In addition to overall No. 1 Norco, others that can claim they are mythical state champions for 2019 are Cypress (Division II), Oakdale (D3), Ripon (D4) and East Nicolaus of Nicolaus (D5).
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Softball: New Divisional Rankings
As some sections in the state are getting ready to crown champions for the 2019 season this weekend, No. 1 teams by divisions are Norco (D1), Notre Dame of Salinas (D2), Oakdale (D3), Cloverdale (D4) and East Nicolaus (D5). Cloverdale is the only new No. 1 in what was an extremely close call that also...
Softball: Divisional State Ranks
After getting out all of the boys and girls all-state basketball teams, we have the final few weeks of the softball season to add divisional state rankings into the mix. Go inside to see which teams have the best chances to earn a mythical state title in five-division format that we’ve had for many years.
NEW Softball State Top 25 Rankings
Great Oak of Temecula rejoins the top five while Heritage of Brentwood goes up into the top 10 for the first team this season. This week’s three newcomers, meanwhile, are Whitney of Rocklin, Clovis North of Fresno and Westlake of Westlake Village. Los Alamitos (no stranger to being state-ranked) and Vista Murrieta (Murrieta) also make...
NEW Softball State Top 25
Since we’re doing more than 80 teams now nationally every week for partners at ExtraInningSoftball.com, we’ll ramp it up to 25 for the state with at least 15 on the bubble. The big news this week is that Mater Dei Catholic of San Diego has improved to 10-0 after a win over previous No. 2...
NEW Softball State Top 20
This week’s rankings were compiled with knowledge that one of the teams moving up, Pacifica of Garden Grove, is going through the hard-to-fathom and sudden death of 57-year-old head coach Mark Campbell. We’re thinking about his family and players, and know he will be greatly missed in the California softball community. In this week’s rankings,...
First Look: State Softball Div. Ranks
Apologies for not getting these out earlier, but the season is still going and we have put teams in position to claim mythical state championships in addition to winning section titles. These five-division state rankings in softball also have a long tradition that dates back more than 30 years. Some tough decisions had to be […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
We didn’t think there would be much movement in this week’s rankings, but then a funny thing happened to Mater Dei of Santa Ana heading into its showdown on Friday in the Trinity League with No. 2 Orange Lutheran. The Monarchs lost. They were No. 8 and had to give up some spots after that...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Collecting an MVP award from the Open Division in one of the state’s top baseball tournaments each year also gets SoCal Player of the Week recognition for San Marcos standout Zack Prajzner. He’s known for slick glove at shortstop and for hitting, but it was what he did on the mound in a rare start […]
