No way Corona Centennial was going to drop from No. 3 after losing to No. 1 Mater Dei. The harder choices were how high to move Long Beach Poly after its win over previous No. 4 Mission Viejo and which team was going to be placed fifth. Plus, Pittsburg joins the top 10, Inglewood joins...
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Senior Salutes No. 3 (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 […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This is the first week in which we’re honoring baseball and softball players for 2018-19 school year. The two from SoCal are emerging sophomores from Huntington Beach and Corona. The two from NorCal already have put up impressive numbers earlier in their careers and represent San Anselmo and Sacramento. We hope you enjoy this free […]
Updated All-State FB Noms (Part 3)
These are updated nominations lists from the CIF Southern Section that we will be using for selection of the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. First of these teams to be announced on Friday. New photos have been added as well. It’s still not too late for anyone to send in a nomination. Thanks...
State Coach of Year: Kris Richardson
With a team thought to be a year from being dominant, Folsom’s Kris Richardson built a squad that finished 16-0 for the second time in four years and won the CIF Division 1-AA state title. He wasn’t by himself, but this time there was no co-coach and there isn’t much doubt who should get the […]
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
With a team that is the consensus preseason No. 1 team in the nation, you might expect that the outlook for the Orange County region of the CIF Southern Section might be dominated by Mater Dei of Santa Ana. Yep, that’s true. The Monarchs have a whopping 10 players among the 30 on this group....
Honorable Mention Schools of Year
To go with our annual State Schools of the Year tribute, here are some additional schools that were on our board in the various CIF state divisions and in our own five-division format that we would consider to be honorable mention.
All-State Baseball Nominees (Part 1)
It’s hard to believe, but this will be the 36th year of Cal-Hi Sports all-state baseball teams. The first step is for us to list the names of those already on our board. It’s not meant to be all-inclusive and we know we may have missed a few players who’ve transferred or are listing someone […]
State Coaching Highlights for 2016-17
We have now updated all of our state coaching leader lists through the 2017 seasons for both baseball and softball. Here is a snapshot look at some of the major coaching accomplishments achieved during the 2016-17 school year in all five of the sports we primarily cover. We wrote up this post with thoughts of […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This week’s best include a 50-point night from a freshman and some grid-hoopers doing a great job on the court. We also have big numbers from Sydelle Callahan of Thousand Oaks La Reina, Jazzlyn Johnson of Ontario, Randall Walker of Huntington Beach Edison and Keshawn Bruner of Sacramento Burbank. Note: We will collect totals from […]