As a consequence of the 2020 high school baseball and softball seasons being canceled after not even one-third of scheduled games were played in the state, we cannot produce all-state teams in those sports for 2020. We do not want to forget about those seniors from the Class of 2020, however, who were going to […]
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State Stat Stars of Week
As we collected info for the six SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week in football, here’s a few others from last week’s games that put up totals that caught our attention. Note: Prep Notes With a Twist column just taking this week off. Cooper Barkate (St. Margaret’s, SJ Capistrano) Had one of the best all-around outings […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
We’ve got all of the details this week on Jarod Lucas of Los Altos (Hacienda Heights) joining the 3,000-point club for career scoring. We have all of them correct too, since we’ve been doing state records for 40 years. Lucas wasn’t the only big-time California player to have a big week. San Joaquin Memorial’s Jalen...
More State Girls Athletes of the Year
Some of those selected to represent CIF divisions from D1 to D5 also were considered to be State Athlete of the Year, including quite rare softball-track standout Kelli Godin of Santa Ana Mater Dei (D1) and barrier-breaking football kicker and multi-sport athlete Emma Baker of Temecula Rancho Christian. Others landing top recognition include Simone Overbeck […]
FINAL Softball State Division Ranks
Final No. 1 teams already were announced for D1 (San Marcos), D2 (Newbury Park), D3 (West of Torrance), D4 (Sutter) and D5 (East Nicolaus). But here’s the final rankings for each of those divisions with expanded top fives for each division plus a list of teams to watch in each division for 2019 season. Teams...
More Softball State Teams of Year
In addition to overall No. 1 San Marcos, others that can claim they are mythical state champions for 2018 are Newbury Park (Division II), West of Torrance (D3), Sutter (D4) and East Nicolaus of Nicolaus (D5). For State Team of the Year announcement recognizing state’s No. 1 overall team for season, CLICK HERE. Division I […]
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 State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
The bunching of the four teams in the Trinity League behind Mater Dei and St. John Bosco continue in this part of this week’s State Top 50 with JSerra, Santa Margarita and Servite all now sitting at No. 29 or higher. Additional newcomers Granite Bay, Santiago of Corona, Newbury Park and Liberty of Bakersfield also...
