Author Archives: Mark Tennis
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) It’s a busy week starting Monday across the state as several major Easter week tournaments will be held, including the National Classic in Orange County, the Mike Morrow Lions tourney in San Diego and the Boras Baseball All-Star Classic in Northern California. The biggest games, though,...
Girls BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
From a divisional standpoint, two of the final No. 1 teams — Centennial of Corona in D1 and Sierra Pacific in D2 — have moved up after winning CIF state title games over the previous No. 1 team. The other four final No. 1 teams — Ontario Christian (Open), El Dorado of Placentia (D3), Faith...
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
Murrieta Mesa remains No. 1, but there’s changes from No. 2 and on down the rankings compared to our last snapshot of where teams in the state stand at this point of the season. We had to wait for a couple of Tuesday games this week before finalizing the order since we were not able...
State Baseball/Softball Players of Week
For the second straight week, we have gone with a freshman to be in the spotlight for Southern California baseball. The SoCal softball winner is a junior who did a lot in a whopping seven games played in the week with her team. For Northern California, we have a small town slugger for baseball and […]
Boys BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
As it’s always been, the CIF state champions are listed first in every division, but there was discussion about a different team for D1. There also were some teams that moved up and down at the end based on which teams, north or south, won in the CIF state final. The five on top are...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
(Click Arrows To See More Photos) It’s time to start focusing on big early-season outings in baseball & softball along with wrapping up some of the top performances ending the season in boys & girls hoops. We start in hoops with state’s top combo records (boys, girls) after CIF state final plus try to figure...
Boys/Girls BB State Teams of Year 2026
(Click Arrows To See More Photos) One of these teams — the Sierra Canyon boys — has ended its season atop the state four times in the past nine years. The other — the Ontario Christian girls — are sitting in this position for the first time and the first time for the school in […]
State Baseball/Softball Players of Week
(Click Arrows to See More Photos) It was especially tough finding usable photos for this week’s four honorees, but it wasn’t tough selecting each of them. We introduce you to a freshman baseball phenom from Santa Barbara County with the same last name as an immortal of the game, a sophomore softball star from the […]
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos) Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks moves up to second behind No. 1 St. John Bosco after another strong week. We also have big rises for unbeatens Cathedral Catholic of San Diego (now in top 15) and Thousand Oaks (now in top 20). Bakersfield Christian also is now highest-ranked from...
