For another week, there is only one new team in the state boys hoops rankings, as the big news is the shakeup at the top because of the results so far in the ultra-competitive CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. The No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 teams all lost on Friday,...
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NEW Baseball State Top 25 Rankings
After previous No. 1 Orange Lutheran was stunned by a three-run seventh-inning rally in a loss to Harvard-Westlake in the CIF Southern Section D1 quarterfinals, a new No. 1 needed to be declared for this week. Go inside to see all of our reasons why the new No. 1 is De La Salle of Concord....
Tough Loss in NorCal Boras Final
Bellarmine of San Jose pitcher Derrick Turner gives up one hit on a fly ball that should have been caught, but the Bells come up short in their attempt to win a third straight Boras Classic Northern California title. League rival Archbishop Mitty collected the 2-0 victory and will now face JSerra of San Juan […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
We’re a day later than has been normal for these state rankings in order to account for Wednesday’s CIF Southern Section quarterfinals. There were no major upsets as No. 1 Mater Dei, No. 2 Redondo, No. 5 Marymount and No. 6 Sierra Canyon all advanced. We’ll also now start to look at some of Wednesday’s […]
Valley Christian Baseball Team of Year
It’s a little anti-climactic when the final weekend of the season doesn’t determine the state’s No. 1 ranking and State Team of the Year selection. But for baseball in 2018 that choice already was deservedly wrapped up one weekend earlier. Valley Christian of San Jose earns its first State TOY pick in any sport and […]
NEW Baseball State Top 20
This week’s first regular season rankings for California baseball are complicated with a 0-0 tie taking place in a matchup of two top five teams. There are no ties in the rankings so we’ll leave those two teams — Elk Grove and Valley Christian of San Jose — right where they were. The tie did […]
What We Learned: DLS-St. Francis
At least on this night, not having an effective passing game shows that the Spartans still have a way to go to get close to the CIF Open Division championship level of St. John Bosco and Bosco’s league rivals from Mater Dei. Their front seven on defense, however, could end up being equal to many […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
This is a week when the eyes and mind and ability to analyze makes human rankings the far superior kind when you have nuances. On example is Stockton St. Mary’s beating teams at full strength and then being decimated by injuries and dropping completely out after being national top five to start the season. Another...
Bay Area Top 25 Football – Week 9
Here are rankings done by longtime Bay Area analyst Harold Abend and done for use on Antioch High football game broadcasts. Anyone wishing to see writeups and breakdowns of the top teams in the state, sign up for our Gold Club membership. For details, CLICK HERE.
