Destiny Christian of Sacramento edges St. Francis of Mountain View in a CIF NorCal D1 softball semifinal in a matchup on Thursday that saw the visiting Lancers battle in the batter’s box against dominant pitcher Ayla Tuua with numerous full counts, foul balls and some key hits. In the end, though, Tuua got the strikeouts […]
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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 […]
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...
All-State Softball Nominees (NorCal)
The 2026 season is just about over for everyone around California, but we’re just getting started with post-season honors. To begin the process leading to the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams, here’s our first list of nominees. These are top players who had strong seasons this year from the CIF Central Coast, Central, […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
(Click Arrows on Home Page To See More Photos) The best of softball includes South of Bakersfield star just one RBI from state record, an L.A. City Section batter who has 25 doubles this season, another CIF Central Section star with a whopping 42 walks plus a number of other prolific hitters and pitchers. The...
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
Since there’s a new No. 1 team, we’re going to get out the new softball state rankings this week first before baseball. We’re making some assumptions about the CIF NorCal D1 playoff placements, but unbeaten Destiny Christian of Sacramento can be the new No. 1 as previous No. 1 Norco was knocked off on Saturday...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
(Click Arrows on Home Page To See More Photos) We have much to review this week after being busy for a few weeks wrapping up all-state teams in boys & girls basketball. For baseball, we have a new coach with 800 or more career wins and another coach who has hit the 600-win milestone. We...
State Baseball/Softball Players of Week
One of those being singled out this week is from a high school in Santa Clara while another is from parochial school Santa Clara of Oxnard. Both of those are softball players. Our visits this week in baseball, meanwhile, are to San Diego for Southern California and Sutter Creek in Amador County for Northern California. […]
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
Two unbeaten teams likely to play each other on Saturday for a CIF section title are now up to the No. 2 and No. 3 positions in the state after big upsets in the CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs. Archbishop Mitty also climbs past St. Francis (and Livermore) in the NorCal pecking order after avenging...
