Author Archives: Mark Tennis
Franklin Foils St. Mary’s in SJS Final
State No. 13 St. Mary’s of Stockton and No. 14 Franklin of Elk Grove played the type of baseball game on Friday in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division 1 championship that one might expect between teams ranked so closely together and also the two teams that won titles in that division the last two years. […]
State Softball/Baseball Players of Week
It gets tricky in these last weeks of the school year as we avoid choosing anyone who might be playing his/her final game on the day they are honored. We still can find very strong candidates with that restriction and this week have found them in San Diego and Sherman Oaks for Southern California plus […]
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Del Oro of Loomis is still No. 1 and Norco has gone up from No. 3 to No. 2, but the biggest changes this week are from No. 3 on down the pecking order. Several upsets in the CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs plus previous No. 4 St. Francis taking a loss in the CIF...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
The first big upset of the 2025 CIF section playoffs around the state sees a team that has been in the top five, La Mirada, go down in the super-loaded Southern Section D1 bracket. This week’s rankings also are impacted by Granada of Livermore beating previous No. 6 De La Salle of Concord in a...
All-State Baseball Nominees (NorCal)
It’s only been a week since we got finished with all-state girls basketball for this year, but we’re now quickly pivoting to baseball/softball. We start with a list of nominees for the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams. These are top players who had strong seasons this year from the CIF Central Coast, Central, […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
This edition of this feature includes salutes to Bullard of Fresno baseball coach Tom Donald (600th win) and Colton softball coach Mike Southworth (500th win). We also have single season and career home run updates for softball sluggers Alyssa Torres, Delaney Aumua and Mia Gomez (Torres hit 22nd homer of year on Thursday). Also for...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
The super-loaded CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs start on Thursday with very intriguing matchups in the very first round. Winning the Michelle Carew Classic didn’t help Rosary of Fullerton to get a high seed, but we do not match computer rankings based section seedings with our own rankings. Teams that are moving up in our...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
After having to skip one week due to a football event on May 4 and having to complete all of the all-state teams in girls basketball, the state baseball rankings we compile are back and will be weekly now through the CIF Northern California and Southern California regional playoffs. Corona is still No. 1, Granite...
Girls BB: Divisional All-State 2025
With the all-state teams out a few days ago for juniors, sophomores and freshmen, the next set of teams for the 46th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams are to honor the top players according to the same divisions in which this year’s CIF state championships were contested. It remains very difficult to determine […]
