There are no-hitters and then there’s what Corona High’s Michael Hobbs did for his no-hitter last week since it wasn’t exactly against some chump opponent. Then already this week, Vacaville Christian’s Lucas Sweany has his second straight playoff no-hitter and we have a baseball slugger in the state named Goldschmidt. For softball, the hits are […]
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SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
The trick for this week’s selections is to give preference to those players who sparked their teams to section titles that already are in the books or to those players who aren’t in elimination playoff games at the time we’re getting these honors out. It’s not as if Dalton Smith (Chico), Jeremey Rivera (L.A. Locke), […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
With section playoffs underway everywhere except in the CIF North Coast Section, of course last week’s biggest rankings shuffling result came from the NCS when Foothill of Pleasanton beat previous No. 5 Amador Valley of Pleasanton 2-0 to win a league title. We also are moving up Mission Viejo and Mater Dei in this week’s...
Super 8 Softball State Ranks Update
With Amador Valley of Pleasanton taking a loss, Mission Viejo gets bumped up to No. 5 in this week’s state rankings. Sheldon of Sacramento also gets to move from No. 9 to No. 8.
State Stat Stars of the Week
Baseball fans everywhere now know the name Hunter Greene, but before the MLB Draft he hopes to get Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks far in the CIFSS Division I playoffs. Although he’s not pitching anymore this season, Greene hit three homers last week in his two final regular season games. Another baseball stat star is […]
State Divisional Softball Rankings
Like baseball this week, here’s a look at teams that have the best chances to end their season with a mythical divisional state title by winning a section title in the next three weeks. These divisional rankings go back more than 30 years and while we haven’t been able to start them earlier in the […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Three of this week’s choices — Jack Hinrichsen of Sacramento McClatchy (no-hitters), Dante Faicchio of Laguna Beach (doubles) and Ally Shipman of Valencia (home runs) — may be on their way to placing high in all-time state career record listings. The other, San Jose Archbishop Mitty sophomore Hannah Edwards, is on her way to playing […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
There was even less movement in this week’s rankings than last week when only one new team cracked the Top 20. This time, there are no new teams. Of the two teams that did lose, both did it to higher-ranked opponents. With most CIF section playoffs beginning this week, there may not be a long...
Super 8 Softball State Ranks Update
Orange Lutheran holds off Mater Dei 5-3 in the biggest game of the week among the state’s top-ranked teams. The Lancers also remained No. 4 in this week’s rankings, which in addition to them didn’t change for any others who were in the Super 8 last week.
State Stat Stars of the Week
Reported state strikeout leader Esdras Solorzano of Los Angeles High also goes 5-for-5 at the plate in a win last week for the Romans. More from baseball include San Diego Madison ace Kevin Abel and promising sophomore Nathan Graf from Millennium of Tracy. In softball, big-time All-American talent Briana Perez from Alhambra of Martinez is […]
