Twenty years almost to the day when Pacifica of Garden Grove repeated as State Team of the Year in California high school softball, the Mariners earn the selection for the 2024 season. This also is the school’s fourth all-time No. 1 finish, which is now tied for the state lead in that category as well. […]
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NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
The only change this week among the top teams is giving Hollister a slight bump for avenging one of its losses and for beating a No. 1 team from another CIF section. We also have a new top team from the CIF San Diego Section and explain why the upcoming CIF North Coast Section D2...
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
Last year’s No. 1 team from Hollister jumps up to No. 3 this week prior to big games against Central (Fresno) and No. 2 St. Francis (Mountain View). Central also moves way up there this week with some help from another Central Section team (St. Joseph of Santa Maria). More big movers include Canyon of...
More Softball Players of the Year
If these honors were decided after the regular season (like the NFL, NBA & MLB), then every single one of the winners would be different. They are not in high school, however, since the playoffs are so important. We have additional honorees for juniors, sophs and frosh plus large schools and small schools. A large […]
FINAL Softball TOP 40 (Expanded)
CIF Southern Section D1 champion Pacifica of Garden Grove along with finalist Norco and semifinalist Los Alamitos all move up in the final order. Others getting bumps at the end include Poway, Whitney of Rocklin and South Hills of West Covina. As is custom, each of the teams in the final, expanded final state rankings...
FINAL Baseball TOP 40 (Expanded)
CIF NorCal D1 champ De La Salle ends third this time behind JSerra and Santa Margarita. All of the CIF San Diego Section teams also get big bumps at the end after that huge day of wins in the CIF SoCal D1 playoffs by La Costa Canyon, Eastlake and Rancho Bernardo. We also had to...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Because of needing to get out final girls basketball rankings and current baseball and softball rankings out on Monday and Tuesday, our Players of the Week feature is running on Wednesday instead of Tuesday, and while we like to get these honors out before games are played, we’re not sure under the circumstances of the […]