The only new No. 1 team from these rankings that were done last week for the first time is the same one for the overall State Top 25 as De La Salle of Concord has replaced Orange Lutheran. Still No. 1 entering this weekend’s CIF Southern Section championships are Santa Margarita (D2), Los Banos (D3),...
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Softball: New Divisional Rankings
As some sections in the state are getting ready to crown champions for the 2019 season this weekend, No. 1 teams by divisions are Norco (D1), Notre Dame of Salinas (D2), Oakdale (D3), Cloverdale (D4) and East Nicolaus (D5). Cloverdale is the only new No. 1 in what was an extremely close call that also...
Baseball: Divisional State Ranks
As the CIF Southern Section is about to slice up its playoff brackets in baseball to just four left in each one after Friday’s quarterfinals, some other section playoffs around the state (CCS, NCS, Sac-Joaquin) are just getting around to releasing their brackets. We wish we had more time to do more weeks of these […]
Softball: Divisional State Ranks
After getting out all of the boys and girls all-state basketball teams, we have the final few weeks of the softball season to add divisional state rankings into the mix. Go inside to see which teams have the best chances to earn a mythical state title in five-division format that we’ve had for many years.
NEW Baseball State Division Ranks
With one more round of games to go in section playoffs around the state (NCS, SD, LA, CIFSS) here are the teams in line to win mythical state titles: Valley Christian (D1), Beckman of Irvine (D2), Maranatha of Sierra Madre (D3), Winters (D4) and Pasadena Poly (D5). Valley Christian and Winters are done, but the...
NEW Softball State Division Ranks
For this week, we are doing the next-to-last divisional state rankings in softball BEFORE the Tuesday section playoff games and will be doing baseball AFTER those contests. There just aren’t that many games left in softball compared to baseball with all sections done except the Southern and North Coast. Top-ranked teams entering the final week...
NEW State Softball Division Ranks
Heading into Thursday games, here’s an updated look at the various races for final No. 1 rankings according to our five-division format. Two teams from this year’s finals in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, Benicia and Woodland Christian, both lost out on chances to end No. 1 in the state by dropping the first game in...
NEW Baseball State Division Ranks
It’s a quick turnaround since the last rankings, but one divisional No. 1 ranking has just about been wrapped up over the weekend and there are a lot more changes compared to softball (which will be updated after Tuesday games from this week). New No. 1 in D1 would be Eastlake of Chula Vista (matching...
First Look: State Softball Div. Ranks
Apologies for not getting these out earlier, but the season is still going and we have put teams in position to claim mythical state championships in addition to winning section titles. These five-division state rankings in softball also have a long tradition that dates back more than 30 years. Some tough decisions had to be […]
NEW Baseball State Division Ranks
The only new No. 1 team in this week’s divisional state baseball rankings is CIF Southern Section Division 4 top seed South of Torrance, which is now No. 1 for the state in D3. Still No. 1 would be Harvard-Westlake (D1), Beckman of Irvine (D2), Winters (D4) and St. Vincent de Paul (D5). Those making...
