Author Archives: Mark Tennis
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
There’s a new No. 1 as Murrieta Mesa came home from the Dave Kops Tournament of Champions last weekend with a prestigious tourney title and a perfect record. Tourney runner-up JSerra also goes from No. 8 to No. 2 with preseason No. 1 Norco falling to third. The top-ranked team from the north is now...
State Baseball/Softball Players of Week
We’ve reached that time of the year when this feature switches from basketball to baseball/softball. For this first fearsome foursome, the honorees hail from Bakersfield and El Dorado Hills for Northern California while for Southern California they’re from Monrovia and Castaic. We hope you enjoy this free post on CalHiSports.com. All regular season State TOP […]
Girls BB: NEW Division State Ranks
Similar to the boys, we also have updated rankings this week after Saturday’s regional semifinals but before the regional finals. We will have no divisional rankings after Tuesday games but will have a CIF state finals preview and then there will be final divisional state rankings the following week. These also will be the same...
Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
Here are the updated divisional state rankings after Saturday’s CIF regional semifinals but before the regional finals. We will have no divisional rankings after Tuesday games but will have a CIF state finals preview and then there will be final divisional state rankings the following week. No. 1 teams are Sierra Canyon (Open), St. John...
Boys BB All-State Nominees (SoCal)
This will be the 47th year of the annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams for boys basketball. We always begin with an initial list of nominees on our board for teams that will be chosen. After getting the NorCal part of it done last week, this list covers the CIF sections in Southern California (not including […]
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
Here’s the first regular season rankings of the 2026 season with updates since the preseason rankings were done about two weeks ago. St. John Bosco and Orange Lutheran remain 1-2, but there are changes after that with No. 3 De La Salle dropping a few spots with two forfeits. Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks and...
Girls BB: NEW Division State Ranks
Just like the boys, we have a first look at expected favorites for each division of the CIF state championships. These rankings are determined after the CIF released pairings for each division last Sunday and then there were first-round games played on Tuesday night. We can’t do division rankings any earlier since there’s no way […]
Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
After the CIF pairings from last Sunday plus first round games on Tuesday is when we can begin to look at expected favorites in each division of the CIF state championships. We can’t do it any earlier since there’s no way to know which divisions these teams are going to be in. These also will […]
State Basketball Players of the Week
Once we reach the end of the CIF section playoffs, we also reach the end of doing basketball players of the week and will switch next week to baseball and softball. We’re obviously looking for big outings in section finals for these honors and have found them in Portola Valley and Sacramento for Northern California […]
Boys BB All-State Nominees (NorCal)
This will be the 47th year of the annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams for boys basketball. We always begin with an initial list of nominees on our board for teams that will be chosen. This list covers the CIF sections in Northern California (including the Central Section). We welcome all input and additional nominations. We […]
