This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. For softball, Emily Marks from Granite Hills (Apple Valley) shows why she’s one of state’s hottest hitters plus...
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All-State Softball: First Team
Ms. Softball State POY Randi Roelling from Central Catholic of Modesto plus two each from NorCal No. 1 team Hollister and SoCal No. 1 Pacifica of Garden Grove lead the way on this elite first team that wraps up the 40th edition of the Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball teams. All first team players are featured […]
FINAL State Softball Ranks (Divisions)
Previously announced No. 1 teams Hollister (D1), Willow Glen of San Jose (D2), Central Catholic of Modesto (D3), Capital Christian of Sacramento (D4) and Holtville (D5) are joined by other teams in final division rankings in keeping with a tradition that we’ve had for more than 40 years. Other teams highlighted in these rankings include...
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
St. Francis of Mountain View goes back to No. 1 while Norco moves up to No. 2 with the CIF Southern Section D1 final coming up Friday vs new No. 7 Pacifica of Garden Grove. Central of Fresno also gains 12 spots after its big win over previous No. 1 Clovis North. This week’s newcomers...
Sutter Softball Looks D1 Ready
Huskies prevailed over previously unbeaten East Nicolaus, 1-0, on Thursday in a showdown between state’s top two small school squads. Both teams are now headed into different CIF section playoffs in “small school” divisions, but competitive equity seeding for the CIF NorCal regional playoffs creates all sorts of possibilities for division placement. We hope you […]
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
This week’s rankings are posted after key Monday games, including previous No. 11 Moorpark losing its first game to Camarillo, but before Tuesday games, including No. 1 Los Alamitos playing No. 4 Huntington Beach. The top tournament winners are the Oilers (defeated previous No. 4 Oaks Christian at Best of the West in Santa Maria)...
Softball All-State Nominees (NorCal)
Welcome to the first step toward the selection of the Cal-Hi Sports 2022 All-State Softball Teams. This is the first list of nominees from CIF sections in Northern California (with the Central Section in the north) based on information we’ve gained through coverage of the regular season and playoffs. It’s not meant to be a […]
Softball State Division Rankings
The timing of these going out isn’t great, but here’s a look at what our divisional state rankings in softball would look like after Tuesday’s first round of the CIF regional playoffs (north & south) but before Thursday’s semifinals. There are some teams that have to be in different divisions than the ones the CIF […]
All-State FB 2021: Small Schools
Six players from the 2021 spring season have repeated as all-state small schools first team selections for the 2021 fall campaign. There are also three from second team in the spring who repeated but moved up to first team. The No. 1 team in the final small schools state rankings, Menlo School of Atherton, leads […]
All-State FB Medium/Small Watch Lists
With some teams slated to play actual spring 2021 football games as early as next week, we’re beginning our series of statewide preseason posts with this look at top players to watch from those schools classified as medium or small for our annual all-state honors. North Coast Section schools Marin Catholic and Cardinal Newman have […]
