Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
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 […]
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Monday games when one is looking to do state rankings in two sports (baseball too) at the same time can be excruciating. It happened this week in softball when a Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills team that was pegged to take over as the No. 1 team in these rankings was upset in a...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
No. 1 Corona will take 12 shutouts in 14 games into the National High School Invitational this week in North Carolina and will be joined by the state’s next top two ranked teams in the prestigious event. St. John Bosco makes the biggest move in this week’s rankings after its sweep of previous No. 4...
Crazy Carew as Rosary rises to crown
It was two weeks ago when the last State TOP 25 rankings for softball had been compiled, but unranked Rosary of Fullerton showed it has the makings of another top-level squad in the CIF Southern Section with a title game win in the Michelle Carew Classic on Saturday night vs state No. 4 Orange Lutheran. […]
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Norco moves back to the No. 1 ranking with dominance in almost every game this season except one. Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills and St. Francis of Mountain View, meanwhile, are keeping Northern California near the top of the state. Highest ranked newcomers are Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista, El Segundo and Clovis...
FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 Rankings
We can’t argue with the fact that our rankings are not totally in line with some state and national rankings. However, the one thing we have in our favor is in traversing up and down the state in the past five months, and covering dozens of teams and games, we have personally seen the first...