Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
There is one week to go in the 2024 season in California with the final No. 1 ranking now locked up by Corona. It’s still possible for changes after that, however, and we’ve made one this week with Granada of Livermore moving up to No. 2. Yes, the Matadors needed 14 innings to win their...
St. Mary’s Breaks Title Drought
Rams storm back from early 1-0 deficit to beat Rocklin, 6-1, on Thursday night to grab their first CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D1 title since 2012. State’s No. 8 team also probably will be seeded no lower than No. 2 in next week’s CIF NorCal D1 regional playoffs due to No. 5 Valley Christian’s upset loss […]
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
With Pacifica of Garden Grove wrapping up its second straight title in perhaps the toughest playoff bracket in the nation, it’s now down to the Mariners and St. Francis of Mountain View for the final No. 1 ranking. The focus this week now shifts north to the CIF Central Coast Section where the Lancers will...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
This week’s rankings were delayed several hours to include all of the reported opt-outs from the CIF Southern Section regarding next week’s CIF Southern California regional playoffs. State No. 1 Corona is the main one, but after Saturday night’s win over Harvard-Westlake in the CIFSS D1 final there isn’t much else left that the Panthers...
Gahr Had Own Story To Write In Final
With two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the seventh and trailing 4-3, the Gladiators staged a rally to beat California of Whittier, 5-4, in the CIF Southern Section D2 championship on Saturday. It spoiled what would have been a sentimental win of epic proportions for California, which has been led the past […]
Pacifica Repeats As CIFSS Champion
Whether they play on in the CIF SoCal regionals is for another day, so for now we’ll recap a major milestone accomplishment for the Pacifica of Garden Grove softball team. The Mariners’ win on Friday over Orange Lutheran in the CIF Southern Section D1 title game capped a great season and at the minimum puts […]
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
It will be No. 2 Orange Lutheran vs No. 3 Pacifica on Friday in the CIF Southern Section D1 final, but it will take a loss for unbeaten No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View for the winning team to be top-ranked in California. There also are a lot of changes this week as there...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
We’re down to No. 1 Corona, No. 2 Orange Lutheran, No. 3 Harvard-Westlake and No. 7 Huntington Beach for the CIF Southern Section D1 title. Would any other teams have a chance to be final No. 1 if Huntington Beach is the one that wins the title? Granada of Livermore (just one loss) for sure...
Spring Football: Track stars abound
We begin ramping up our coverage of California high school football for the 2024 season with a look at a great crop of spring athletes in track and field putting up some sizzling marks, including some from Saturday. We also go over an early look at potential top 10 teams to start for the fall […]
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
The only change this week among the top teams is giving Hollister a slight bump for avenging one of its losses and for beating a No. 1 team from another CIF section. We also have a new top team from the CIF San Diego Section and explain why the upcoming CIF North Coast Section D2...
