Category Archives: baseball
All-State Baseball: Underclass
This is the first of four posts announcing the 41st annual edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams (without one year due to COVID). This is the one for the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. It also can help serve as a barometer about which teams may be near the...
Baseball/Softball Coach Milestones 2023
State record coaching lists for baseball and softball have now all been updated through the 2023 season and here’s a look at the most significant milestone wins that were celebrated. For baseball, it’s more about several coaches who are right on the cusp of some huge wins with the coach moving up the most on […]
FINAL All-State Baseball Noms (NorCal)
The first of the 41st annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams are down to a few days before the first one is announced (Underclass). Here’s an updated list of nominees on our board from the CIF Central Coast, Central, North Coast, SF/Oakland, Northern & Sac-Joaquin Sections after receiving input from the first list. It’s still...
FINAL All-State Baseball Noms (SoCal)
The first of the 41st annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams are down to a few days before the first one is announced (Underclass). Here’s an updated list of nominees on our board from the CIF L.A. City, CIF San Diego & CIF Southern Sections after receiving input from the first list. It’s still not...
Mr. Baseball 2023: Trent Caraway
Sweet swinging shortstop/third baseman from JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) collects the top honor in the state for the 2023 season after already earning several other major honors. He was the leading player on the state’s No. 1 team and he’s the ninth Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year from Orange County in more than […]
More Baseball State Players of the Year
State Junior of the Year Bryce Rainer of Harvard-Westlake and State Sophomore of the Year Diego Velazquez of Encino Crespi know each other well from being in the same league. All of the other major honors also were not easy to decide. For more on Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year Trent Caraway, CLICK […]
State Coach of Year: David Jeans
With two straight CIF Northern California D1 regional titles and six straight CIF North Coast Section D1 titles, the time is right to get De La Salle of Concord’s David Jeans onto the all-time state list of State Coaches of the Year in baseball. He’s just the seventh all-time from the East Bay portion of […]
FINAL Baseball TOP 40 (Expanded)
CIF NorCal D1 champ De La Salle ends third this time behind JSerra and Santa Margarita. All of the CIF San Diego Section teams also get big bumps at the end after that huge day of wins in the CIF SoCal D1 playoffs by La Costa Canyon, Eastlake and Rancho Bernardo. We also had to...
FINAL State Baseball Ranks (Divisions)
Previously announced No. 1 teams JSerra (D1), Cardinal Newman (D2), Central Catholic of Modesto (D3), Castaic (D4) and Ripon Christian (D5) are joined by other teams in final division rankings in keeping with a tradition that we’ve had for more than 40 years. CIF SoCal D2 champ Calabasas (D2), CIF SoCal D3 champ Westlake (D2),...
JSerra: Baseball State Team of Year
Repeating as CIF Southern Section Division I champions is the difference as JSerra of San Juan Capistrano lands its first-ever State Team of the Year selection in baseball and is the first winner from Orange County since 2009. Its high number of losses and opting out of the CIF SoCal D1 playoffs is overcome as […]
