Author Archives: Mark Tennis
Girls BB: Salute To Section Champions
There were a lot more girls teams that earned CIF section championships over the weekend besides state No. 3 Etiwanda and the ones we covered on Wednesday in Sacramento. Here’s a roundup of all of the other section champions from around California. Each team deserves to get a mention with all of the others that […]
Boys BB: Salute To Section Champions
There were a lot more boys teams that earned CIF section championships over the weekend besides state No. 1 Harvard-Westlake and the ones we covered on Wednesday in Sacramento. Here’s a roundup of all of the other section champions from around California. Each team deserves to get a mention with all of the others that […]
A Day/Night At Golden 1 Center
CIF section basketball finals played on a Wednesday are not the norm, but the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and Golden 1 Center got it done so that this year’s finals could still be played at the NBA arena. Big winners among the six championships decided during the day & night were Modesto Christian (D1 boys) and […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. This edition is for the last two weeks of action. The big news is on the boys side...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This week’s foursome has been selected also because they weren’t in any CIF section playoff games on Monday night and all four will be going this week — two in section semifinals and two who already have punched their tickets for section title games. Our stops this week are in Cerritos and Hollywood for Southern […]
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List 2023
One week after the Super Bowl and two weeks after the last of our annual all-state teams went out, we look to the future. Here is a watch list of leading freshmen football players in the state from the 2023 season who are on track to be all-state sophomores next season. Zach Benitez from Granite...
Softball State Records Ready To Go For 2024 Season
All of the exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state records for softball have been updated prior to the start of the 2024 season. Yes, we know some teams have already started to play games. Both team and individual categories have been completed through the 2023 season. Coaching records already were updated approximately one month after last season […]
Preseason TOP 5: Baseball, Softball
The earliest ever start to the baseball & softball season in the CIF Southern Section, three weeks before some top teams in other CIF sections in the state are playing their first games, makes it impossible for us to do a true preseason state ranking this year for either baseball or softball. With games beginning […]
Cali Super Bowl Alums 2024
In three of the last four Super Bowls, California has only had seven, five and six players from its high schools in the big game. They are among the lowest totals since we’ve been doing these state-by-state counts since the 1990s and based on our research back to the first Super Bowl in 1967. The […]
