Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
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...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
It’s the first week of May and already there are a few prominent teams that have lost in the CIF Southern Section playoffs and are done for the season, including two-time defending D1 champion JSerra. The CIF Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs start this week, but it’s still another week after that for the rest. Clovis West...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Monday results are included this week since we also wanted to wait for the CIF Southern Section playoff pairings that also were released on Monday. We break down some of those pairings and explain why some of the rankings don’t match the seeds. The top six from last week remain the same with lots of...
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
We’re doing softball first this week since we had CIF Southern Section playoff brackets out on Saturday and we had to wait until they were put out for baseball on Monday. Top eight teams remain same, led by No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View. Mater Dei Catholic returns to the first 25 while the...
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
It’s a big week for Orange County as Orange Lutheran, Pacifica (Garden Grove) and Canyon (Anaheim) have all moved up into the top five and OLu goes to third. Los Alamitos also rejoins the top 10 and Esperanza goes up nine spots. The big mover in Northern California is Whitney of Rocklin (up 10 spots)....
