The first 12 teams from last week’s rankings are in the same positions as rainy weather once again causes cancellations of tournaments around the state. The biggest movers this week are Granada Hills Charter of the CIF L.A. City Section and Buchanan of Clovis from the CIF Central Section. Unbeaten Benicia makes its debut inside...
Latest News
Ms. Softball 2021: Jayla Castro
It’s been two years since the last Ms. Softball State Player of the Year has been determined, and it’s another of the closest calls ever. This time, even though she and her team didn’t get to have section playoffs, the winner is UCLA-bound catcher Jayla Castro of Rocklin. She just had the best combination of […]
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Rankings
All teams statewide that can be in CIF section playoffs are now in them this week. One of them, for the Central Coast Section, will conduct three rounds of games in four days this week. As Norco continues to be No. 1 in the state, biggest movers this week are Upland (up from No. 13...
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Rankings
There are a lot of changes after the top three this week as Pacifica of Garden Grove and St. Francis of Mountain View both join the top five. There’s also Esperanza and Oaks Christian moving into the top 10 with big moves from Upland (up eight spots) and Roseville (up 11 spots). Bonita Vista and...
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 […]
State Athlete of Year: Sarah Willis
Even though her senior season in softball was cut way short by the Coronavirus pandemic, Norco’s Sarah Willis did more than enough in her two sports of softball and basketball to earn overall girls state athlete of the year honors. She’s the first from the Inland Empire to be named in nearly 30 years and […]
Softball: All-Time 30 Greatest Teams (1)
Here’s an updated and expanded version of our ranking of the all-time greatest teams in California high school softball history. This one includes two teams from last season placed fairly high — one in the top five and the other in the top 15. We also have added three more teams from the first 25...
All-Decade Softball: All-State Team
Vista Murrieta ends up being the only school with three first team players for the decade with two of those from the same family. Selecting this team also shows how great California was in the 2015 season and it was a challenge to try to get as many members of the just-named 2020 U.S. Olympic...
Ms. Softball 2019: Kinzie Hansen
In another of the closest selections ever, the Norco High catcher edges out two others to collect the state’s longest-running individual softball honor. She is the fourth from Norco to be Ms. Softball this decade and is only the second catcher now on the all-time list. In the end, despite the accomplishments of the five […]
Ms. Softball & Mr. Baseball Finalists
Showing how difficult the choice may be for Ms. Softball State Player of the Year in 2019, two of the six selected as finalists are from the same team (state No. 1 Norco). It’s not going to be a breeze for Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year, either. Two juniors are among a group […]
