Category Archives: State Top 20 Rankings
NEW Softball State Top 20
Orange Lutheran and Los Alamitos will meet on Tuesday in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown that also has mythical national title implications. Mater Dei, meanwhile, goes back up into the top 10 at No. 7 after wins over previous No. 3 Etiwanda and Great Oak of Temecula. Newcomers this week include CIF San...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Although Buchanan is down to one win left in order to wrap up a mythical state title, others are on the move, including De La Salle up to No. 3, Eastlake up to No. 6 and repeat section champions St. Francis (Mountain View) and El Camino Real to No. 8 and No. 9. Highest newcomer...
NEW Softball State Top 20
Previous No. 17 Corona Santiago is the first ranked team to suffer a season-ending loss in a section playoff. The Sharks, though, are in the CIF Southern Section Division I bracket and won’t be the last team to experience those feelings. The top six teams from last week stay the same with traditional powerhouse Pacifica...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Previous No. 7 San Mateo Serra, No. 9 J.W. North and No. 12 Mira Costa become first state-ranked teams to lose in section playoffs and see their seasons end. Top-ranked Buchanan, meanwhile, is down to just two more wins in the CIF Central Section before it locks up State Team of the Year selection. We’re...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
JSerra goes back to No. 2, but the Lions like everyone else is going to need there to be a big upset in the CIF Central Section playoffs where No. 1 Buchanan is the favorite for any thoughts about finishing No. 1. El Toro also has been given a bump from No. 6 to No....
NEW Softball State Top 20
There’s only one newcomer this week, but plenty of movement due to upsets involving previous No. 2 Mission Viejo and previous No. 7 Mater Dei of Santa Ana. Los Alamitos climbs back to No. 2 behind No. 1 Orange Lutheran while Amador Valley joins the top five. The only new team is defending CIF Central...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
It will be a No. 1 vs. No. 3 matchup between Buchanan and Clovis North in a two-game series this week. And unless No. 2 Redondo can beat newly-crowned Boras Classic state champ Mira Costa twice this week, the CIF Central Section may be where this year’s State Team of the Year will be from....
NEW Softball State Top 20
One swing of the bat reverses the No. 1 and No. 2 order at the top of this week’s rankings with Orange Lutheran and Mission Viejo trading places. Previous No. 3 Huntington Beach was the only other top 10 team to lose last week. There were three others further down that lost and had to...