Wins by San Juan Hills (San Juan Capistrano) and Aquinas (San Bernardino) in CIF Southern Section finals actually caused a lot of changes in this week’s rankings. Not only did those two have to come in as newcomers, but so did some others. The list of six leads off with a team that beat San...
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All-Decade Baseball: All-State Team
With the World Series tied at 2-2, we thought it became the perfect day to complete this presentation. California remains one of the world leaders in baseball and the decade of the 2010s provided more examples, especially with all of the No. 1 overall picks in the MLB Draft. For this All-Decade, All-State Team we...
Public School No. 1 Teams In State
Centennial of Corona would be No. 1 in this category for the last four straight California high school football seasons and is the last public school to be State Team of the Year (11 years ago). Folsom would be No. 1 twice since 2010 and would be runner-up to Centennial the past two seasons. We’ve...
A Place Packed Full Of Memories
It’s been Oracle Arena in Oakland since 2006, but the Oakland Coliseum Arena has been home to the four-time world champion Golden State Warriors since 1971. It’s also been the site of some historically significant high school basketball games (both boys and girls). With the Warriors moving to San Francisco after this season and the […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Even though these weekly honors are specific for offense, defense and special teams, it’s often hard not to consider what players have done in all facets of the game. You can say at least four of our six this week fall into that category. We also have a QB who was part of the highest […]
12 New Inductees To Enter SJS Hall
Four in the athlete category, three coaches plus five others will be inducted into the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Hall of Fame in October. Elk Grove’s Lance Briggs, who should get some consideration as an NFL Hall of Fame linebacker, is among the group. The section also is honoring a longtime referee who was killed in […]
FINAL All-State Girls BB Nominee List
It’s time to start the final process of choosing the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State girls basketball teams. This is an updated version from the first version of all-state nominees that was posted two weeks ago. Many names have been added and other updates completed. We’ll begin releasing the all-state underclass teams first and will...
Baseball: Preseason State Top 25
Eastlake of Chula Vista, the 2017 State Team of the Year, has more than enough firepower returning to start 2018 in the same position. Another CIF San Diego Section team, Cathedral Catholic, also is in the top five. The top CIF Southern Section preseason team, Orange Lutheran, begins at No. 2. Meanwhile, the two top […]
Girls of Summer Player Ranks 2017
More than 90 players are evaluated in this annual post, including the top 30 ranked in order, from a series of girls hoops events attended in person during June and July. Most are from Northern California with a handful from SoCal schools like Mission Hills, Brea Olinda, Rosary Academy, Santa Maria St. Joseph and San...
