Category Archives: volleyball
More State Girls Athletes of Year
To go with overall honoree Juju Watkins, we have others selected as the best among girls athletes for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the 2022-23 school year. We have seen the father of one of them win a CIF state title in basketball. We also had […]
State Schools of the Century (So Far)
We came up with a points system for all of the schools that have been mentioned and honored in our annual State School of the Year selections since the 1999-2000 school year and have put together a top 10 for overall sports excellence so far for the 21st century. It is close at the top […]
Combined State Coaching Records
Here’s a salute to the greatest high school coaches in California history. We’re doing it by compiling updated state records in numerous combined coaching categories, such as most CIF state team titles, most CIF section team titles, most all-time varsity coaching wins and most varsity head coaching seasons. All-time leaders in those categories are Don […]
More Girls State Athletes of the Year
Even without spring sports for the last two and a half months of the school year, it was still possible to choose a track and field athlete plus a swimmer among the best from California for 2019-20. We also have the best from soccer, two multi-sport athletes for Division 3 and Division 5 and two […]
CIF Open Division History Tour
It began with a famous (or infamous depending on point of view) football vote in 2008, but the CIF Open Division format has evolved over the years to the current inclination for there to be more byes for both the Southern California and Northern California regional playoffs. We’ll wait until Sunday to see how that […]
All-State Girls Volleyball 2019 (Part 3)
Just like for other sports in which we’ve done all-state teams for many years, the final in a series of posts and announcements is saved for the large schools, open division schools and for all classes combined. There was a big five in girls volleyball this season in California and all five of those teams […]
All-State Girls Volleyball 2019 (Part 2)
After announcing first-ever expanded Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams for freshmen (Class of 2023), sophomores (Class of 2022) and juniors (Class of 2021), the second post for these teams focuses on those from medium schools and small schools. There will be girls from schools with small enrollments (example: Sierra Canyon) in the large school/open category listed […]
All-State Girls Volleyball 2019 (Part 1)
The 2019 season is long concluded and it’s now 2020 on the calendar, but it took time to come up with our first-ever expanded Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams for girls volleyball. For the first time, we have all-state teams in the sport for each class plus small schools and medium schools. This first release is […]
Ms. Volleyball & Coach of Year 2019
With the CIF Southern Section selections a bit complicated, it wasn’t that way down in San Diego where the leader of the nation’s No. 1 team was voted player of the year. Now, Carly Diehl of Torrey Pines has been named as the 2019 Ms. Volleyball State Player of the Year. She joins head coach […]
FINAL Girls Volleyball State Top 20
Torrey Pines win its first-ever CIF state title and does it in the Open Division with last Saturday’s three-game sweep of Marin Catholic. We’ve had the Falcons No. 1 in the state for many weeks with most of the so-called national experts not matching that and now many of them are going with Torrey Pines […]
