Author Archives: Mark Tennis
Softball: All-State Medium, Small 2026
After the juniors and sophomores from earlier this week, the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball teams moves to the top players from what we deem medium & small schools. We’re sure some will be confused about some medium & small placements, but we do our best in this age of competitive equity playoff divisions. […]
Softball: All-State Underclass 2026
We begin the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams with the honors for the top juniors and sophomores. This is just the third year that the juniors and sophomores have been selected separately. Before, all non-seniors were bunched together. A separate all-state freshman watch list will be coming at the end of the cycle....
All-State Softball Patch List
For those just wanting to check to see about a particular player on this year’s All-State Underclass Teams for softball without being a subscriber, here is a simple alphabetical list. If you want the full presentation and are not Gold Club, please check out getting a membership today.
Baseball/Softball Coach Milestones 2026
State record coaching lists for baseball and softball have now all been updated through the 2026 season and there were a number significant milestone wins and section titles that took place. For baseball, Lakewood’s Spud O’Neil wrapped up his career with 985 wins, the second-most in state history. We also had milestone wins for John […]
MLB Draft: State gets two in top five
It’s another strong showing for former California high school players in Saturday’s first round of the MLB Draft. Two of the first five picks count from the Golden State. We also finished with eight out of the first 40, including the just named 2026 Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year from Huntington Beach going […]
FINAL All-State Baseball Noms (SoCal)
Just after getting the final softball all-state nominations completed, we’ve done the same for baseball one day later. Our first teams for baseball (juniors, sophomores) will be out next week. This will be the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams. These are the updated lists for the CIF San Diego, L.A. City and Southern...
FINAL All-State Softball Noms (SoCal)
We’re going to begin picking the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams in a matter days. First, we’re providing the updated lists of nominees from every CIF section. We already did the updated list in softball for Northern California. Now, here’s the same for SoCal, specifically the CIF San Diego, L.A. City and Southern...
State School of Year: Santa Margarita
It’s a different mix of highly successful sports, but the Eagles have repeated as the Cal-Hi Sports State School of the Year for the 2025-26 school year. They’ve also now made it three State School of the Year honors in the last four years. It was not an easy selection since two schools — Mater […]
More State Schools of the Year
For boys sports only, St. John Bosco of Bellflower tops the group with baseball, wrestling, football and boys basketball success. For the girls, overall winner Santa Margarita had to be the winner in that category this time as well. Other schools gaining overall state sports excellence honors for 2025-26 are San Ramon Valley of Danville […]
Cal-Hi Sports Changes For 2026-27
This isn’t a retirement announcement and we’re looking forward to our 50th year of covering California high school sports in the 2028-29 school year, but as a mostly one-person operation over the past 10 to 15 years there are going to some changes to how things are going to be covered and posted on this […]
