Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
The super-loaded CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs start on Thursday with very intriguing matchups in the very first round. Winning the Michelle Carew Classic didn’t help Rosary of Fullerton to get a high seed, but we do not match computer rankings based section seedings with our own rankings. Teams that are moving up in our...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
After having to skip one week due to a football event on May 4 and having to complete all of the all-state teams in girls basketball, the state baseball rankings we compile are back and will be weekly now through the CIF Northern California and Southern California regional playoffs. Corona is still No. 1, Granite...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
We were going to skip one week of softball rankings due a spring football event we covered on Sunday plus we need to finish up the girls basketball all-state teams. We had to do an update, however, since there is a new No. 1 team plus other changes further down due to wild-and-wacky league races...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Tournament wins catapult Tracy from No. 16 to No. 10 and Oaks Christian from on the bubble to No. 18 in this week’s new state rankings. Del Oro also moves up to third after big win vs previous No. 3 Oak Ridge and now has an argument to be No. 1. Pacifica of Garden Grove...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
Corona never did drop from No. 1 on our rankings and strengthened its grip with win on Saturday over St. Mary’s of Stockton in state title game of Boras Baseball Classic. Crespi moves to No. 2 but will get giant test this week in Mission League series with Harvard-Westlake. Valley Christian (San Jose) also moves...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
There was a big Monday game this week that could have caused changes near the top, but No. 4 Del Oro got past Destiny Christian, 3-1, which also helped set up a showdown on Wednesday vs No. 3 Oak Ridge. Norco and Rosary continue at the top two spots. This week’s only newcomer is St....
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
Corona stays on top despite league loss in a series it won two games to one. Previous No. 2 La Mirada, however, has to drop eight spots after losing in a league series two games to one. NorCal order (not counting Central Section in north) also gets shuffled as St. Mary’s of Stockton wins Boras...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
The result from last week that caused the most changes to this week’s rankings was Mater Dei of Santa Ana getting past previous No. 3 Orange Lutheran in the Trinity League. The Monarchs also had a big win vs Santa Margarita and are one of six newcomers this week. The highest ranked newcomer, however, is...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
There’s no changes in top six in this week’s rankings after all results from the NHSI in North Carolina are in. No. 1 Corona is no longer unbeaten, but still clearly No. 1 in the state with a loss to the team that won the prestigious tourney. La Mirada also is still No. 2 since...
Return To Glory At Livermore Stampede
There was only a mini-series of games last year at the Livermore Stampede softball tourney, one of the most prestigious in the state, due to rainy weather. This year, the team that won it all two years ago under normal conditions, St. Francis of Mountain View, won it again on Saturday with a 6-0 triumph […]