A former Orange County Register high school sports journalist and current writer for the ExtraInningSoftball.com national web site, Carlos Arias continues to work every day and hopes to be out at games sometime in the future. That he’s even alive is really a miracle. This article, in fact, was begun as an obituary in May […]
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All-Time State Player Rankings (LBs)
Here’s the latest in this series that was begun last year with QBs, RBs and WRs and picked back up again recently with offensive linemen and defensive linemen. The DBs will be done soon as well. All of these lists will be included in the back of our upcoming book “High School Football in California”...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Just like we did during the football and basketball seasons, we are going to do our best to spread around these honors as much as possible with one boy and one girl chosen from each region in baseball and softball. This week’s best are from Valencia, Fresno, Etiwanda and Los Banos.
Inside the All-State Boys BB Teams
It’s been more than a week since all of the teams have been announced, but we’re not quite done yet. Here’s an inside look at the toughest decisions that had to be made, why the Open Division was not treated separately and lists of more top players who just missed getting selected to at least...
All-State Boys BB Nominees (Part 2)
This is the updated list of names on our board as we start to choose the various honorees for the 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams in boys basketball. We’ll have underclass teams for juniors, sophomores and freshmen done on Tuesday. To see this new nomination list, it’s for Gold Club members only. If you’re...
All-Time Best Baseball Teams (1-12)
In a new twist to our coverage, Fresno 1958 and Chatsworth 2004 are still considered the best ever State Teams of the Year. Teams from El Segundo and Clovis also are in the top five.