There was almost one upset of the century involving one of the state’s top six teams, but in the end all six got through to their section semifinals this week. Let’s hope all six are showing up next week in the first-ever CIF Southern California Open Division playoffs. Biggest movers in this week’s rankings include...
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SoCal / NorCal Players of the Week
This will be the next-to-last installment of this series for the 2020-21 school year. We just couldn’t resist one chance to rave about one of the best baseball pitchers in the nation and a top small-school softball player from the south. In the north, we have the leader of a team that finished 24-2 plus […]
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Rankings
There were no upsets in the first round of the CIF Southern Section D1 or D2 playoffs, but what might happen later this week in the second round and quarterfinals? Due to that, plus the other CIF section playoffs just getting started this week, the biggest changes in this week’s rankings were from San Joaquin...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
With the two largest sections in Northern California (Sac-Joaquin and North Coast) concluding action, it makes the NorCal selections a little more difficult, but we found a doozy from the Northern Section where some teams are still in action. From there, it’s “do you know the way to San Jose” to complete the Northern California […]
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Rankings
It ended up being just a one-week break on top of the state rankings for Thousand Oaks after the Lancers moved to 24-1 while other teams lost (Ayala and Buchanan). Harvard-Westlake and JSerra moved up to No. 2 and No. 3 after winning prestigious league titles. A big league title also will be up for...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Our search for the Softball and Baseball Players of the Week takes us to the Fresno area and the shadows of majestic Mt. Tamalpais for the Northern California honorees, and to The Beach in Orange County and southwestern San Bernardino County for the Southern California award winners. We hope you enjoy this free story on […]
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Rankings
We just had to get this week’s rankings out on Sunday night well before Monday’s big games. After Thousand Oaks dropped its first game, Ayala goes to No. 1, Buchanan slides up to No. 2 with Orange Lutheran now No. 3 ahead of its showdown series with No. 6 JSerra. Harvard-Westlake and Sherman Oaks Notre...
State Stat Stars of the Week
We have two weeks of honor roll performers, coaching accomplishments and more in this installment of this feature. For boys hoops, we have the fourth coach in state history to win his 900th game, plus we have a player reaching 2,000 career points and a team winning its 17th consecutive league title. For girls hoops,...
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Rankings
Including Monday scores, No. 1 Thousand Oaks puts win streak up to 30 games. This week also sees Harvard-Westlake joining the top five plus San Marcos, Bullard of Fresno and Foothill of Tustin joining the top 10. There’s also plenty of newcomers, including California of San Ramon, Dana Hills of Dana Point and St. Francis...
