This one was one of the closest selections ever, but what happened in the last game and local consensus is the difference as Payton Tidd of San Marcos earns the state’s longest-running individual softball honor. There were five outstanding finalists this year but it basically came down to two from the CIF San Diego Section. […]
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Mr. Baseball & Ms. Softball Finalists
On the same day that a California girl is once again named as the Gatorade National Player of the Year in softball, we are equally proud to announce five finalists for the Ms. Softball State Player of the Year honor, which sometimes goes along with Gatorade and sometimes it doesn’t. We also are narrowing it […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
It’s wacko Tuesday in the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs since two teams that have been near the very top of the state and national rankings all season — Los Alamitos and Orange Lutheran — both were eliminated in upsets. Nothing is that stunning in that bracket, but of course causes a lot of...
NEW Softball State Top 20
Yes, it was the calm before the storm for the previous rankings compared to this week’s myriad of moves that had to be made. And when the storm passed, sitting on top of the state — at least for this week — has to be Michelle Carew Classic champion Cathedral Catholic of San Diego. Go...
NEW Softball State Top 20
It could have been three different teams that could have been the new No. 1 in this week’s State Top 20, but the pick went to the next highest in line as Cathedral Catholic of San Diego moved up from No. 2. Previous No. 1 Norco lost to new No. 3 Lutheran of Orange in...
Softball: Preseason State Top 25
Adding a transfer into the pitching circle is all Norco needed for another legitimate run at state and national titles. The Cougars have almost everyone else back from last season’s 33-1 squad. This year’s preseason rankings also have three CIF San Diego Section teams in the top 10, two rivals from the same city in […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
As section playoffs are just getting underway, there is only one new team in this week’s rankings and it just had to go to the team that already has posted the first significant upset. That would be Foothill of Tustin, which took out previous No. 16 JSerra in the first round of the CIF Southern […]
More Girls State Athletes of the Year
Laguna Beach water polo standout and USA gold medalist from London Aria Fischer earns top honor for her school’s division and can be considered a close runner up to State Athlete of the Year Tara Davis. Others gaining top recognition include Megan Faraimo of San Diego Cathedral Catholic (juniors) and rising USA soccer phenom Kennedy […]
State School: Cathedral Catholic
It’s not just that this school was the only one in the state during the 2016-17 school year to win CIF state titles in three different sports. The other reasons that the Dons end up with their first-ever overall state sports excellence honor is how well they did in a myriad of other sports and […]
