Category Archives: softball divisional rankings
Softball: New Divisional Rankings
With the California high school softball season set to be done by Saturday of the coming weekend, here’s an updated look at our state rankings done according to our five-division format that honors teams of all shapes, sizes and competitive equity levels. One new No. 1 team that has won its section title is Cypress...
Softball: New Divisional Rankings
As some sections in the state are getting ready to crown champions for the 2019 season this weekend, No. 1 teams by divisions are Norco (D1), Notre Dame of Salinas (D2), Oakdale (D3), Cloverdale (D4) and East Nicolaus (D5). Cloverdale is the only new No. 1 in what was an extremely close call that also...
Softball: Divisional State Ranks
After getting out all of the boys and girls all-state basketball teams, we have the final few weeks of the softball season to add divisional state rankings into the mix. Go inside to see which teams have the best chances to earn a mythical state title in five-division format that we’ve had for many years.
FINAL Softball State Division Ranks
Final No. 1 teams already were announced for D1 (San Marcos), D2 (Newbury Park), D3 (West of Torrance), D4 (Sutter) and D5 (East Nicolaus). But here’s the final rankings for each of those divisions with expanded top fives for each division plus a list of teams to watch in each division for 2019 season. Teams...
NEW Softball State Division Ranks
For this week, we are doing the next-to-last divisional state rankings in softball BEFORE the Tuesday section playoff games and will be doing baseball AFTER those contests. There just aren’t that many games left in softball compared to baseball with all sections done except the Southern and North Coast. Top-ranked teams entering the final week...
NEW State Softball Division Ranks
Heading into Thursday games, here’s an updated look at the various races for final No. 1 rankings according to our five-division format. Two teams from this year’s finals in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, Benicia and Woodland Christian, both lost out on chances to end No. 1 in the state by dropping the first game in...
First Look: State Softball Div. Ranks
Apologies for not getting these out earlier, but the season is still going and we have put teams in position to claim mythical state championships in addition to winning section titles. These five-division state rankings in softball also have a long tradition that dates back more than 30 years. Some tough decisions had to be […]
What If CIF State Softball Playoffs?
There’s been discussion about the future addition of CIF state playoffs in both softball and baseball. We went through all of the teams in our final divisional state softball rankings and came up with a proposed format with an Open Division and then six divisions after that. We set up brackets for each division as...
FINAL State Divisions Softball Ranks
There were no teams given big bumps in Division I but there are some teams that are much higher in final rankings after all section finals were put in the books. The list includes Elk Grove and Agoura (D2), Foothill of Palo Cedro (D3), St. Anthony of Long Beach (D4) and Ripon Christian (D5). Each...
