We have now reached 40 years of doing the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams and we begin the 2023 honors with the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. There are a few freshmen from the 2023 season that gained a spot, but it’s harder for the younger players to get up there...
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NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
With previous No. 2 and No. 3 losing, the possibility of No. 1 St. Francis (Mountain View) or its rivals from Archbishop Mitty (which already has one win over the Lancers) ending No. 1 in the state has become more juicy. With CIF Southern Section D1 champ Pacifica moving up to third, more scrambling could...
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
Two CIFSS D1 playoff games from Monday are not included this week, but everyone is playing in Tuesday’s second round and some of the matchups already involve two State TOP 25 teams against each other. Clovis North continues in the No. 1 position entering the final week of its regular season. This week’s only newcomers...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
This week’s new order was rushed up to a Sunday night release due to the many teams starting in key spring break tournaments on Monday. There’s a new No. 1 as Valley Christian of San Jose has avenged its only loss, but Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks is still No. 2 despite dropping one of...
All-State Softball: Underclass
This is the first of four posts announcing the 39th annual edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams (without one year due to COVID). This one highlights the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. It’s obviously much harder for a freshman or sophomore to get up onto first or second team...
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
The first 11 teams this week stay the same as some schools continue to be in spring break schedules. Those getting slight bumps include Clovis & Archbishop Mitty. This week’s newcomers are Liberty of Bakersfield & Foothill of Pleasanton. Note: This is a post for Gold Club members only on Cal-Hi Sports. Updated State Top...
Schools With The Most All-State Players
Softball all-state selections don’t go back as many years as they do for other sports, but we do have a school with 23 all-state softball selections since 2003 and that’s Norco. The only schools close are both from Orange County — Mater Dei (Santa Ana) and Pacifica (Garden Grove). Pacifica actually has the same number […]
Softball: All-Time 25 Teams (1)
Just like we’ve done before in football and baseball, we’ve pulled together all of our historical files and have come up with a ranking of the all-time greatest teams in California high school softball. This feature was orginally done in 2018 and doesn’t include Norco’s 32-1 team from this season or Pleasanton Foothill’s 28-0 team....
NEW Softball State Top 25 Ranks
No. 1 Norco regains some momentum as CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs are beginning next week. No. 2 Foothill (Pleasanton) also looking to do the same in the CIF North Coast Section. For this week’s rankings, Chino Hills joins the top five, Buchanan joins the top 10 and Huntington Beach wins a big league...
