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NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings

Four of these teams will put the state’s No. 1 national reputation on the line this week at the National High School Invitational, including No. 1 Orange Lutheran. Major changes in the rankings also take place as previous No. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 teams all have losses. Big winners include...

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Softball: Canyon Wins Carew

Host school from Anaheim takes title in prestigious tourney on Saturday that began with state’s No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams. We’re still sorting out all of the ramifications for the next set of rankings, but for now it’s a giant tip of the cap to a team and a pitcher who have gone […]

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NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings

It could be a No. 1 vs No. 2 showdown at the Michelle Carew Classic this weekend as St. Francis of Mountain View is stepping up to play some of the top teams in Southern California. We’ll have on-site coverage from longtime associate editor Harold Abend. The big news in this week’s rankings are the...

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NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings

Winning a series in the Trinity League despite one loss still isn’t enough to drop Orange Lutheran from No. 1 position. Big movers include St. Augustine of San Diego (still unbeaten), Servite of Anaheim (swept three from previously unbeaten Santa Margarita) and Arlington of Riverside (16-game win streak). Newcomers led by St. Francis of Mountain...

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FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 (Part 1)

The Final Expanded rankings have a big change at the top of the heap but the next eight spots remain intact from the next-to-last rankings we did. From there, no one holds onto their same spot from the last rankings all the way to No. 20 with Salesian making the biggest move up after winning...

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FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 (Part 2)

This post includes teams ending in the No. 21 thru No. 40 positions. The first five were all in the next-to-last State TOP 25. The next 15 in order as usual were very difficult to rank, but we felt strong about Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa, Viewpoint of Calabasas, Camarillo and St. Joseph of Santa...

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NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings

The first 11 teams this week stay the same as some schools continue to be in spring break schedules. Those getting slight bumps include Clovis & Archbishop Mitty. This week’s newcomers are Liberty of Bakersfield & Foothill of Pleasanton. Note: This is a post for Gold Club members only on Cal-Hi Sports. Updated State Top...

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NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings

Santa Margarita sweeps JSerra to go to 12-0 and replaces Servite with No. 2 state ranking behind No. 1 Orange Lutheran. No, they don’t play each other this week, but both have tough three-game sets in the Trinity League. Others getting big bumps include new No. 6 California of San Ramon and new No. 10...

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FINAL Boys BB State TOP 40 (Part 1)

As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings for the 2021-22 season, the first with CIF state championships since 2018-19. There is not a lot of movement from our previous weekly Top 25 update, but NorCal teams don’t drop much because of Modesto Christian’s...

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FINAL Boys BB State TOP 40 (Part 2)

Another factor for these final rankings is that a few selected CIF Southern Section teams have to go up because of the nature of their playoff formats. For our analysis and writeups on all 40 teams, plus a look at comparisons to our preseason rankings, check out the rankings that have been around twice as...

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