Category Archives: State Top 20 Rankings
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
This week’s rankings are altered with further consideration for teams being at full strength in some games and without key players in others, but we’ve never assumed certain teams are going to win games at full strength and we know that section and state playoffs will eventually answer all questions. Newcomers this week are Sierra […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
It’s even more complicated at the top of the state rankings following the Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona as Marymount of Los Angeles wins the tourney title. The Sailors topped state No. 1 Mater Dei in the final, but they have six losses this season and are 0-2 vs. both Redondo and Torrey Pines. […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
California teams finish second and third at the monstrous Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas, but both lost to the same opponent as Assumption of Louisville, Ky., won the title after beating Mater Dei in the semifinals and then Redondo in the finals. Mater Dei, which has a win over Redondo, therefore is still No. […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
On the eve of the hugely prestigious Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas, two-time defending CIF Open Division champion Archbishop Mitty has to take a tumble in this week’s rankings after losing in three straight games to league rival Sacred Heart Cathedral on Tuesday night. The top seven teams in this week’s State Top 20 […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
Of course, we were going to wait until after No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) and No. 2 Redondo Union (Redondo Beach) played each other in Orange County on Wednesday night. The Monarchs won in four games to further solidify its status in California. Teams on the rise the most from the preseason are new […]
First 2018 Girls VB State Top 20
The season is well underway for some teams and several of them played on Tuesday night. We have the first rankings of the season that already reflect results and the team that would have been preseason No. 1, Mater Dei of Santa Ana, improved to 3-0 and therefore is still No. 1. The Monarchs should […]
FINAL Softball State Top 40
As is our custom, it takes us awhile to get out final state rankings because we do the all-state nominations first. But we try to make up for it by doing expanded lists in all divisions. The first 10 showed up on our ticker last week, but here’s the next 30 all placed in order...
Valley Christian Baseball Team of Year
It’s a little anti-climactic when the final weekend of the season doesn’t determine the state’s No. 1 ranking and State Team of the Year selection. But for baseball in 2018 that choice already was deservedly wrapped up one weekend earlier. Valley Christian of San Jose earns its first State TOY pick in any sport and […]
San Marcos State Team of Year
For only the third time since 1980 and only the fourth time ever, a CIF San Diego Section team lands first in California softball. It essentially took two separate San Diego schools to make that happen, but despite Norco winning its final two CIF Southern Section Division I games by lopsided margins it has to […]
