Category Archives: Gold Club Content
All-State Softball Frosh Watch List
As promised, here’s a look at a list of top freshman softball players from the 2024 season from around the state that likely will be making all-state teams down the road. This isn’t an all-state team since the same format as the others can’t be duplicated, but it’s as close as we can get. These...
Girls BB: NorCal Stop Ends Live Period
The Chico Tarheels, made up mostly of girls from Pleasant Valley of Chico with twin sisters from Sacramento mixed in, went 6-0 in their division to make a big impression at the End of the Trail (EOT) Summer Showcase last weekend in Roseville. Longtime girls hoops analyst Harold Abend also has more younger players to...
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
It’s time to again take a tour of the state prior to the start of a football season through the selection of preseason football honor squads. We start again with Orange County of the CIF Southern Section where five of the six teams from the mighty Trinity League reside. Public school Mission Viejo, however, also...
Class of 26 FB: First Hot 100
Mater Dei wide receiver Chris Henry Jr. moves to the top of the state among this class after his transfer from Ohio. Another Monarchs’ transfer, offensive tackle Kodi Greene Jr., is not far behind. This class, however, is also about quarterbacks, led by two of the very best incoming juniors in the nation. FOR A...
All-State Baseball: 2nd & 3rd Teams
In addition to first team overall, the 42nd edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams for baseball also has 35 more players here who have been selected second team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on first or second team. The third team, however, is only for seniors...
Girls BB: More Digging For Diamonds
The second of our annual Girls of Summer basketball features from longtime analyst Harold Abend focuses on two events in Orange County. While it’s impossible to see great players in one place these days with so many events at the same time, one of those seen that had to get a mention for this feature...
Baseball: All-State Underclass 2024
It’s time to start releasing the various teams for the 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball honors. We begin with a new way of doing the all-state underclass teams and that’s doing the juniors and sophomores separately (just like football and basketball). We have a first and second team all-state for juniors and first team...
Softball: All-State Underclass 2024
The release of the 41st annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams is now underway. We begin with a new way of doing the all-state underclass teams and that’s doing the juniors and sophomores separately (just like football and basketball). We have a first and second team all-state for juniors and first team for sophomores. A...
Boys BB: Cali Live ’24 Rundown
The 168-team Boys Cali Live ’24 June Scholastic Live Period event concluded on Sunday with first place pool finishers playing another first place finisher in a de-facto championship game. Among the 42 pools, 17 CIF teams went 4-0 during the three-day event. We now take a look at some of the standout players in various...
