Because of competitive equity factors and the addition of schools from Napa County, it was more complicated choosing players from this region of the state, which is part of the CIF North Coast Section. Still, Marin Catholic (Kentfield) once again leads the way with seven first team selections. The Wildcats are followed by Rancho Cotate...
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A Day of NCS Baseball, Softball
It ended up not being quite so simple as watching the CIF North Coast Section Division I baseball and softball championship games on the same day, but it was simple in how both De La Salle of Concord and Amador Valley of Pleasanton earned titles. Both were shutouts and both saw seniors hit impressive home […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
With Thursday’s Los Alamitos at Norco game postponed by weather, the Griffins (who are still unbeaten) go back to the top spot in the state this week to replace previous No. 1 Cathedral Catholic. Norco moves up to No. 3 with Orange Lutheran (which has split with Norco) at No. 2. Newcomers this week are...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
We do and always have done the Cal-Hi Sports state rankings (more than 35 years) independent to whatever seemingly yearly changing system the CIF uses to do its regional playoff seedings. After seeing some of the placements this time, one can only hope they will get the kinks out of a system that needs fixing....
Winners/Losers in CIF Open Brackets
We go over each of the two boys and girls Open Division playoff brackets (both north and south) released on Sunday and present our breakdowns of which teams fared well and which teams did not. As the Open Division continues to evolve, it will be interesting to see if the CIF Southern Section will ever...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
The postseason is now here for the entire state. There were no upsets in the big quarterfinal matchups in the CIF Southern Section Open Division, but one of the lower seeded teams did win one of the games. The only team outside the Southern Section’s top division to lose was Mission Bay of San Diego....
All-State FB Nominees (Part 1)
We’re going to begin selection of the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams a little earlier than before and hope to have all nominations lists posted by next week. This first group of players who have been placed on our board of nominees are from the CIF Central Coast Section, CIF North Coast Section, […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Mater Dei and De La Salle will head into this year’s CIF Open Division final on Dec. 16 at No. 1 and No. 3 in the state. This week’s biggest movers include Oaks Christian, up from No. 11 to No. 8, Paraclete, up from No. 19 to No. 12, and Helix, up from No. 20...
Girls VB: Marin Catholic four-peat
If you’re a Bay Area high school girls volleyball fan, you’ve probably heard about them, but in case you haven’t we’re here to tell you. There is a California girls volleyball force in the Redwood Empire portion of the CIF North Coast Section from a school in the shadow of majestic Mt. Tamalpais recently known […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
For Freedom-O’Dowd breakdown/What We Learned, CLICK HERE. No. 1 Mater Dei, No. 2 St. John Bosco and No. 5 De La Salle all win on Saturday but it was only easy for the Monarchs, who played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Bosco came from behind to beat St. John’s in Washington DC while DLS […]
