In a week in which it’s announced there will be CIF regional playoffs held beyond the CIF section playoffs for the first time since 1922, Thousand Oaks and Ayala stay in the top two positions. Buchanan, Orange Lutheran and Santa Margarita all move up as previous No. 3 Rancho Bernardo is now holding on in...
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NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Ranks
Ayala of Chino Hills and Rancho Bernardo of San Diego switch at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots behind No. 1 Thousand Oaks. The two teams moving up the most are new No. 8 Granite Bay and new No. 9 Elk Grove. Newcomers Murrieta Mesa of Murrieta and San Marcos also made major jumps....
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Ranks
Huntington Beach gets a giant push and moves to No. 5 in this week’s rankings with just one loss (and that was by one run to No. 2 Norco). Being in the same league as No. 1 Los Alamitos doesn’t hurt, either. Villa Park and Westlake (Westlake Village) also still at No. 3 and No....
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Ranks
Thousand Oaks stays at No. 1 as a new week begins, but there are many changes after that. Rancho Bernardo of San Diego moves up to No. 2, Ayala of Chino Hills rejoins the top five and there are huge jumps for unbeaten Royal of Simi Valley and Santa Margarita. Newcomers include Bullard of Fresno,...
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Ranks
Get used to these new state baseball rankings coming out on Mondays for the rest of the spring season. While section playoffs won’t be happening in Northern California, we found out Monday morning that they will happen for most of Southern California. For this week’s rankings, Thousand Oaks stays on top for the second straight...
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Ranks
The first four teams from last week remain in place, but there are plenty of changes after that with Rocklin moving into the top five, Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista moving into the top 10 plus Huntington Beach, Pacifica of Garden Grove and South (Torrance) moving into the top 20. Newcomers this week are...
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Ranks
With key games taking place every day this week through Thursday and with just a few teams not playing until next week, we decided to update our State TOP 35 in baseball on Friday of this week. All of the extra games created a lot more opportunities for top-ranked teams to lose and many of...
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Ranks
Savanna (Anaheim) Showcase tourney allows several of top SoCal teams to face off early this season, which is why Los Alamitos has taken over state’s No. 1 ranking with a come-from-behind win over previous No. 1 Norco. The Cougars then did the same against preseason No. 2 Chino Hills and stay No. 2 in this...
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Ranks
There may not be any CIF Southern Section playoffs this year, but that hasn’t prevented the best of the best playing each other. That’s why there’s a new No. 1 for the first regular season rankings of 2021 as Orange Lutheran goes back to the same place it stood when the 2020 season was shut...