No, this isn’t a repost of last season. The Bellflower school has indeed repeated as the No. 1 team in the state for the second straight season despite losing in last week’s CIF SoCal D1 playoffs. The Braves’ accomplishment of repeating as CIF Southern Section D1 champions was too much, especially compared to what happened […]
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More Baseball State Teams of Year
State Team of the Year honors for the 2026 baseball season also are going out for the four other CIF based playoff divisions. We have done teams of the year in five divisions for many years and these mythical honors considered all teams that played in CIF section playoffs (including those that opted out of […]
MD Catholic gets SoCal D1 repeat
Coaches at Chula Vista school tell their players “not to bother” trying out for their team if they can’t commit to playing as late as the CIF SoCal regional playoffs. On Saturday, with University of Arizona commit Arri Romero leading the way, the Crusaders won the CIF SoCal D1 regional title for the second straight […]
Destiny Christian: One inning does it
A three-run homer and a two-run homer within a few swings of one half-inning gives Destiny Christian of Sacramento all it needed in a 6-3 win over Whitney of Rocklin in Saturday’s CIF NorCal D1 softball championship. The Lions completed one of the most historically significant seasons in state history at 31-0 and are expected […]
Boys BB: Introducing 2029 Class
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a first look at the state’s top ninth-graders. The freshman (2029) class got off to a roaring start during its first season, but it’s still not easy for first-year players to impact the CIF’s open division. This class shows excellent promise down the line, but...
All-State Baseball Nominees (NorCal)
It’s time to get started on the process toward selecting the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams. These are top players who had strong seasons this year from the CIF Central Coast, Central, North Coast, SF/Oakland, Northern and Sac-Joaquin Sections. We encourage all coaches, parents and others to send us info on anyone missed […]
Boys BB: Final ’28 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with an updated look at the close of the school year at the state’s top college prospects in the sophomore (2028) class. Our final 2028 Cal-Hi Sports Top 65 for the 2025-26 school year shows 11 newcomers since our last update and a new No....
Softball: State Ranks By Divisions
Here’s our first look at teams across the state placed into state rankings by divisions, which is what we have done since we began doing state softball rankings in the early 1980s. Just like baseball, the issue due to competitive equity playoff placements is that we have no idea which divisions to place teams in […]
Baseball: State Ranks By Divisions
Here’s our first look at teams across the state placed into state rankings by divisions, which is what we have done since we began doing state baseball rankings in the early 1980s. The problem now, of course, is due to competitive equity playoff placements we have no idea which divisions to place teams in. We […]
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
Small school Destiny Christian of Sacramento will indeed get a chance to wrap up a perfect season with a CIF NorCal D1 championship later this week and therefore can also take home a No. 1 final state ranking. JSerra has a chance to end No. 1 as well after winning the CIF Southern Section D1...
