Category Archives: State Record Book
Ms. Softball 2023: Randi Roelling
It was a much more difficult final decision than in many of the Ms. Softball State Player of the Year honors that have been done over the last 40 years, but in the end pitcher-hitter Randi Roelling checked the most boxes that are looked for and the Modesto Central Catholic standout has now been named […]
More Softball Players of the Year
If these honors were decided after the regular season (like the NFL, NBA & MLB), then every single one of the winners would be different. They are not in high school, however, since the playoffs are so important. We have additional honorees for juniors, sophs and frosh plus large schools and small schools. A large […]
NBA Draft: Camarillo’s Finest
Camarillo High grad Jaime Jaquez Jr. completes rise in the NBA Draft with No. 18 selection in first round by the Miami Heat. For the second straight year of the NBA Draft, California also has two selected in the second round. FOR UPDATED GOLD CLUB LIST OF STATE’S ALL-TIME NBA DRAFT PICKS (SINCE 1950), CLICK […]
Mr. Baseball 2023: Trent Caraway
Sweet swinging shortstop/third baseman from JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) collects the top honor in the state for the 2023 season after already earning several other major honors. He was the leading player on the state’s No. 1 team and he’s the ninth Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year from Orange County in more than […]
State Coach of Year: Jim Bennet
Winning the CIF SoCal D1 championship just two weeks after winning his 400th career game is all that’s needed for Poway’s Jim Bennet to earn State Coach of the Year honors for the 2023 season. Despite many successful seasons from 2003 to 2019, Bennet had to guide the program to major success after the COVID […]
State Coach of Year: David Jeans
With two straight CIF Northern California D1 regional titles and six straight CIF North Coast Section D1 titles, the time is right to get De La Salle of Concord’s David Jeans onto the all-time state list of State Coaches of the Year in baseball. He’s just the seventh all-time from the East Bay portion of […]
FINAL Softball TOP 40 (Expanded)
CIF Southern Section D1 champion Pacifica of Garden Grove along with finalist Norco and semifinalist Los Alamitos all move up in the final order. Others getting bumps at the end include Poway, Whitney of Rocklin and South Hills of West Covina. As is custom, each of the teams in the final, expanded final state rankings...
FINAL State Softball Ranks (Divisions)
Previously announced No. 1 teams Hollister (D1), Willow Glen of San Jose (D2), Central Catholic of Modesto (D3), Capital Christian of Sacramento (D4) and Holtville (D5) are joined by other teams in final division rankings in keeping with a tradition that we’ve had for more than 40 years. Other teams highlighted in these rankings include...
FINAL Baseball TOP 40 (Expanded)
CIF NorCal D1 champ De La Salle ends third this time behind JSerra and Santa Margarita. All of the CIF San Diego Section teams also get big bumps at the end after that huge day of wins in the CIF SoCal D1 playoffs by La Costa Canyon, Eastlake and Rancho Bernardo. We also had to...
FINAL State Baseball Ranks (Divisions)
Previously announced No. 1 teams JSerra (D1), Cardinal Newman (D2), Central Catholic of Modesto (D3), Castaic (D4) and Ripon Christian (D5) are joined by other teams in final division rankings in keeping with a tradition that we’ve had for more than 40 years. CIF SoCal D2 champ Calabasas (D2), CIF SoCal D3 champ Westlake (D2),...