With two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the seventh and trailing 4-3, the Gladiators staged a rally to beat California of Whittier, 5-4, in the CIF Southern Section D2 championship on Saturday. It spoiled what would have been a sentimental win of epic proportions for California, which has been led the past […]
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Pacifica Repeats As CIFSS Champion
Whether they play on in the CIF SoCal regionals is for another day, so for now we’ll recap a major milestone accomplishment for the Pacifica of Garden Grove softball team. The Mariners’ win on Friday over Orange Lutheran in the CIF Southern Section D1 title game capped a great season and at the minimum puts […]
Softball: New Divisional Rankings
As some sections in the state are getting ready to crown champions for the 2019 season this weekend, No. 1 teams by divisions are Norco (D1), Notre Dame of Salinas (D2), Oakdale (D3), Cloverdale (D4) and East Nicolaus (D5). Cloverdale is the only new No. 1 in what was an extremely close call that also...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
The highest riser among this group of teams is Helix of La Mesa, which is living up to preseason acclaim in the playoffs after laying an egg in its last regular season game. The Highlanders jumped up this week to No. 38 from No. 50 after big win over Eastlake. Both Sierra Canyon and Grace...
State Softball No. 1 Scenarios
Since we did our second set of divisional state softball rankings just over previous weekend, we don’t have new rankings this week but do have a rundown of which teams are line to be No. 1 in this year’s final divisional state rankings. Here’s how each division stacks up entering the final weekend of the […]
Week 15 Top 25 Scoreboard
One of the state’s top-ranked teams all season, Serra of Gardena, gets stunned 38-35 by Chaminade of West Hills on a last-second field goal. Other big winners include Corona Centennial, Serra of San Mateo and Elk Grove.
Harvard-Westlake wins CIFSS title
Triumph over Marina of Huntington Beach Friday at Dodger Stadium also will give Wolverines the final No. 1 state baseball ranking. Other CIFSS winners are Cypress in D2 and Serra of Gardena in D3.