First regular season look at California’s best for softball of course has Norco at the top, but it’s probably going to surprise some folks about the pecking we have that follows. We do see national rankings put out by MaxPreps and USA Today, but often do not agree with those rankings and don’t think we...
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NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
For this second week in which baseball and softball players have taken over this feature from basketball, we have a player from San Luis Obispo County being chosen for the first time for Northern California. That’s because San Luis Obispo is now part of the CIF Central Section and all Central Section schools are NorCal […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This is the first week in which we’re honoring baseball and softball players for 2018-19 school year. The two from SoCal are emerging sophomores from Huntington Beach and Corona. The two from NorCal already have put up impressive numbers earlier in their careers and represent San Anselmo and Sacramento. We hope you enjoy this free […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This week we begin to shift some of our regular features toward baseball and softball and begin with a no-hitter in baseball plus a softball pitcher with two straight perfect games. In boys hoops, we’ve got monstrous outings from some of the most dynamic players in the state, including Boogie Ellis, Josh Christopher, Jalen Green...
Preseason Softball State Top 25
The season has actually already begun for a few teams in the CIF Southern Section plus the L.A. City and Central Sections. For the state rankings, the No. 1 team to start shouldn’t be much of a surprise due to the returning players at defending CIFSS D1 champion Norco. There’s also the usual powerhouse squads […]
All-State Patch List Update
For those just interested in seeing the names of players who are on the Gold Club post for this year’s all-state sophomores and freshmen from our annual Inside the All-State Teams feature, here are simple alphabetical lists. If you want the full presentation and are not Gold Club, please check out getting a membership today.
Inside The All-State Softball Team
We like to start off this annual feature with our writeup of the most inspirational player of the year, highlighting a player who had to overcome some adversity to have a memorable season. This year, that honor goes to Pacific Grove’s Danielle Pasquariello. We also have a salute to another player — West of Torrance’s...
All-State Softball: First Team
The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the final state and national rankings combine for six first team picks to headline this year’s 36th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Team. This also ended up being a great year for catchers and we went with six of them on first team. This group of 30 […]
All-State Softball: 2nd & 3rd Teams
The 36th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams selections for softball also includes 30 players named second team overall plus 30 more who are third team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on second team. The third team, however, is only for seniors and only for large schools. For […]
All-State Softball: Underclass
The 36th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams roll on with the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. It’s harder for younger players to break through for either first team or second team underclass, but several did and those girls also emerge as contenders to be Ms. Softball State Player of the...
