The top six teams appear to be locked in those positions heading into the final week of the season since results from this week’s first-ever CIF Southern California regional playoffs won’t have that much of an impact. Those six teams all opted out of those playoffs. Three of those teams — No. 1 Esperanza, No....
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NEW State TOP 35 Softball Rankings
Norco still on top, but there’s shuffling this week beginning right at No. 2 as Villa Park grabs that spot. Crescenta Valley’s win from last Monday over previous No. 2 Huntington Beach was reflected in our home page ticker last week, but not in the rankings until now. This week’s new order also sees big...
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Rankings
It’s an Orange County traffic jam toward the top of this week’s rankings with Villa Park going to the top, Huntington Beach going to third, Los Al staying in the top five plus move ups into the top 10 for Marina of Huntington Beach and Pacifica of Garden Grove. Livermore and Archbishop Mitty of San...
NEW Girls Volleyball State Top 20
California makes it 2-for-2 in winning top national tournaments by placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona. Marymount of Los Angeles won the championship final for the second straight year, but had a loss to Redondo in a big match heading into it. Mater Dei of Santa Ana was […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
Because of pool play in the CIF Southern Section Open Division, there is now the possibility of a team losing a game but still advancing to the February 23 championship. There were no upsets in CIFSS pool play in the first round, but we’ll see if that holds true for two rounds this week. There...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
We had another change at the top of the state rankings with Windward of Los Angeles regaining the No. 1 spot after losing it to Pinewood of Los Altos Hills two weeks ago. The Wildcats, however, will wait less than 24 hours before playing new No. 2 Sierra Canyon. Also in the top 10 group,...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
The major tournaments in girls’ basketball for California teams begin this week with most of the top teams heading to the Nike TOC in Phoenix. From there some will come to the East Bay/Concord area for the 160-team West Coast Jamboree. For these updated rankings, six-time state champ Long Beach Poly is missing for the […]
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Although Buchanan is down to one win left in order to wrap up a mythical state title, others are on the move, including De La Salle up to No. 3, Eastlake up to No. 6 and repeat section champions St. Francis (Mountain View) and El Camino Real to No. 8 and No. 9. Highest newcomer...
Top 10 Baseball, Softball Ranks
Here’s a quick look at the top 10 teams that will be highlighted in this week’s new Cal-Hi Sports State Top 20 rankings for baseball and softball.
NEW Baseball State Top 20
It will be a No. 1 vs. No. 3 matchup between Buchanan and Clovis North in a two-game series this week. And unless No. 2 Redondo can beat newly-crowned Boras Classic state champ Mira Costa twice this week, the CIF Central Section may be where this year’s State Team of the Year will be from....