Despite the fact it’s the most important week in high school basketball in California, we have traditionally switched from the hardwood to the baseball and softball fields this week. Many of the basketball players still going are going to eventually receive all-state recognition. We don’t have any state record book entries this week but certainly […]
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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. This week we have a mix of boys & girls hoops with the first writeups of the spring...
50+ Years of World Series Alums
Starting from the 2024 World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees and going back for each one to 1968 for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals, here’s a list of every player from a California high school in the World Series. It’s another archive list that’s been added to our site in the last...
World Series Alums: Galileo has a guy
This year’s fall classic between the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks shows a lot of new players that needed to be looked up for their high school origins. It’s a low total again for California players, but one of the five is from one of the state’s historically great baseball high schools in San Francisco. […]
State’s All-Time MLB 1st Round Picks
There were only two players from the state who heard their names called at the 2023 MLB Draft in Texas, but that was an all-time low as there are usually between five and eight. Here’s as complete a list as possible of high school players and former high school players in college from California who...
All-State Baseball: First Team
One day after the first two days of the 2023 MLB Draft, we’re honored to present this elite first team of 30 players who headline the 41st year of the Cal-Hi Sports all-state baseball teams. State Player of the Year Trent Caraway of JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) is joined by one teammate on this team. […]
All-State Baseball: 2nd & 3rd Teams
Our 41st edition of the Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams for baseball also includes 30 more players named second team overall and approximately 40 more who are third team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on first or second team. The third team, however, is only for seniors and...
MLB Draft: Skenes Skies To Top
Paul Skenes, a graduate from El Toro of Lake Forest, makes history in Sunday’s first round of the MLB Draft by becoming the 18th player from California to be selected in the No. 1 overall position. Skenes was followed by five others in the first round, including a player from Thousand Oaks who was a […]