Category Archives: softball
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Rankings
As the CIF Southern Section moves into its championship games next week with its matchups already determined, teams are on the move in this week’s rankings. Esperanza has gone to No. 1 after its win over previous No. 1 Norco last Thursday, Villa Park nudges up to No. 3, Upland moves from No. 9 to...
SoCal / NorCal Players of the Week
This will be the next-to-last installment of this series for the 2020-21 school year. We just couldn’t resist one chance to rave about one of the best baseball pitchers in the nation and a top small-school softball player from the south. In the north, we have the leader of a team that finished 24-2 plus […]
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Rankings
All teams statewide that can be in CIF section playoffs are now in them this week. One of them, for the Central Coast Section, will conduct three rounds of games in four days this week. As Norco continues to be No. 1 in the state, biggest movers this week are Upland (up from No. 13...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports and continues as a mix for boys and girls basketball plus baseball and softball for the next few weeks. In boys hoops, Oceanside El Camino’s Tyson Robinson honors his late mother by becoming school’s new career scoring leader. In girls...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
With the two largest sections in Northern California (Sac-Joaquin and North Coast) concluding action, it makes the NorCal selections a little more difficult, but we found a doozy from the Northern Section where some teams are still in action. From there, it’s “do you know the way to San Jose” to complete the Northern California […]
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Rankings
The result this week that caused the most changes actually just happened on Monday night as previous No. 5 Mater Dei Catholic lost to league rival Eastlake in the CIF San Diego Section. With playoffs about to start in the CIF Southern Section, the biggest question may be whether its D2 bracket is even stronger...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Our search for the Softball and Baseball Players of the Week takes us to the Fresno area and the shadows of majestic Mt. Tamalpais for the Northern California honorees, and to The Beach in Orange County and southwestern San Bernardino County for the Southern California award winners. We hope you enjoy this free story on […]
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Rankings
It’s one of the goofiest weeks ever for Orange County teams, but Esperanza of Anaheim comes out of it with a win over previous No. 2 Villa Park and now jumps up into that spot for this week. Ventura/L.A. County was just as wild-and-wacky but it’s Camarillo now right in front of Westlake at No....
State Stat Stars of the Week
We have two weeks of honor roll performers, coaching accomplishments and more in this installment of this feature. For boys hoops, we have the fourth coach in state history to win his 900th game, plus we have a player reaching 2,000 career points and a team winning its 17th consecutive league title. For girls hoops,...
