This week’s stops for softball are both in The Valley. In Northern California it’s in the Central Section town of Coalinga, and in Southern California we head to the San Fernando Valley and Lake Balboa. For the baseball honorees, we hit Pleasant Hill in Contra Costa County of Northern California and El Cajon in Southern […]
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NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
There’s a shake-up in the top five as St. Francis (MV) returns to No. 2 after No. 1 Oaks Christian and Villa Park moves up to No. 4. One of the teams that caused the changes, Buchanan of Clovis, debuts this week up at No. 18. Strong weeks by Sheldon of Sacramento and Livermore also...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
One week after we had both NorCal honorees from the same county, this week we have both SoCal honorees from the same city, although one was for pitching and the other was for hitting. The NorCal stops this week, meanwhile, are in the Sacramento suburbs of Fair Oaks and along the Central Coast in Watsonville. […]
NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
With the CIF Southern Section playoffs about to get underway, Oaks Christian takes its 28-0 record and a new No. 1 state ranking into the opening round. Previous No. 1 Clovis North falls to No. 3. Villa Park also is back up to No. 6, but the strange, sad tale of why previous No. 6...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. For softball this week, we have more than one girl who had three homers in one game plus the end of a long league losing streak that was at least 153 games in length. For baseball, the big story is...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
They are both from Merced County and from towns 17 miles apart who are longtime football rivals, but schools from Los Banos and Dos Palos are from different CIF sections. This week, Pacheco of Los Banos and Dos Palos share common honors as they have players who are NorCal players of the week in softball […]
NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
The top six teams from last week remained the same as the regular season is about to end in some areas of the state. The biggest mover is St. Francis of Sacramento, which avenged an earlier loss to Elk Grove and then won all of its games at the NorCal Classic tourney in Tracy. This...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We couldn’t get an installment of this feature done last week due to all the post-season honors coming out in boys & girls basketball. We just looked for key entries in baseball and softball for the last two weeks. In...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This week we head to the mountainous foothills of La Canada and the Inland Empire city of Murrieta for our Southern California honorees. For the north, it’s a stop in the Silicon Valley and San Jose for our baseball winner, and Santa Cruz County and Watsonville for the softball spotlight. We hope you enjoy this […]
