The release of the 41st annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams is now underway. We begin with a new way of doing the all-state underclass teams and that’s doing the juniors and sophomores separately (just like football and basketball). We have a first and second team all-state for juniors and first team for sophomores. A...
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FINAL Softball State TOP 40 Ranks
Going through everything for one last ranking of the California 2024 softball season that will be the one that gets added to our all-time archives was fun, yet challenging. The first question was what to do with Amador Valley of Pleasanton, after its championship in the CIF NorCal D1 playoffs despite having 11 losses. We...
Amador’s Wild Ride Ends In 13-11 Win
There are No. 8 seeds that have gone on a shocking series of wins in various playoff brackets over the years, and then there’s what has happened over the last week for the Amador Valley of Pleasanton softball team. The Dons won the CIF NorCal D1 title on Saturday after beginning their week with a […]
Softball: State Ranks By Divisions
Here is the first place in any ranking national or state to see Pacifica of Garden Grove now at the top of the state as the Mariners have supplanted St. Francis of Mountain View following Tuesday’s massive upset pulled off by Amador Valley of Pleasanton. Oak Ridge & Whitney of the Sac-Joaquin Section both had […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. Two QBs who were perfect on their passing — one that was 17-of-17 and another 12-of-12 — and...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Monday scores are counted this week, which is why Torrey Pines of San Diego has moved from No. 19 to No. 12 in this week’s rankings. Valley Christian of San Jose also has been bumped back up into the top five. We also have move ups for La Mirada and Etiwanda after both claimed league...
FINAL All-State FB Noms (NorCal)
Here is the first of three updated lists of players considered as nominees for the various 2022 season all-state football teams. These are from Northern California CIF sections (not including Central Section). Thanks to everyone who sent in info about these players compared to the first list of nominees that we compiled. It’s not too...
Softball: All-Time 30 Greatest Teams (2)
This group of the state’s all-time greatest Top 30 softball teams begins with No. 16 Bullard of Fresno 1999 and ends with No. 30 Charter Oak (West Covina) 1993. See which other teams were selected and featured from No. 16 through No. 30 in this expanded, updated version of this feature. You’ll need to be...
All-State Baseball Nominees (Part 2)
It’s time to start getting really serious about the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state baseball honors, which are now just a few days from the first teams being released. This list of nominees is once again grouped according to CIF sections, but has been updated from Part 1. We thank everyone who contributed information. It...
State Softball Coach of the Year (2018)
You may not believe everything that Amador Valley of Pleasanton’s Teresa Mayes-Borchard has gone through over the last few months and years, but in the end her program won its third CIF North Coast Section Division I title in the last five years and her team ended as the No. 1 ranked team for Northern […]
