One of those getting the nod this week does so for pitching probably one of the most impressive baseball no-hitters from a large school in the history of Kern County. It’s also a good week to highlight the pitching and slugging prowess of one of the top players from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. This week’s […]
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NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Three of our honorees this week are done after sparking their teams to section titles, including two of them who will be in the Pac-12 Conference next year. We couldn’t pick someone from SoCal baseball who is done for the year, but did go with a top pitcher from the CIF L.A. City Section who […]
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Higher seeded teams fall by the wayside in droves as this year’s section playoffs reach the later rounds or come to an end. As you’d expect, this week’s rankings were difficult and included a myriad of moves. We have a new No. 1 (Valley Christian of San Jose), seven newcomers in all and just about...
Softball: Preseason State Top 25
Adding a transfer into the pitching circle is all Norco needed for another legitimate run at state and national titles. The Cougars have almost everyone else back from last season’s 33-1 squad. This year’s preseason rankings also have three CIF San Diego Section teams in the top 10, two rivals from the same city in […]
All-State Baseball: Underclass
In a switch of usual protocol, we’re going to go back and forth from softball to baseball in releasing our annual spring sports all-state teams. This is the 36th straight year there has been Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams in baseball and we’re starting with All-State Underclass. It’s the best of the best among juniors, sophomores...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
We are releasing this week’s Top 20 before Tuesday’s section playoff games and hope there are no upsets. This week’s two newcomers are Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks and Davis. Harvard-Westlake, previous No. 5, had to drop all the way out after losing in CIF Southern Section playoff game. St. John Bosco was elevated back...
NEW Softball State Top 20
There was even less movement in this week’s rankings than last week when only one new team cracked the Top 20. This time, there are no new teams. Of the two teams that did lose, both did it to higher-ranked opponents. With most CIF section playoffs beginning this week, there may not be a long...
State Stat Stars of the Week
Canyon’s Drew Wolitarsky breaks the Cal-Hi Sports state record book total for career receiving yards. Other standouts include Dinbua’s Marcus McMaryon (501 yards passing) and UCLA-bound Craig Lee. Writeups by Harold Abend & Paul Muyskens with contribution by Bob Barnett.
