ranking while one of this week’s newcomers to the State Top 20 — unbeaten Foothill of Pleasanton — jumps all the way up into the Super 8.
NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with lists of many other teams on the bubble will be posted each week but will require Gold Club membership to see for the rest of the season. Our breakdowns and analysis of what’s coming up and what’s already happened can’t be matched anywhere else because we’ve been following the statewide scene years and years longer than any other media source. For sign up info, CLICK HERE.
(Through games of Saturday, April 22; Previous ranking in parentheses)
1. (1) Buchanan (Clovis) 22-1
The Bears swept a pair last week from Clovis East. Their next test probably will be in two weeks when they have to play state-ranked Clovis twice.
Danner Hagen of Huntington Beach also is an alum of the Area Code Games. Photo: StudentSports.com.
2. (5) Huntington Beach 19-3
Big-time prospect Hagen Danner led the Oilers to the SoCal title of the Boras Classic last week. They beat Mira Costa (defending Boras Classic state champs) 9-4 in the final and will play Bellarmine of San Jose on May 6 at UCLA in the Boras Classic state final.
3. (4) Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) 20-2
In two of the dominant wins last week vs. Mission Vista of Oceanside, Alika Williams went 5-for-5 with four doubles in one game and in another went 4-for-7 with five runs scored, seven RBI, two homers and a double.
4. (7) Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood) 17-3-1
Returning from the IMG Academy Tournament two weeks ago, the Wolverines had last week off before they return to Mission League play this week.
5. (9) Moorpark 20-2
When we updated the ticker on this site on Monday, we were going off of St. John Bosco being 17-3 and not 18-4. That’s now been changed again and now it’s the Musketeers showing in the fifth spot. Bosco is actually ninth in this week’s rankings.
6. (11) Torrey Pines (San Diego) 18-4
The winning scores over Carlsbad last week were 2-1 in 13 innings, 2-1 in seven innings and 5-3 in nine innings. Wins are wins so the Falcons move up.
7. (12) Eastlake (Chula Vista) 18-3
Already this week the Titans have defeated Montgomery of San Diego 4-1 in a game played at Petco Park.
8. (NR) Foothill (Pleasanton) 16-0-1
A combination of factors — including an admission by us that we lost track of the Falcons for a few weeks after they had that tie — results in this team going from unranked all the way up to No. 8. They also are now the No. 1 ranked team in the San Francisco Bay Area.
