Author Archives: Mark Tennis
Carson Palmer 1995 Favorites
Thirty years ago in 1995, sophomore Carson Palmer was getting ready to play in his first game as a high school QB at Santa Margarita of Rancho Santa Margarita. He went on to win a Heisman Trophy and pass for 46,247 yards and 294 touchdowns over a 14-year NFL career. He’s now about to be […]
Preseason All-Sac-Joaquin Sec Team
Folsom and Grant of Sacramento open up the 2025 season in two weeks against each other in a ESPN nationally televised matchup and both teams have several players written up on first team for their section with some others listed on second team. Others with more than one on first team are Rocklin, St. Mary’s...
All State FB Team Records Updated
With plenty of time to spare before first games are played in the 2025 football season, we have everything updated and ready to go in our exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state records in all team categories. As a fun way to connect these record updates with the various all-area, all-section and/or all-county preseason teams that are […]
Teagan O’Dell: State Athlete of Year
Record-breaking, multi-event swimmer Teagan O’Dell from Santa Margarita takes the honor of being the top overall athlete on the girls side for the 2024-25 school year. There have been single-sport swimmers selected for this honor in the past, but Teagan is the first one from Orange County since multi-gold medal winner Janet Evans in 1989. […]
Rohan Hartigan: Most Inspirational
In the midst of our end-of-school-year honors, we have added one for a baseball player as the 2024-25 Most Inspirational Player of the Year. The graduated senior from University High of San Francisco came back from a near-death medical emergency from two years ago to go 7-0 with a 1.28 ERA. No one would have […]
McKay Madsen: State Athlete of Year
Clovis North of Fresno’s McKay Madsen completed one of the most rare double-doubles in CIF state track history after enjoying an all-state first team season at running back/linebacker. This year’s State Athlete of the Year for the boys also is a very cool one since he was named for a previous winner. For a look […]
All-State Softball Frosh Watch List
Just like baseball, we’ve found in softball that there’s just too many top prospects/players from top programs that have not yet done that much on the high school level for there to be an actual all-state team for freshmen. We still like to provide a look at top freshman softball players around the state from...
All-State Baseball Frosh Watch List
While a State Freshman Player of the Year is now named each year, there is not an all-state team for ninth graders. We’ve found there’s just too many top prospects/players from top programs that have not yet done that much on the high school level and these teams are based mostly on high school production/accomplishment....
Preseason State Record Updates
The first group of all-time state record lists for football that can only be seen on the CalHiSports.com website have been updated and are ready to go prior to the start of the 2025 season. We have done all single-game highs for offense, defense & special teams plus some of the team categories such as […]
State School of Year: Santa Margarita
Another CIF state title in girls swimming and two second-place showings in boys and girls golf helped Santa Margarita of Rancho Santa Margarita compile very high finishes in many CIF sports during the 2024-25 school year. That is enough to get the athletic program to the top of the mountain in California for overall athletic […]
