Two section champions getting solid bumps among this group of teams are Central Catholic of Modesto (now No. 29) and Bullard of Fresno (unranked previously). Newcomers in addition to the Knights are San Joaquin Memorial of Fresno, Simi Valley and Salinas. Go inside for breakdowns of all of these teams plus more than 20 other...
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SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
As the funnel narrows, the performances in each of the three categories for Northern and Southern California are not always earth shattering but this week we dug deep in a couple of places to come up with our six honorees. We start out in the LA City Section in Canoga Park, head south to San […]
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Rankings
Including Monday scores, No. 1 Thousand Oaks puts win streak up to 30 games. This week also sees Harvard-Westlake joining the top five plus San Marcos, Bullard of Fresno and Foothill of Tustin joining the top 10. There’s also plenty of newcomers, including California of San Ramon, Dana Hills of Dana Point and St. Francis...
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Rankings
In a week in which it’s announced there will be CIF regional playoffs held beyond the CIF section playoffs for the first time since 1922, Thousand Oaks and Ayala stay in the top two positions. Buchanan, Orange Lutheran and Santa Margarita all move up as previous No. 3 Rancho Bernardo is now holding on in...
2008, ’81 & ’94 Season Replays (Week 6)
This is how the season looked after the sixth week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. No. 1 teams remained Edison of Huntington Beach, Bishop Amat of La Puente and Long Beach Poly. For two of the seasons,...
NEW State Top 25 Softball Rankings
There are not as many changes to this week’s new State Top 25 in softball, but like baseball we also wanted to wait until hearing what the CIF and its sections might do for spring championships on Tuesday before releasing these rankings. These are not final, and even if at a later date the CIF...
NEW Softball State Top 25 Rankings
Gahr of Cerritos goes up to No. 4 after beating Los Alamitos and Santiago (Corona) in CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs. The Gladiators play No. 3 Great Oak in semifinals with winner likely to face defending champion and No. 1 Norco in this weekend’s title game. This week’s two highest newcomers are No. 18 St....
