Category Archives: softball
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
As we near the end of the baseball and softball Players of the Week features for the 2022 season, we waited until after Tuesday games this week to complete the selections. That’s not the only reason we are visiting Kentfield and Saratoga for the Northern California stops and in Southern California we head to La […]
NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
The CIF Southern Section playoffs were conducted with three rounds in five days last week and have already reached the championship stage while other CIF sections have yet to even begin. This all helped to create lots of changes in this week’s rankings as St. Francis (MV) moves up to No. 1 with Clovis North...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. There are two coaches — one from baseball and one from softball — who have won their 700th games. We also have softball player Carly Knoles of Duarte with a season hit total that gets her name into the state...
NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
There’s a shake-up in the top five as St. Francis (MV) returns to No. 2 after No. 1 Oaks Christian and Villa Park moves up to No. 4. One of the teams that caused the changes, Buchanan of Clovis, debuts this week up at No. 18. Strong weeks by Sheldon of Sacramento and Livermore also...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
One week after we had both NorCal honorees from the same county, this week we have both SoCal honorees from the same city, although one was for pitching and the other was for hitting. The NorCal stops this week, meanwhile, are in the Sacramento suburbs of Fair Oaks and along the Central Coast in Watsonville. […]
NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
With the CIF Southern Section playoffs about to get underway, Oaks Christian takes its 28-0 record and a new No. 1 state ranking into the opening round. Previous No. 1 Clovis North falls to No. 3. Villa Park also is back up to No. 6, but the strange, sad tale of why previous No. 6...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. For softball this week, we have more than one girl who had three homers in one game plus the end of a long league losing streak that was at least 153 games in length. For baseball, the big story is...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
They are both from Merced County and from towns 17 miles apart who are longtime football rivals, but schools from Los Banos and Dos Palos are from different CIF sections. This week, Pacheco of Los Banos and Dos Palos share common honors as they have players who are NorCal players of the week in softball […]
NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
The top six teams from last week remained the same as the regular season is about to end in some areas of the state. The biggest mover is St. Francis of Sacramento, which avenged an earlier loss to Elk Grove and then won all of its games at the NorCal Classic tourney in Tracy. This...
