Category Archives: softball
More State Girls Athletes of the Year
When you go through all of the various sports in which girls from California high schools are all among the best in the nation and in some cases best in the world, there really is no place like it. This year’s choices to lead the juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from each of five competitive […]
Baseball/Softball Coaching Highlights
All of our exclusive state coaching record lists in football, boys hoops, girls hoops, baseball and softball have now been updated through the 2018-19 school year now that we have completed the updates for baseball and softball. Here is a recap of the major milestones from some of the greatest baseball and softball coaches in […]
State School of the Year: Buchanan
After basically finishing second for the previous school year, the Bears wind up on top of the state for overall sports excellence for the second time. Winning CIF state titles in boys wrestling and girls track wasn’t enough as three other schools also won a pair of CIF state titles. The difference was superior depth […]
All-State Softball 2019: First Team
State Team of the Year Norco had two of the top three Ms. Softball State Player of the Year finalists, but the Cougars had one more player who also was able to crack the lineup of this year’s elite group of 30 top players. This team can be made by any player from any size […]
All-State Softball: 2nd & 3rd Teams
The 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams selections for softball concludes with 30 players named second team overall and nearly 40 more who are third team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on second team. The third team, however, is only for seniors and only for large schools....
All-State Softball: Medium, Small
With All-State baseball for 2019 completely in the books, we switch back to the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams. The announcements continue for the most outstanding players from medium or small schools in class. There were several medium school teams that had two players named All-State, including D3 State Team of the Year […]
All-State Softball: Underclass
This is the first of four posts announcing the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams and like baseball we are starting with the underclassmen. These are the best of the best for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. There are no frosh on first team underclass, but several from a strong group of Class of 2022...
Keilani Ricketts’ Ms. Softball Writeup (2009)
The San Jose Archbishop Mitty graduate had one of the most memorable seasons for a softball player in California and has been a member of the US National Team for several years. She also led Oklahoma to an NCAA title. Here’s what we wrote about Keilani after her senior year with the Monarchs. (Editor’s note: […]
Softball: All-Time 25 Teams (1)
Just like we’ve done before in football and baseball, we’ve pulled together all of our historical files and have come up with a ranking of the all-time greatest teams in California high school softball. This feature was orginally done in 2018 and doesn’t include Norco’s 32-1 team from this season or Pleasanton Foothill’s 28-0 team....
Softball: All-Time 25 Teams (2)
This group of the state’s all-time greatest Top 25 softball teams begins with No. 13 Norco 2012 and ends with No. 25 Pacifica of Garden Grove 2004. See which other teams were selected and featured from No. 14 through No. 24. You’ll need to be a Gold Club member to read the entire two posts....
