(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) No. 1 Orange Lutheran adds Boras Classic state title to its SoCal title after 3-0 week in Trinity League. The top 10 has some changes with Harvard-Westlake up three spots along with Ayala and Cypress. Franklin of Elk Grove also rejoins top 25 while the highest...
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Baseball Preseason State TOP 35
We have 45 years of final baseball state rankings in our archives and we’re beginning the 46th season with a similar theme as the 45th. That’s with a very strong favorite at the top of the state. The team that was in that spot last year, though, wasn’t No. 1 at the end. Can St. […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
These are the first rankings for the 2025-26 regular season. Among the Top 10, only one drops out of that range and it’s a shocker as 11-time CIF state champ Mater Dei clings to a state ranking (but no longer in the top 25) while looking to finish in the Top 3 of the vaunted...
Plus, Minus or Same For TOP 230 Teams
Here’s a look at the top 230 ranked teams in the state that also have been given our own grade of plus, minus or same compared to each team’s preseason expectations. We also have teams included from every CIF section in the state. Note: This is a post for Gold Club members only on CalHiSports.com....
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
As expected, St. John Bosco returns to the No. 1 ranking and we also drop previous No. 1 Mater Dei behind the team the Monarchs lost to. Mission Hills of San Marcos (up three spots) and Damien of La Verne (up four spots) also gain a lot of ground. New teams to this group from...
Preseason State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
The questions about teams beyond the top two spots of Mater Dei and St. John Bosco will begin to get answered very quickly with big games coming up next week between No. 4 Mission Viejo and No. 5 Santa Margarita plus No. 6 Folsom hosting No. 13 Grant (Sacramento). There are other obvious top teams […]
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 […]
St. John Bosco: State Team of Year
Bellflower school has ended No. 1 in the state in football four times (all since 2013), but has never finished No. 1 in any other sport we cover until this week. The Braves won the CIF SoCal D1 baseball title last Saturday to add to their CIF Southern Section D1 title from the previous week […]
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
There was consideration for the first unbeaten team through the CIF San Diego Section playoffs in history to be moved up to No. 1 after Corona’s loss to St. John Bosco of Bellflower. But when the Braves later beat Santa Margarita to win the CIF Southern Section D1 crown, it had to be them at...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
The first big upset of the 2025 CIF section playoffs around the state sees a team that has been in the top five, La Mirada, go down in the super-loaded Southern Section D1 bracket. This week’s rankings also are impacted by Granada of Livermore beating previous No. 6 De La Salle of Concord in a...
