Author Archives: Mark Tennis
More Baseball State Teams of Year
State Team of the Year honors for the 2025 baseball season also are going out for the four other CIF based playoff divisions. We have done teams of the year in five divisions for. many years and these mythical honors considered all teams that played in CIF section playoffs (including those that opted out of […]
De La Salle 7th inning rally beats Serra
A baseball team scoring three times in the bottom of the seventh inning to win a major title like the CIF NorCal D1 championship is pretty incredible, but compared to the other two times that the De La Salle of Concord baseball team rallied to win NorCal titles in the last four years what happened […]
State Rankings By Divisions (Part 2)
Since there were first round CIF regional playoff games in baseball and softball that were halted or not played on Tuesday due to lighting and thunderstorms in Southern California, we had to do the first run-through of our state rankings by divisions in two parts. This is Part 2 and it’s for D1 softball, D2 […]
State Rankings By Divisions (Part 1)
Since there were first round CIF regional playoff games in baseball and softball that were halted or not played on Tuesday due to lighting and thunderstorms in Southern California, we’re doing the first run-through of our state rankings by divisions in two parts. It’s today for D1, D3 and D5 for baseball plus D2, D3 […]
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
With just one week to go, the No. 1 ranking is locked up by virtue of Norco winning the CIF Southern Section D1 championship. Opting out of this week’s regionals doesn’t make a difference. The rest of the order, however, is up for grabs with no major opt outs in the north. Will it be...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
There was consideration for the first unbeaten team through the CIF San Diego Section playoffs in history to be moved up to No. 1 after Corona’s loss to St. John Bosco of Bellflower. But when the Braves later beat Santa Margarita to win the CIF Southern Section D1 crown, it had to be them at...
Close CCS Baseball/Softball Finals
Serra of San Mateo caps a busy day/night on Saturday of CIF Central Coast Section championships with a triumph over Valley Christian of San Jose to win the D1 baseball crown just a few hours after St. Francis of Mountain View won the Open Division softball title by handing Willow Glen of San Jose its […]
All-State Baseball Nominees (SoCal)
After getting out the first list of nominees (not final) from Northern California last week, here is a list of nominees for the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams from Southern California. These are top players who had strong seasons this year from the CIF L.A. City, San Diego and Southern Sections. We encourage […]
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Top seed Norco has reached the title game in the nation’s toughest playoff bracket for the 10th time and will go for the CIF Southern Section D1 title on Saturday night as the state’s No. 1 team. The Cougars have moved back to that position after previous No. 1 Del Oro of Loomis lost to...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
There were some big upsets in CIF section playoffs up north, but not in the south as the three of the top four teams in the state — No. 1 Corona, No. 3 Crespi and No. 4 St. John Bosco — plus No. 2 Granite Hills of El Cajon will all be in section semifinals...
