It may be one of the no-brainer picks of all-time for Corona High’s Seth Hernandez to be the 2025 Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year, but going back-to-back as the player of the year in the greatest state in the nation for baseball is a remarkable achievement. It’s only the third time ever that […]
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More Baseball State Players of the Year
Norco lands the State Freshman of the Year honor for the second straight year, but the winner from last year was edged out as the State Sophomore of the Year. We also had to make a difficult call for State Junior of the Year among three strong candidates. In addition, we have State Medium Schools […]
NBA Draft: Mercurial Rise for Coward
Central of Fresno grad Cedric Coward completed a massive rise over the last few months as an NBA prospect with his selection at No. 11 in the first round of this year’s NBA Draft, which was held on Wednesday in Brooklyn. Corona Centennial also made history by having a first round pick for the second […]
Class of 26 FB: NEW/Updated Hot 100
The consensus No. 1 ranked prospect in the state, Folsom QB Ryder Lyons, made news earlier this week with his commitment to BYU. The reclassification of three players from the Class of 27 — TE Mark Bowman of Mater Dei, DE Richard Wesley of Sierra Canyon and DB Havon Finney Jr. of Sierra Canyon —...
Class of 25 FB: FINAL Hot 100
We are beginning to ramp up items for the 2025 football season in California, which will be the 48th that we’ve covered since 1979. We will have an updated look at the Class of 2026 Hot 100 football prospects, but begin with a final compilation for the just graduated Class of 2025. It ended up...
Girls BB: CaliLive 25 Player/Team Ranks
Here’s a more in-depth look at the recent Girls California Live 2025 held on June 12-14 in Roseville. We have the top 13 teams ranked in order — starting with Archbishop Mitty, South Medford, Clovis West and Stockton St. Mary’s — and then top players from those teams are listed. We also have player highlights...
State Coach of Year: Sean Erickson
Back in January, a 30-day break from social media helped the Del Oro of Loomis softball team come together for the 2025 season. The school’s longtime head coach, Sean Erickson, is now the 2025 State Coach of the Year after the Golden Eagles went 31-2 and won the CIF NorCal D1 championship. FOR THIS YEAR’S […]
More State Softball Coaches of the Year
In addition to overall State Coach of the Year Sean Erickson from Del Oro of Loomis, we have additional state coaching honors for the 2025 season going to Bill Hunyady of San Diego Point Loma (medium schools) and Michelle Felkins of Biggs (small schools).
North wins in another Lions’ barnburner
This time, a trick play in the final minutes helped preserve a 42-37 victory when it looked like the South might pull off another win in the final seconds like last year. Zakery Willson from Sierra of Manteca gained MVP honors with three TD passes and one TD run. This event will reach 50 years […]
State Coach of Year: Andy Rojo
The St. John Bosco baseball program reached up to the level of success this season that the school has had in football and boys basketball and now baseball head coach Andy Rojo is a State Coach of the Year just like Jason Negro in football (2019) and Matt Dunn in basketball (2024). Rojo’s team made […]
