Our two stops in Northern California are in the Port City of Stockton and then way south in Bakersfield. In Southern California, we visit Gardena and Newhall. In a bit of an anomaly and an odd twist, both the Northern and Southern California softball honorees are committed to Cal Baptist University in Riverside. We hope […]
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NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Rankings
There was almost one upset of the century involving one of the state’s top six teams, but in the end all six got through to their section semifinals this week. Let’s hope all six are showing up next week in the first-ever CIF Southern California Open Division playoffs. Biggest movers in this week’s rankings include...
Salute to Jim Bonds
Former Hart High of Newhall all-state football player & current St. Francis of La Canada head coach Jim Bonds lost his battle to cancer on Wednesday morning (Oct. 28). He was only 51 years old. According to media reports and Twitter, Bonds died in the early morning at UCLA Medical Center only hours after the […]
Top 15 State FB Coaching Changes
One of our tasks to complete before California football teams hopefully start practicing next month is to send out questionnaires to the head coach for many of the top large, medium and small school programs. It’s surprising when updating those email lists how many head coaches resign or retire. Here’s a list of those we […]
World Series: 2 Rays, 6 Dodgers & More
A late change to the Tampa Bay Rays’ roster gives them a second player from a California high school, which historically is a low total but not so much in recent years. There are a lot more from the Los Angeles Dodgers. We also have many more World Series facts & figures relating to California […]
1981, ’94, ’08 Season Replays (Week 5)
This is how the season looked after the fifth week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. No. 1 teams remained Edison of Huntington Beach, Bishop Amat of La Puente and Long Beach Poly. The Jackrabbits had just won...
State Players on MLB Opening Rosters
Major League Baseball returns this week in stadiums around the country but without fans. Each team has announced its Opening Day rosters, which is a great point to salute all of those from California who will be part of it. Hart of Newhall has been the state leader with the most MLB alums the last […]
Senior Salutes No. 2 (Baseball/Softball)
As a consequence of the 2020 high school baseball and softball seasons being canceled after not even one-third of scheduled games were played in the state, we cannot produce all-state teams in those sports for 2020. We do not want to forget about those seniors from the Class of 2020, however, who were going to […]
World Series: Hart & Florida shine
While there is one California school with two players in this year’s historic World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians, it’s not a good year for the Golden State overall with the lowest total of alumni players since 1999. Florida and Texas both have more this time and Florida with 13 may have […]
