After a record-tying low total of five in last year’s World Series, the Golden State has very strong representation of former high school players in this year’s series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. Not only does nine easily lead the way among all states (and other nations), star power, both Game […]
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SJS Hall of Fame Inducts Nine
The CIF Sac-Joaquin Section inducted nine individuals on Sunday night at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel in Sacramento to maintain a tradition of doing a ceremony every other year that began in 2010. Athletes going in were former NFL receiver Austin Collie, former Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Jacki Gemelos and former Ms. Softball […]
Halted Seasons & Honored Coaches
We’ll let you know why it is easier for schools like Valley of Sacramento and Florin of Sacramento to cancel their football seasons coming from a big school district like Elk Grove Unified. We also are going to be highlighting coaching milestone wins and coaching honors much more this season than in the past. This […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. Included is a junior running back from AL home run king Aaron Judge’s high school, a QB from state No. 3 Corona Centennial who had more than 500 yards of offense on just 24 plays, plus a player from Pacheco...
TOP 10 MLB Players As Gridders
Here’s a fun list of the top 10 current players from Major League Baseball who are from California high schools and who were standouts in football. We thought upon starting that the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees would have the most with two, but we have three on the list for the Seattle […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
It’s another mad mix of standouts from five sports, with three of them already added to state record lists for most consecutive three-pointers made in a boys basketball game, most doubles in a softball game and most home runs in an inning in a baseball game. We’ve got details for all three performances plus two...
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 […]
It All Began With a Big Train
Going through lists of Californians who are in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame plus those who have been MVP in either the American or National League offers more proof of the state’s greatness in America’s Pastime. We also have compiled lists of those who’ve been Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, […]
All-Decade Baseball: All-State Team
With the World Series tied at 2-2, we thought it became the perfect day to complete this presentation. California remains one of the world leaders in baseball and the decade of the 2010s provided more examples, especially with all of the No. 1 overall picks in the MLB Draft. For this All-Decade, All-State Team we...
