It’s not the usual when we honor players from highly-ranked teams, instead looking to highlight those from smaller and medium-size programs, but this week it was impossible for the two baseball honorees not to be pitchers from Valley Christian of San Jose in the north and Maranatha of Pasadena in the south. For softball, we […]
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NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
As the regular season is about to end in the CIF Southern Section, a loss by Corona last week does not cause a change at the top of the state rankings. The win by La Mirada, however, does push that team up into the top 10 of this week’s rankings. Clovis also makes a huge...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Orange Lutheran stays at No. 1 after losing a game but winning a huge Trinity League series vs 2023 State Team of the Year JSerra. Granada of Livermore joins the top five after win over De La Salle (and moving to 7-0). Highest rising newcomers are Granite Hills of El Cajon and San Juan Hills...
All-State Baseball: Underclass
This is the first of four posts announcing the 41st annual edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams (without one year due to COVID). This is the one for the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. It also can help serve as a barometer about which teams may be near the...
Tripaldi slam gives DLS historic win
A grand slam in the top of the seventh inning by junior Hank Tripaldi (who just lost his mother to cancer) caps a six-run rally to lift De La Salle of Concord to its second straight dramatic win in its second straight CIF NorCal baseball final. With the 11-8 defeat, state No. 2 Valley Christian […]
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
With one week to go in the season and before State Teams of the Year are named, the top five shuffles a bit with Valley Christian (San Jose) inching up to No. 2 behind JSerra. The opt out of the Lions for this week’s CIF regional playoffs just can’t cause a change at the top....
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
There’s one Monday game from the CIFSS D1 playoffs involving No. 4 JSerra that is not included in this week’s rankings. Those playoffs will start to see huge matchups as early as the second round, including two top 10 teams playing each other. Valley Christian of San Jose in the CCS, De La Salle in...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
This week’s new order was rushed up to a Sunday night release due to the many teams starting in key spring break tournaments on Monday. There’s a new No. 1 as Valley Christian of San Jose has avenged its only loss, but Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks is still No. 2 despite dropping one of...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Three-game sweep of Harvard-Westlake in the Mission League pushes Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks back on top of the state. Win by Whitney of Rocklin over previous No. 1 De La Salle also caused some changes. Newcomers are led by surging Mater Dei of Santa Ana in the Trinity League along with Chaparral of Temecula...
