This week we remind readers that besides looking for diamonds in the rough and unknown talent, we also use this feature for honoring and acknowledging entries in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book and this week we have a player who qualifies in both categories. For our Record Book entry, we start not far from […]
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TOP 10 MLB Players As Gridders
Here’s a fun list of the top 10 current players from Major League Baseball who are from California high schools and who were standouts in football. We thought upon starting that the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees would have the most with two, but we have three on the list for the Seattle […]
Ed Tunstall: State Coach of the Year
For coming up with the perfect blend of seniors and younger talented players that won the coveted CIF Southern Section Division I title, Esperanza of Anaheim head coach gains the 2021 State Coach of the Year selection for California softball. This also was his 21st season and there were some difficult moments to overcome.
Softball Schools of Century (So Far)
Going by a points system based on final state top 20 rankings since the 1999-2000 school year and matching previous posts for schools of the century (so far) plus girls basketball and baseball, here’s the list for softball. The No. 1 slot belonging to Norco isn’t a surprise, but it also ended up that the...
1981, ’94, ’08 Season Replays Week 12
This is how the season looked after the 12th week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. And at this point in those seasons things were really starting to get interesting. In 1981, there was a new No. 1...
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...
Preseason State Softball Top 25
There were some games over the weekend in the CIF Southern Section and next year we expect the season to begin much earlier due to the addition of CIF regional playoff games at the end. Still, here’s our first look at the top teams in California for the 2020 season, which starts off with good […]
NCS Softball: Perfection achieved
Foothill of Pleasanton wins in matchup of state top 10 teams to earn CIF North Coast Section Division I crown. Junior Ms. Softball State Player of the Year candidate Nicole May launches a two-run homer and tosses a one-hitter with 13 strikeouts as Falcons end season with 28-0 final record, one of the best in […]
NEW Softball State Top 25 Rankings
Great Oak of Temecula rejoins the top five while Heritage of Brentwood goes up into the top 10 for the first team this season. This week’s three newcomers, meanwhile, are Whitney of Rocklin, Clovis North of Fresno and Westlake of Westlake Village. Los Alamitos (no stranger to being state-ranked) and Vista Murrieta (Murrieta) also make...
NEW Softball State Top 25 Ranks
One upset loss in extra innings to a team it has beaten before doesn’t cost Norco the No. 1 ranking in the state. Foothill of Pleasanton stays No. 2 but all of the teams beating each other throughout the rest of Southern California may pay off for the Falcons down the road if they finish...
