As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings for the 2023-24 season. There is some movement from our previous weekly Top 35 update, as CIF Southern Section teams that didn’t make the regional playoffs deserve to move up over some NorCal and SoCal D1...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Mater Dei goes back to the No. 1 spot it was in before last year’s CIF Southern Section championships and if recent history is a guide will stay there until St. John Bosco wins the next time in the series between the two schools. Pittsburg and Mission Viejo get big bumps, but are still playing...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
A big comeback win lifts Helix of La Mesa into this week’s rankings as the highest newcomer. Right behind the Highlanders is another newcomer but it wasn’t exactly a comeback that put Clovis North of Fresno into the top 50 for the first time in several years. This week’s other three newcomers are Apple Valley,...
More Softball Players of the Year
If these honors were decided after the regular season (like the NFL, NBA & MLB), then every single one of the winners would be different. They are not in high school, however, since the playoffs are so important. We have additional honorees for juniors, sophs and frosh plus large schools and small schools. A large […]
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
The first 11 teams this week stay the same as some schools continue to be in spring break schedules. Those getting slight bumps include Clovis & Archbishop Mitty. This week’s newcomers are Liberty of Bakersfield & Foothill of Pleasanton. Note: This is a post for Gold Club members only on Cal-Hi Sports. Updated State Top...
Boys & Girls BB: CIF Friday Finals
The theme of the CIF state championships in Division 1 on Friday at the Golden Center for both boys & girls was about longtime successful coaches winning their first state crowns. The Damien of La Verne boys also broke a streak of five straight wins for Northern California teams and showed the gap between the […]
Softball: Preseason State TOP 25
Villa Park returns the most prominent player and starts 2022 in the No. 1 position. Northern California teams check in at No. 2, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 8 with one of those four that could actually play in the CIF SoCal regionals. Note: We hope you enjoy this free post on CalHiSports.com. If you […]
NEW All-State FB Nominees (North)
The final steps to choose the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams, which will be done for the 36th consecutive season, are about to begin. The first list of nominees has now been updated, corrected and expanded to this new list. It is still not to late to send in a nomination for someone not on...
Preseason Duel: Central Sec No. 1?
This is the ninth in a series of posts comparing two local rivals who both may be toward the top of the preseason state football rankings. These two schools have combined to win the last two CIF Central Section Division I titles with Bakersfield also winning the 2013 CIF Division I state bowl game.
Baseball, Softball State Top 20s
Rancho Bernardo stays No. 1 in baseball with series against Poway coming up this week, but Elk Grove replaces St. Francis at No. 2. In softball, Cathedral Catholic jumps up nine spots while Esperanza is back up to No. 7.