The earliest ever start to the high school season in Southern California prevented a preseason ranking and the prestigious Dave Kops Tournament of Champions has already happened in Arizona. Some Northern California schools still haven’t played a game yet. Still, this proved to be a perfect time to begin another season of statewide coverage with […]
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NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
Norco wins the title for a record fifth time at the Dave Kops TOC in Arizona and also moves up to a familiar position as No. 1 ranked team in the state. Runner-up Los Alamitos moves up to third while previous No. 1 Murrieta Mesa drops to fifth. Highest ranked newcomers are Central of Fresno,...
NEW State Top 25 Softball Rankings
By virtue of winning the prestigious Dave Kops Tournament of Champions over a field filled with nationally ranked squads, unbeaten Los Alamitos jumps to the top of the state rankings. Previous No. 1 Norco only slides to second with Foothill of Pleasanton remaining third. This will be the last week in which these rankings will...
NEW Softball State Top 20
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...
NEW Softball State Top 20
It could have been three different teams that could have been the new No. 1 in this week’s State Top 20, but the pick went to the next highest in line as Cathedral Catholic of San Diego moved up from No. 2. Previous No. 1 Norco lost to new No. 3 Lutheran of Orange in...
Los Alamitos Softball State TOY
For the third time in four years, an Orange County team has been officially crowned as the State Team of the Year in softball. Since 2009, it’s been either an Orange County or Inland Empire team finishing on top in the state, but at least this year there’s no bothersome comparison of the various CIF […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
Norco moving to No. 1 is a no-brainer after its win at Dave Kops TOC in Arizona over elite field. The hard part is what to do after that. La Habra does go up from No. 13 to No. 2 while previous No. 1 Mission Viejo has to fall to No. 9. This week’s newcomers...
NEW Softball State Top 20
Los Alamitos makes a statement by winning prestigious Dave Kops Tournament of Champions in Arizona and pushes hot start of the season to 8-0. Still, we don’t drop No. 1 teams that don’t lose so our preseason state No. 1, Pioneer of San Jose, is still No. 1. Note: There are not going to be...
