Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
Preseason State TOP 50 Ranks (31-50)
Nine of the teams in this group did not appear in the final State TOP 50 for the 2021 season. Those teams look good in part due to key transfer quarterbacks — such as at Rancho Cucamonga and Chaminade of West Hills. There also are those with big totals of returning starters such as JSerra […]
QBs From Top Teams Ready To Roll
Southern California Elite 11 Regional Camp last Sunday in Manhattan Beach offered a glimpse at many of the leading quarterbacks who will be leading many of the state’s top teams next season. We were able to talk to almost all of them and saw a few other younger quarterbacks who had a good showing in […]
One Day, Two CIF SoCal Titles
Huntington Beach baseball & Oaks Christian of Westlake Village softball have learned that losing in a section playoff game does not mean the season is over. It’s a lesson many teams in other sports that have CIF regional and state competitions have known for many years. Both teams won CIF Division I regional titles on […]
NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
State No. 1 St. Francis and state No. 2 Roosevelt are both starting the final week of the season as top seeds in the CIF regional playoffs for Northern and Southern California. There is one scenario, however, that would cause a tough decision to be made for the final rankings. Among section title teams getting...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
It’s baseball so just about anything might happen for the teams still going in this week’s first-ever concurrent CIF Northern and Southern California regional championships. St. Francis of Mountain View will finish No. 1 in the final rankings if it wins in three games by Saturday. Teams moving up this week include Villa Park (No....
Slugging Lineups Rule In SJS Softball
In back-to-back Division I and Division II championship games played on Saturday, power-packed batting orders from Sheldon of Sacramento and Del Oro of Loomis won CIF Sac-Joaquin Section softball titles and both may have stamped tickets for the top division in next week’s first-ever CIF Northern California regional playoffs. FOR A LOOK AT HOW EACH […]
Fifth Straight NCS Title For De La Salle
The Spartans came from behind with two runs in the seventh to get a tie and won it in the ninth, 9-6, over Foothill of Pleasanton in CIF North Coast Section Division 1 final. They’ve now won five section titles in a row and kept the streak going after a two-year break due to the […]
NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
St. Francis (MV) stays on top for the second straight week and is now joined by the school’s baseball team with a No. 1 state ranking. Roosevelt of Eastvale moves up to No. 2 after winning CIFSS D1 title while others move up as well in the aftermath of a huge CIF Central Section upset....
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
JSerra wins its first CIFSS D1 title and goes to No. 2 this week behind new No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View. Foothill of Pleasanton (up to No. 3) and Valley Christian of San Jose (up to No. 6) also are in striking positions. All four of the CIFSS D1 semifinalists are eligible to...
