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FINAL 2016 All-State Softball Noms

Almost 100 new players have been added for the final version of all-state softball nominees for the 2016 season as well as new photos. It’s still not too late to send in information, but the first all-state teams will be announced by end of this week (baseball to follow). If you can’t see this post,...

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Ms. Softball 2016: Nicole Bates

The Ceres High infielder nudged Gatorade National Player of the Year Madilyn Nickles of Merced for top local honor in Stanislaus/Merced County and does the same for state’s highest, longest-running individual softball selection. It’s another tough choice in a sport that has seen several of them in recent years.

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More Softball Players of the Year

In addition to Nicole Bates, statewide honors also are going out to Camryn Ybarra of Mission Viejo (juniors), Vanessa Strong from Freedom of Oakley (sophs), Kinzie Hansen of Norco (frosh), Madilyn Nickles of Merced (large schools) and Kailia Searcy from Paraclete of Lancaster (small schools).

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State Coaching Records Updated

All five California high school sports that we primarily cover on this web site – football, boys hoops, girls hoops, baseball and softball – now have all of its coaching records updated through the 2015-16 school year. We started doing these updates earlier last week and got word that one of the winningest coaches in […]

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Softball Coach of Year: Judy Shaubach

Her teams have won two straight CIF Central Section championships and she’s approaching 600 all-time wins since 1989. Add it all up and Madera’s Judy Shaubach gets the nod as the State Softball Coach of the Year. She’s also the first from her section to earn this honor since 1981.

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FINAL Divisional Softball Rankings

Each of our divisional rankings has been expanded by five teams for the final installment and these will be the ones that go into the state record files. Teams that moved up for the final rankings include Aliso Niguel (D2), Vista del Lago of Folsom (D3), Mission Oak of Tulare (D4), Ripon (D4) and St....

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FINAL, Expanded Softball Top 40

Just like baseball, we have expanded our final state team rankings in softball from Top 20 overall to Top 40 overall. Writeups and comments from each team have been completed as well. Teams moving up at the end include section champions Freedom of Oakley and Archbishop Mitty. Some of the hardest to rank in expanded...

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All-State Softball Nominees (Part 1)

Welcome to the start of the process toward selection of the 34th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball teams. The first step is this post of all-state nominees from every CIF section. If someone is missing, don’t get mad, just let us know. This is our way of trying to make sure we’re choosing from a […]

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Ms. Softball State POY Finalists

You might think that with a California girl being named this week as the Gatorade National Player of the Year that the annual Cal-Hi Sports Ms. Softball State Player of the Year choice is a slam dunk. Not quite. Merced’s Madilyn Nickles actually has legitimate competition in her own backyard, based on the criteria we […]

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Mission Viejo State Softball TOY

One year after the Diablos were upset in their final game and could not finish No. 1 in the state and nation, the results fall in their favor. They edge Mater Dei of Santa Ana and Grand Terrace in a three-way battle for this year’s final No. 1 ranking. Mission Viejo also has now been […]

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