Author Archives: Mark Tennis
FINAL All-State Softball Noms (NorCal)
The 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams will be selected after all of our state players of the year are announced in both softball and baseball and after all final all-state nominations lists are posted. Here is an updated list of nominees who had strong seasons this year from the CIF Central Coast, Central,...
State Coach of the Year: Katie Stith
Daughter of legendary travel ball coach Mike Stith of OC Batbusters fame has been the head coach at JSerra of San Juan Capistrano for eight years and now gains the highest California high school coaching honor. Her team has been setting school records the past two seasons, including a victory over Norco in this year’s […]
More State Softball Coaches of Year
In addition to overall State Coach of the Year Katie Stith from JSerra, we have additional state coaching honors for the 2026 season going to Toby Thompson from Las Plumas of Oroville (medium schools) and Ramon Lara of Woodlake (small schools).
State Coach of the Year: Gary Parcell
The 34th season for longtime Norco High baseball coach Gary Parcell didn’t end with a CIF Southern Section D1 title, but reaching the final in the toughest playoff bracket in the nation was enough for him to land top California coaching honors for the 2026 season. He’s just the second-ever State Coach of the Year […]
More State Baseball Coaches of Year
In addition to overall State Coach of the Year Gary Parcell of Norco, we have additional state coaching honors for the 2026 season going to Jerry Lewallen of Glendora (medium schools) and Jesse Darrah from Minarets of O’Neals (small schools). FOR MORE ON STATE COACH OF THE YEAR GARY PARCELL, CLICK HERE. FOR THIS YEAR’S […]
MLB Draft Booms & Busts
With annual selection of high school players for the MLB Draft now proposed to be stopped by the league itself, we thought about all of the high schoolers from California who’ve been selected in the first round since the draft began in 1965. Here’s a ranking of the top 12 of those players plus a...
All-State Baseball Nominees (SoCal)
Marching on toward the eventual selection of the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams, it’s time to present this first, massive list of nominees on our board from the CIF L.A. City Section, CIF San Diego Section and CIF Southern Section. Just as with the previously posted lists of nominees from Northern California, we […]
Lions All-Star FB Hits 50th Year
The Stockton-Modesto area local all-star football game, which we provide support for as a way of giving back to the community in which we live, will be celebrating its 50th year on Saturday night at Wayne Schneider Stadium in Tracy. And this year, for the first time, girls flag football all-stars will get to play […]
Softball: FINAL Ranks By Divisions
All five of the No. 1 teams have already been announced, but three of them were not No. 1 in these divisions at the start of the CIF regional playoffs. A few of the CIF regional winners also made giant moves at the end, including Hanford West in D3 and Escalon in D4. We have...
