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...
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NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
It’s not the usual when we honor players from highly-ranked teams, instead looking to highlight those from smaller and medium-size programs, but this week it was impossible for the two baseball honorees not to be pitchers from Valley Christian of San Jose in the north and Maranatha of Pasadena in the south. For softball, we […]
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...
Girls BB: Divisional All-State 2024
We roll on with honorees for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams with those listed in the same six divisions in which this year’s CIF state championships were contested. Competitive equity seedings continues to make it more complicated placing players into various divisions, but the extra effort is worth it so the […]
Girls BB: All-State Underclass 2024
After all of the boys teams were completely released last Sunday, we’re now starting on the girls and like the boys it is the 45th annual year of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. This first set of teams is for the most outstanding juniors, sophomores and freshmen in the state. While this is...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. The highlight in baseball is Zane Nordquist from El Camino of Oceanside with a second straight no-hitter, which...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
The funnel will start to narrow as the playoffs get into full swing, not only in the CIF Southern Section which starts this week, but the entire state. However, this week not only have we uncovered some talent that might only get local kudos, but we also have an entry for the Cal-Hi Sports Online […]
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...
All-State Boys BB 2024: First Team
Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Trent Perry from CIF Open Champ Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, finalist Mercy Miller of nearby Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and NorCal Player of the Year Aaron Hunkin-Claytor of NorCal open champ Salesian of Richmond are among those near the top of the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys […]
