Category Archives: State Top 20 Rankings
A Day of NCS Baseball, Softball
It ended up not being quite so simple as watching the CIF North Coast Section Division I baseball and softball championship games on the same day, but it was simple in how both De La Salle of Concord and Amador Valley of Pleasanton earned titles. Both were shutouts and both saw seniors hit impressive home […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
While there could be a team from the CIF Southern Section with a solid No. 1 argument next week, this week it has to be San Marcos going up to the top of the state after its showdown win over previous No. 1 Cathedral Catholic of San Diego last Saturday. Read on to see why...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Higher seeded teams fall by the wayside in droves as this year’s section playoffs reach the later rounds or come to an end. As you’d expect, this week’s rankings were difficult and included a myriad of moves. We have a new No. 1 (Valley Christian of San Jose), seven newcomers in all and just about...
Valley Christian Caps It Off
The Warriors moved into the catbird’s seat to get their chance to be final state No. 1 in baseball due to a result from San Diego on Wednesday and they have now sealed the deal. Their heart-pounding triumph in the bottom of the seventh inning over Los Gatos in Friday’s CIF Central Coast Section Open […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
It’s wacko Tuesday in the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs since two teams that have been near the very top of the state and national rankings all season — Los Alamitos and Orange Lutheran — both were eliminated in upsets. Nothing is that stunning in that bracket, but of course causes a lot of...
First Look: State Softball Div. Ranks
Apologies for not getting these out earlier, but the season is still going and we have put teams in position to claim mythical state championships in addition to winning section titles. These five-division state rankings in softball also have a long tradition that dates back more than 30 years. Some tough decisions had to be […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
Loss by previous No. 2 Gahr not only screws up the CIF Southern Section Division I seedings, but also drops down the Gladiators in this week’s State Top 20. The other big move was to elevate Foothill of Pleasanton back up to No. 11 after it beat previous No. 11 Amador Valley behind ace pitcher...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Valley Christian back up to No. 3 but that’s also the team’s seeding in the goofed up, nonsensical world of the CIF Central Coast Section Open Division playoff pairings. Others coming up include La Mirada (now in the top five), Palm Desert (now in the top 10) and El Toro (back in at No. 14...
NEW Softball State Top 20
There’s some upheaval in Orange County with Huntington Beach breaking through with a big win last week over previous No. 2 Los Alamitos plus Mater Dei getting a surprisingly lopsided 11-1 romp on Monday over previous No. 4 Orange Lutheran. The results cause some changes and we’re pretty sure we know which school’s fans aren’t...
