Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
FINAL Softball State TOP 40 Ranks
Going through everything for one last ranking of the California 2024 softball season that will be the one that gets added to our all-time archives was fun, yet challenging. The first question was what to do with Amador Valley of Pleasanton, after its championship in the CIF NorCal D1 playoffs despite having 11 losses. We...
FINAL Baseball State TOP 40 Ranks
Granada of Livermore caps one of the greatest seasons by a team in NorCal history and while the Matadors can’t move up to No. 1 they do have to finish No. 2. La Mirada also uses a big win over Huntington Beach in the SoCal playoffs to earn a final top five ranking. Others coming...
Pacifica: State Softball Team of Year
Twenty years almost to the day when Pacifica of Garden Grove repeated as State Team of the Year in California high school softball, the Mariners earn the selection for the 2024 season. This also is the school’s fourth all-time No. 1 finish, which is now tied for the state lead in that category as well. […]
Amador’s Wild Ride Ends In 13-11 Win
There are No. 8 seeds that have gone on a shocking series of wins in various playoff brackets over the years, and then there’s what has happened over the last week for the Amador Valley of Pleasanton softball team. The Dons won the CIF NorCal D1 title on Saturday after beginning their week with a […]
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View looks to cap perfect season with a CIF NorCal title at the end of this week. Major movers in next to last rankings include Poway (up four spots), Oak Ridge (up 12 after big win over previous No. 7 Whitney) and Clovis North (up 16). Livermore also goes...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
There is one week to go in the 2024 season in California with the final No. 1 ranking now locked up by Corona. It’s still possible for changes after that, however, and we’ve made one this week with Granada of Livermore moving up to No. 2. Yes, the Matadors needed 14 innings to win their...
St. Mary’s Breaks Title Drought
Rams storm back from early 1-0 deficit to beat Rocklin, 6-1, on Thursday night to grab their first CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D1 title since 2012. State’s No. 8 team also probably will be seeded no lower than No. 2 in next week’s CIF NorCal D1 regional playoffs due to No. 5 Valley Christian’s upset loss […]
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
With Pacifica of Garden Grove wrapping up its second straight title in perhaps the toughest playoff bracket in the nation, it’s now down to the Mariners and St. Francis of Mountain View for the final No. 1 ranking. The focus this week now shifts north to the CIF Central Coast Section where the Lancers will...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
This week’s rankings were delayed several hours to include all of the reported opt-outs from the CIF Southern Section regarding next week’s CIF Southern California regional playoffs. State No. 1 Corona is the main one, but after Saturday night’s win over Harvard-Westlake in the CIFSS D1 final there isn’t much else left that the Panthers...
Gahr Had Own Story To Write In Final
With two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the seventh and trailing 4-3, the Gladiators staged a rally to beat California of Whittier, 5-4, in the CIF Southern Section D2 championship on Saturday. It spoiled what would have been a sentimental win of epic proportions for California, which has been led the past […]
