We waited until Friday night’s Liberty of Bakersfield game this week ended to get these final rankings out because they’re now final, final. That was the last of the 50 teams that was still playing and we would have had to make changes had the Patriots lost. For this group of teams, those moving up...
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NEW State TOP 35 Softball Ranks
Savanna (Anaheim) Showcase tourney allows several of top SoCal teams to face off early this season, which is why Los Alamitos has taken over state’s No. 1 ranking with a come-from-behind win over previous No. 1 Norco. The Cougars then did the same against preseason No. 2 Chino Hills and stay No. 2 in this...
NEW Class of ’21 Hot 100 (Softball)
With the 2021 California high school softball season about to get going everywhere, here is a new, updated look at the Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 player rankings for the Class of 2021. Sophia Nugent of Los Alamitos stays in the No. 1 position, but a player moving out of the state has everyone else moving...
Girls BB All-State Nominations Part 1
Here’s the girls version of our first run-through of nominees on our board to get us going toward eventual selection for the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams for girls basketball. These Class of 2020 seniors really deserve the recognition in light of things they may be missing in coming weeks due to the Coronavirus […]
NEW State Top 25 Softball Rankings
Norco remains No. 1 but will be joined at this weekend’s Dave Kops Tournament of Champions in Bullhead City, Ariz., by No. 2 Chino Hills and No. 4 Los Alamitos. The Griffins won a big game on Tuesday over Santiago of Corona. There were several other Tuesday games that impacted the rankings, but not involving...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
We took a hiatus for our Players of the Week feature for the holidays but we’re back with some outstanding performances that include the past two weeks. We have honorees from Richmond and Los Gatos in the north plus Saugus and Villa Park in the south. We hope you enjoy this free story on Cal-Hi […]
All-State Softball: Underclass
This is the first of four posts announcing the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams and like baseball we are starting with the underclassmen. These are the best of the best for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. There are no frosh on first team underclass, but several from a strong group of Class of 2022...
State Stat Stars of the Week
We couldn’t wait to get out all the details of this week’s no-hitters pitched on the same day by Clovis baseball and softball pitchers. From last week in baseball, highlights include those from a game played at Anaheim Stadium between two of the oldest schools in Southern California plus we have the scoop on El...
Boys BB All-State Nominees Part 2
After the first run-through of names on our virtual board of all-state nominees, we’ve now updated that list with this one and are getting set to choose the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams. New photos also have been added to this post from the first one. More players added and some other fixes had...
State Stat Stars of the Week
We’ve got 16 players written up for baseball, including the top hitter for the championship team at the SoCal Boras Classic, a slugger who went 5-for-5 with seven RBI and a player with a 0.00 ERA to go with a .500 batting average. Softball checks in with 15 players on the honor roll, including one...
