Category Archives: baseball
Baseball: FINAL Ranks By Divisions
It’s rare that all five No. 1 teams didn’t change from the first run-through of teams we did according to CIF divisions, but they didn’t for the final rankings. Two of those were CIF Southern Section teams that opted out of the regional playoffs, but Roseville (D3), Half Moon Bay (D4) and Coastal Academy of...
FINAL Baseball State TOP 40 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) These are the final state rankings that go into our archives that join other final state rankings for each season back more than 40 years. A few teams are still ranked higher than teams they lost to in regional or section playoffs, but those that gained...
St. John Bosco: State Team of Year
No, this isn’t a repost of last season. The Bellflower school has indeed repeated as the No. 1 team in the state for the second straight season despite losing in last week’s CIF SoCal D1 playoffs. The Braves’ accomplishment of repeating as CIF Southern Section D1 champions was too much, especially compared to what happened […]
More Baseball State Teams of Year
State Team of the Year honors for the 2026 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 […]
All-State Baseball Nominees (NorCal)
It’s time to get started on the process toward selecting the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams. These are top players who had strong seasons this year from the CIF Central Coast, Central, North Coast, SF/Oakland, Northern and Sac-Joaquin Sections. We encourage all coaches, parents and others to send us info on anyone missed […]
Baseball: State Ranks By Divisions
Here’s our first look at teams across the state placed into state rankings by divisions, which is what we have done since we began doing state baseball rankings in the early 1980s. The problem now, of course, is due to competitive equity playoff placements we have no idea which divisions to place teams in. We […]
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) We have arrived at the next to last rankings of the season. St. John Bosco strengthens the No. 1 ranking after winning second straight CIF Southern Section D1 title, but the CIF didn’t do the Braves any favors in the first round of the SoCal regional...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
(Click Arrows on Home Page To See More Photos) The best of softball includes South of Bakersfield star just one RBI from state record, an L.A. City Section batter who has 25 doubles this season, another CIF Central Section star with a whopping 42 walks plus a number of other prolific hitters and pitchers. The...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) St. John Bosco stays on top but now it’s Norco at No. 2 with Harvard-Westlake at No. 3. St. Francis of Mountain View joins the top five & Cathedral Catholic also gets three-spot jump. This week’s newcomers are led by new No. 22 Ganesha of Pomona...
