Once again, since the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section is the one for our home base in Stockton, we’ll put together a weekly Top 20 for that section this season. Watch the FOX40 Final Quarter on Fridays at 11 p.m. for all the highlights and to see our latest SJS Top 5 List.
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Prep Notes With A Twist
Linden’s Aaron Judge gets more MLB all-star votes than anyone as his amazing season continues. We look back at the honors he got in his senior season for the Lions in 2010 and the advice he got from his football coach. In this column, we also have an updated list of state’s all-time leaders in […]
What If CIF State Softball Playoffs?
There’s been discussion about the future addition of CIF state playoffs in both softball and baseball. We went through all of the teams in our final divisional state softball rankings and came up with a proposed format with an Open Division and then six divisions after that. We set up brackets for each division as...
NEW Softball State Top 20 Rankings
After its big wins over Mater Dei and Mission Viejo, Grand Terrace gets to jump way up to No. 5 in this week’s rankings. It’s also now Orange Lutheran into third with four of the top five positions going to teams playing each other in the CIF Southern Section Division I semifinals. Sheldon of Sacramento...
Sheldon Three-Peat Earns NorCal No. 1
Seniors Taliyah Miles and Maci Fines lead the way as Sheldon of Sacramento softball team blanks Tracy 6-0 to win third straight CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I title and stamp itself as the final No. 1 team for Northern California. It’s also the eighth overall crown for SJS Hall of Fame head coach Mary Jo […]
FB: Sac-Joaquin Section Top 25 (3)
It’s a second straight week of how to re-shuffle the section rankings after a massive upset, in this case Davis beating previous section No. 3 Elk Grove 16-14. The Blue Devils get rewarded for the win, but so does one team they lost to earlier in the season, Woodcreek of Roseville. Anyone wishing to see […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
Orange County dominance now shows teams sitting in each of the top five positions after previous No. 3 Etiwanda and previous No. 4 West Ranch had to drop. There were only two new teams added, however, as both Grand Terrace and Sheldon of Sacramento beat ranked teams to earn their way up. The only bad...
Softball: Rain wipes out two top events
It didn’t matter if it was in Anaheim Hills or Livermore, there was too much wet weather last weekend throughout the state. As a result, both the Michelle Carew Classic and Livermore Stampede, two of the state’s top in-season softball tournaments, were severely curtailed.
Bracket Breakdowns (Divisions)
We offer some sleeper teams, top first-round matchups and some seedings that we disagree with for every one of the CIF boys and girls divisional brackets. Sierra Canyon boys and girls both earn No. 1 seeds but in different divisions. Note: If you aren’t a Gold Club member and want to see this entire post,...