Author Archives: Mark Tennis
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
St. Francis of Mountain View gains No. 1 ranking for the first time this season after Norco loss to Corona Santiago. Monday results that were counted this week also loomed large as both Archbishop Mitty of San Jose and Central of Fresno were highly ranked teams that lost. One of the biggest risers was No....
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Top five gets reshuffled with Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) still on top, but now with Santa Margarita second and Archbishop Mitty third. Rancho Bernardo of San Diego also gets added to where it probably should have been last week, Elk Grove surges from No. 32 to No. 16 and other newcomers are Gahr (Cerritos), La...
Prep Notes With A Twist
Here’s a quick look at teams to watch in the most important upcoming Easter-related softball and baseball tournaments, what a California team might have looked like in the World Baseball Classic and a check at whether there’s ever been a No. 1 and No. 2 pick in the NFL Draft from California high schools. We […]
Girls BB All-State Nominees (Part 1)
Sorry that we were not able to get out the girls version of all-state basketball nominees before the crush of the CIF state championships held on March 10-11 in Sacramento. Still, here they are in the same format as the boys. We will just give people a bit shorter period of time to respond with […]
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
A tie causes a slight change in the first six spots of this week’s rankings. There also were several key Monday games already counted, such as Murrieta Mesa over Beaumont and Marina of Huntington Beach over Edison. We already know as well a lot of Tuesday games were called off with wet weather across the...
FINAL Girls BB Division State Ranks
As a companion to the final & expanded overall State TOP 40 rankings, we also present final & expanded rankings for each of the CIF state divisions. Central of Fresno made the biggest jump after winning the CIF D2 state title. Others getting final rankings bumps include Mark Keppel of Alhambra (D3), Poly of Sun...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Three-game sweep of Harvard-Westlake in the Mission League pushes Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks back on top of the state. Win by Whitney of Rocklin over previous No. 1 De La Salle also caused some changes. Newcomers are led by surging Mater Dei of Santa Ana in the Trinity League along with Chaparral of Temecula...
FINAL Boys BB Division State Ranks
Final end-of-season state rankings by divisions for boys basketball also goes back nearly 40 years. It’s just the number of divisions and formats that have changed. We remain committed to doing them no matter how complicated the CIF continues to make its playoffs. With these rankings needing to match the final, expanded overall State TOP...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. It’s now mostly baseball & softball players getting into the spotlight, but there are some wraps as well for basketball, especially with where Lynwood’s Jason Crowe Jr. has been added into the state record book. We also have our first...
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
Norco wins the title for a record fifth time at the Dave Kops TOC in Arizona and also moves up to a familiar position as No. 1 ranked team in the state. Runner-up Los Alamitos moves up to third while previous No. 1 Murrieta Mesa drops to fifth. Highest ranked newcomers are Central of Fresno,...
