Category Archives: softball
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
One of the things we like to do with this feature is uncover hidden talent that quite often only gets local recognition. This week we have four perfect examples of diamonds in the rough as the funnel narrows and we drive towards the section titles for those sections still in action, and with the CIF […]
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
With previous No. 2 and No. 3 losing, the possibility of No. 1 St. Francis (Mountain View) or its rivals from Archbishop Mitty (which already has one win over the Lancers) ending No. 1 in the state has become more juicy. With CIF Southern Section D1 champ Pacifica moving up to third, more scrambling could...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. For baseball, we have players mentioned from unbeaten team at Ganesha of Pomona that is averaging more than 14 runs scored per game plus a seventh career no-hitter for Turlock Christian’s Gavin Farinha. For softball, Mountain House slugger makes state...
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
St. Francis of Mountain View goes back to No. 1 while Norco moves up to No. 2 with the CIF Southern Section D1 final coming up Friday vs new No. 7 Pacifica of Garden Grove. Central of Fresno also gains 12 spots after its big win over previous No. 1 Clovis North. This week’s newcomers...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
While we had a couple of pitchers with a huge number of strikeouts, they don’t make the Cal-Hi Sports record book. Those two and all four honorees, however, were exceptional for the week and have been for the season. One of the four is a well-known national recruit, but the other three are not. Our […]
Sutter Softball Looks D1 Ready
Huskies prevailed over previously unbeaten East Nicolaus, 1-0, on Thursday in a showdown between state’s top two small school squads. Both teams are now headed into different CIF section playoffs in “small school” divisions, but competitive equity seeding for the CIF NorCal regional playoffs creates all sorts of possibilities for division placement. We hope you […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
We’ve now reached that point of the season when timing becomes very important for these honors as we definitely don’t want to be featuring a deserving player on the same day when it’s possible their team has lost in a CIF section playoff game and their season is over. This week, we have another impressive […]
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
Two CIFSS D1 playoff games from Monday are not included this week, but everyone is playing in Tuesday’s second round and some of the matchups already involve two State TOP 25 teams against each other. Clovis North continues in the No. 1 position entering the final week of its regular season. This week’s only newcomers...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. It’s not baseball or softball but have to highlight the end of one of the most remarkable state records in any sport — Long Beach Wilson’s 49-year league title streak in boys swimming. In baseball, we also have a head...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
One of the goals of this feature is to track potential entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book and talent that may only get local recognition, and this week we have both. Also, we get a lot of nominations for the various Player of the Week features, and more often than not the nominees […]
