Category Archives: State Record Book
Mr. Baseball 2026: Jared Grindlinger
Leading Huntington Beach to the CIF SoCal D1 regional championship and ranking as the top two-way player in the nation for the upcoming MLB Draft helps last year’s State Sophomore of the Year gain the highest overall state honor for this season. It was not an easy decision, but Jared has become the second ever […]
More Baseball State Players of the Year
Just like with Mr. Baseball, the State Junior of the Year honor also is claimed by a player who has reclassified and in the case of Norco’s Jordan Ayala he reclassified into the same class as a teammate who perhaps would have been Junior of the Year if he was still a sophomore. Highly ranked […]
State Coach of the Year: Katie Stith
Daughter of legendary travel ball coach Mike Stith of OC Batbusters fame has been the head coach at JSerra of San Juan Capistrano for eight years and now gains the highest California high school coaching honor. Her team has been setting school records the past two seasons, including a victory over Norco in this year’s […]
State Coach of the Year: Gary Parcell
The 34th season for longtime Norco High baseball coach Gary Parcell didn’t end with a CIF Southern Section D1 title, but reaching the final in the toughest playoff bracket in the nation was enough for him to land top California coaching honors for the 2026 season. He’s just the second-ever State Coach of the Year […]
FINAL Softball State TOP 40 Rankings
The first changes for these expanded, final rankings compared to the previous State TOP 25 start at No. 6 with La Habra moving up and staying in front of the Murrieta Mesa and Orange Lutheran teams it beat in the CIFSS D1 playoffs. CIF NorCal D1 runner-up Whitney of Rocklin also moves up five spots...
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...
Destiny Christian: State Team of Year
Everything had to fall into place for the Destiny Christian of Sacramento softball team to be able to finish in the rarified air of being an undefeated State Team of the Year. But that’s what happened plus there was a CIF NorCal D1 championship that had to be won, which was completed last Saturday with […]
More Softball State Teams of Year
State Team of the Year honors for the 2026 softball season also are going out this week 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 […]
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 […]
