Here’s a first list of those now on our radar screen as ninth graders we’ll likely be following for the next few years. This is not a Class of 2028 recruiting list and another one will be done after after the season and after the all-state teams are released. The third ever State Freshman Player...
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“The Bonfather” enjoying retirement
Redwood Empire journalist sits down for dinner with legendary boys basketball coach Tom Bonfigli (who retired last March after his last game at St. Vincent de Paul of Petaluma) and they covered a variety of subjects. We hope you enjoy this free story on Cal-Hi Sports.com. All of our state record lists and all regular […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are three newcomers this week, but both San Juan Hills and El Cerrito have been in there before. The other is Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa, which is new for this season but has been in the top 50 many times in its history. We also have nice bumps for Mission Hills of San...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
No. 1 teams continue to be Newbury Park (medium) and Bradshaw Christian of Sacramento (small). Los Gatos makes a big move up on the medium side while a newcomer into those rankings this week is Crean Lutheran of Irvine. Sutter is the big mover for small schools entering big matchup vs Bradshaw Christian. Woodland Christian...
Baseball: All-State Medium, Small
The selections for the 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams goes on and today it’s those from medium & small schools. It’s more confusing as ever as which is large, medium & small thanks to competitive equity based playoffs but we have been doing these teams for a long time. Both the small schools […]
FINAL Baseball State TOP 40 Ranks
Granada of Livermore caps one of the greatest seasons by a team in NorCal history and while the Matadors can’t move up to No. 1 they do have to finish No. 2. La Mirada also uses a big win over Huntington Beach in the SoCal playoffs to earn a final top five ranking. Others coming...
More Baseball State Teams of the Year
State Team of the Year honors for the 2024 baseball season already were handed out to Corona High on May 26 since the Panthers had opted out of the CIF SoCal regional playoffs after winning the CIF Southern Section D1 title. Here now would be other teams that can say they are mythical state champions […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
With the baseball and softball seasons in the home stretch, and with so few teams still in action, in years past we sometimes had to dig deep to find the kind of outstanding performances that could qualify for a statewide player of the week award, let alone find a potential entry for the Cal-Hi Sports […]
All-State Girls BB 2024: 2nd & 3rd Tms
This is where to stop to see all of the writeups for those who have been selected second team overall and third team overall on the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. Of the 20 players selected for the Elite Second and Elite Third teams, there are nine juniors, two sophomores and another...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
This was a week of “almost” when it came to making some tweaks in the first 13 spots but in the end the decision was keep those teams intact heading into the final week of section playoffs. However, after that we had some upsets that caused some movement and in fact only one team from...
