The result this week that caused the most changes actually just happened on Monday night as previous No. 5 Mater Dei Catholic lost to league rival Eastlake in the CIF San Diego Section. With playoffs about to start in the CIF Southern Section, the biggest question may be whether its D2 bracket is even stronger...
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All-State FB 2020-21: Sophomores
The 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams may be as late as they can be, but they were always going to be done. This year’s series of teams begins with a look at the best of the best among sophomores. Mater Dei and St. John Bosco are represented by two players, but the school...
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Ranks
Huntington Beach gets a giant push and moves to No. 5 in this week’s rankings with just one loss (and that was by one run to No. 2 Norco). Being in the same league as No. 1 Los Alamitos doesn’t hurt, either. Villa Park and Westlake (Westlake Village) also still at No. 3 and No....
State Stat Stars of the Week
It’s another week with the best single-game totals from football, baseball and softball. We’ll be adding basketball (boys & girls) once football starts to wind down. Football’s best includes more from Kimball of Tracy’s 62-56 win over Patterson (this time focusing on Patterson’s running back) plus Malachi Nelson’s 13-for-13 passing for more than 300 yards...
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Ranks
The first four teams from last week remain in place, but there are plenty of changes after that with Rocklin moving into the top five, Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista moving into the top 10 plus Huntington Beach, Pacifica of Garden Grove and South (Torrance) moving into the top 20. Newcomers this week are...
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Ranks
Savanna (Anaheim) Showcase tourney allows several of top SoCal teams to face off early this season, which is why Los Alamitos has taken over state’s No. 1 ranking with a come-from-behind win over previous No. 1 Norco. The Cougars then did the same against preseason No. 2 Chino Hills and stay No. 2 in this...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
As No. 1 St. John Bosco and No. 3 Servite get ready to face off later this week, the team making the biggest move is new No. 20 Los Alamitos, which scored 35 points in one quarter of a win against 2019 CIF D2-AA state champ Corona del Mar. Both Cathedral Catholic and St. Augustine...
NEW Class of ’21 Hot 100 (Softball)
With the 2021 California high school softball season about to get going everywhere, here is a new, updated look at the Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 player rankings for the Class of 2021. Sophia Nugent of Los Alamitos stays in the No. 1 position, but a player moving out of the state has everyone else moving...
Signing Day Superlatives
Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) girls basketball program turns heads with six signing national letters of intent on Wednesday, which could be a record in California for one class, one day and one team in that sport. The JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) baseball program also was amazing with eight D1 signees (plus another going to Yale), […]
1994, ’08 & ’81 Season Replays (Week 7)
This is how the season looked after the seventh week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. No. 1 teams remained Edison of Huntington Beach, Bishop Amat of La Puente and Long Beach Poly. For 2008, the trajectory of...
