Going through everything for one last ranking of the California 2024 softball season that will be the one that gets added to our all-time archives was fun, yet challenging. The first question was what to do with Amador Valley of Pleasanton, after its championship in the CIF NorCal D1 playoffs despite having 11 losses. We...
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NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
We’re doing softball first this week since we had CIF Southern Section playoff brackets out on Saturday and we had to wait until they were put out for baseball on Monday. Top eight teams remain same, led by No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View. Mater Dei Catholic returns to the first 25 while the...
All-State Softball Nominees (NorCal)
Here’s a first list of nominees on our board for the annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball teams. We have been doing all-state teams in California for more than 40 years and it’s more than 35 for softball. Here are players we’ve come up with from CIF sections in Northern California (with the Central Section in […]
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...