Category Archives: baseball
Preseason Baseball State TOP 40
Welcome to the 44th season of Cal-Hi Sports state baseball rankings. We will continue to follow more teams in the greatest baseball state in the nation than anyone else. This will be the second season in which the CIF NorCal & CIF SoCal regional championships will conclude the race to the top. Will it gain […]
World Series Alums: Sac Town Style
This year’s fall classic between the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies has a definite Sacramento area feel to it as the manager of the Astros and one of the leading players for the Phillies hails from the city. In all, however, it’s a rather low total of California players with just four for the Phillies […]
All-State Baseball: 2nd & 3rd Teams
Presented at the same time as first team, the 40th edition of the Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams for baseball also includes 30 more players named second team overall and approximately 40 more who are third team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on first or second team. The...
MLB Draft: High schoolers not preferred
Brooks Lee, a graduate of San Luis Obispo, is the highest player from a California high school taken in the 2022 MLB Draft. The Cal Poly SLO shortstop went at No. 8 in the first round by the Minnesota Twins. The state did not get shutout in the first round for the first time since […]
All-State Baseball: Medium & Small
The next step in the unveiling of the 40th edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams are these players selected from schools that were in CIF section or regional playoffs during the 2022 spring season that made them medium or small school in class. We already did the underclass teams and still have the […]
All-State Baseball: Underclass
This is the first of four posts announcing the 40th annual edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams (without one year due to COVID). This one highlights the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Looking over names, it also stands out how strong teams like Villa Park, JSerra of San Juan...
State School of Year: St. Francis (MV)
What began with a historic win on the football field is ending with St. Francis of Mountain View collecting the 2021-22 State School of the Year selection. This is just the Lancers’ second time getting onto the all-time state list, but it’s been 29 years. They finished strong in softball, baseball and boys volleyball to […]
More State Schools of the Year
For boys sports only, De La Salle of Concord is considered tops for the state for 2021-22 thanks to a No. 1 finish in baseball coming a few days after winning a CIF state title in golf. For the girls, St. Francis of Mountain View is going to be listed alongside its overall State School […]
FINAL Baseball All-State Noms (SoCal)
It will be the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams that is going to begin to be selected in the next few days. Here’s an updated list of nominees on our board. These are the ones from CIF sections in Southern California (with the Central Section in the north). Thanks to all who sent...
