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)....
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NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
Michelle Carew Classic results had a major impact on this week’s rankings with upsets to four of the top 10 teams coming in. Previous No. 2 St. Francis of Mountain View or previous No. 3 Norco were not among them and naturally move up to No. 1 and No. 2. The longtime rival of St....
St. Francis MV, Norco Co-Champs
This year’s Michelle Carew Classic had four of the top five teams from the state and six of the top 10, but rain wiped out Saturday’s schedule so there was no No. 1 vs No. 2 championship in the Gold Bracket. There were still big developments as No. 1 Pacifica (Garden Grove) lost twice, the […]
Girls BB: Salute To Section Champions
There were a lot more girls teams that earned CIF section championships over the weekend besides state No. 3 Etiwanda and the ones we covered on Wednesday in Sacramento. Here’s a roundup of all of the other section champions from around California. Each team deserves to get a mention with all of the others that […]
FINAL State Baseball Ranks (Divisions)
Previously announced No. 1 teams JSerra (D1), Cardinal Newman (D2), Central Catholic of Modesto (D3), Castaic (D4) and Ripon Christian (D5) are joined by other teams in final division rankings in keeping with a tradition that we’ve had for more than 40 years. CIF SoCal D2 champ Calabasas (D2), CIF SoCal D3 champ Westlake (D2),...
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
This one includes results from Tuesday of this week, which is why Marina of Huntington Beach has jumped into the top 10 after a Tuesday win over previous No. 9 Huntington Beach. No. 3 Norco, No. 4 Los Alamitos and other highly ranked teams in California are all headed this weekend to Bullhead City, Ariz.,...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We have even more details on Norco’s 77-76 win in overtime over Murrieta Valley with writeups on both QBs. We also have new state record book entries for Luke Baker of San Ramon Valley (including an all-time CIF North Coast...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This week we don’t have any entries for the Cal-Hi Sports online record book, which is one of the things we track for this feature, but we did find some hidden talent from honorees that don’t often get a statewide spotlight, and that’s a second aspect of these weekly honors. Our stops this week are […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
The best of those this week for baseball are stingy pitchers, including Hans Crouse of Dana Hills and Michael Mercado of San Diego Westview, who both have MLB scouts very interested, plus freshman Lucas Gordon from Sherman Oaks Notre Dame. For softball, it’s the sluggers getting the most attention, including four girls who all cracked […]
CIF Bowl Board Video (No. 3)
In the third installment of new video feature in which we go over our own CIF state bowl board for both Northern and Southern California, Cal-Hi Sports editor Mark Tennis previews many of the difficult choices that the CIF will be making on Sunday. How will upsets change the lineups? How will rematches of teams […]
