There’s a shake-up in the top five as St. Francis (MV) returns to No. 2 after No. 1 Oaks Christian and Villa Park moves up to No. 4. One of the teams that caused the changes, Buchanan of Clovis, debuts this week up at No. 18. Strong weeks by Sheldon of Sacramento and Livermore also...
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NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
There is a new No. 1 for the first time since the preseason as Villa Park goes that high for winning the Southern California Boras Classic and improving to 24-2. Buchanan of Clovis is a close second with previous No. 1 Orange Lutheran still at No. 3. Other big movers include Franklin of Elk Grove...
Granada Great at Stampede
Livermore school (the other one and not the host school) captures the Livermore Stampede softball tourney final and shakes up the Northern California pecking order just one week after the biggest tourney in Southern California did the same thing down there. Note: We hope you enjoy this free post on CalHiSports.com. All upcoming State TOP […]
Softball: Canyon Wins Carew
Host school from Anaheim takes title in prestigious tourney on Saturday that began with state’s No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams. We’re still sorting out all of the ramifications for the next set of rankings, but for now it’s a giant tip of the cap to a team and a pitcher who have gone […]
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
It could be a No. 1 vs No. 2 showdown at the Michelle Carew Classic this weekend as St. Francis of Mountain View is stepping up to play some of the top teams in Southern California. We’ll have on-site coverage from longtime associate editor Harold Abend. The big news in this week’s rankings are the...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Winning a series in the Trinity League despite one loss still isn’t enough to drop Orange Lutheran from No. 1 position. Big movers include St. Augustine of San Diego (still unbeaten), Servite of Anaheim (swept three from previously unbeaten Santa Margarita) and Arlington of Riverside (16-game win streak). Newcomers led by St. Francis of Mountain...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The No. 1 team from Etiwanda nearly went down but escaped to stay put in the catbird seat. Plus, Windward of Los Angeles debuts a new head coach once again and after no changes in the first 12 spots the Wildcats are also the first team to move up. After that, we had movement all...
More State Football Coaches of Year
Here are the honorees from among those schools considered large or small schools for the 2021-22 season. Our medium schools honoree is the one this year who has been named State Coach of the Year. Our large schools honoree joins his dad as a State Coach of the Year and did something that hadn’t been […]
1994, ’08, ’81 Season Replays Week 13
This is how the season looked after the 13th 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. And at this point in those seasons section playoff finalists were getting done and tough decisions in some cases were looming. The...
40 Greatest Baseball Teams (25-40)
This group features the most newcomers since we have expanded by 10 teams since the last time this feature was done. Last year’s team at Cypress is included along with two other very recent State Teams of the Year. Based on additional research, we also have added squads from 2013, 1995, 1986 and 1962 (all...
