Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
In this week’s new boys basketball State TOP 25, it’s regional playoff time as we further break down the Open Division and D1 brackets. D1 is stronger than normal since there are only five teams in both the North and South open brackets, but some of the seeds are a bit perplexing. St. John Bosco...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The funnel gets narrower and narrower as we drive towards the CIF Southern and Northern Regional playoffs and then eventually to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento for the state finals. With the ever changing playoff formats that seem to change in every CIF section in every year, the biggest change this year came in...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
In this week’s new boys basketball State TOP 25 rankings, there is a state No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown for the CIF Southern Section Open Division title as St. John Bosco moves up for its highest ranking in boys hoops ever and gets its crack at top-rated Centennial. The Huskies haven’t lost in-state since...
Preseason Softball State TOP 40
Welcome to another season of Cal-Hi Sports state softball rankings. These have been done more than 30 years. The softball “preseason” rankings are different than baseball, which was done last week, because there are some teams in the CIF Southern Section that have already played games. We will continue to use the California rankings we […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The CIF Southern Section playoffs are under way and there were no surprises in Open Division pool play matchups, nor was there any surprises in the two games that CIFSS Division 1 top seed Rosary played last week. As for the other CIF sections, the playoffs are beginning this week and the CIF North Coast...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
In this week’s new boys basketball State TOP 25, there is some movement and one newcomer, as only one higher seed in the loaded CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs lost at home. The losers in the CIFSS open pool play games don’t really drop as those would be regional level games for teams from...
Preseason Baseball State TOP 40
Welcome to the 44th season of Cal-Hi Sports state baseball rankings. We will continue to follow more teams in the greatest baseball state in the nation than anyone else. This will be the second season in which the CIF NorCal & CIF SoCal regional championships will conclude the race to the top. Will it gain […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The CIF Southern Section playoff brackets have been announced with games on weekdays that are beginning this week except the Open Division where action does not start until Saturday. The Open Division seedings matched last week’s rankings for all but the No. 8 seed and now we’ve brought that team in as a newcomer. Rosary...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
In this week’s new boys basketball State Top 25 there are four newcomers, three from NorCal previously ranked, plus one SoCal squad entering for the first time this season that is slowly putting together a terrific resume. The rankings are dominated at top by the eight entrants to the CIF Southern Section Open Division, but...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
We had our first big shakeup among the top seven teams when the upset bug bit in the CIF Central Section, but it might not be as big of a shakeup as some might think. In the CIF Southern Section, the eight teams in the Open Pool play bracket are starting to take shape in...
