Sorry for the delay in getting out our reactions and our own story about Saturday’s win at Cal by De La Salle against SoCal superpower Corona Centennial. It shows that for now the Spartans are once again the front-runner for the CIF NorCal Open Division berth for the CIF Open Division state final. They still […]
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State TOP 30 Weekend Scoreboard
The biggest winners on a great night for football across the state included No. 3 Sierra Canyon over No. 7 Orange Lutheran and No. 10 Mission Viejo over No. 11 Pittsburg. We saw No. 6 De La Salle roll past St. Mary’s of Stockton in what was essentially a tune-up for a matchup next week […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings
Defending CIF Open Division state champ Santa Margarita goes back to the top after last week’s win over Corona Centennial. Preseason No. 1 St. John Bosco only drops to No. 2. Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa gets a bump after going into overtime with preseason No. 7 Folsom. We also have big rises for San...
Preseason All-NCS Football Teams
De La Salle, Pittsburg and Cardinal Newman lead the way in a section that gets going a week later than most schools in Southern California. There’s a few other schools — San Ramon Valley and Acalanes — that have more than one player written up as well. This is the next-to-last installment in our annual...
These Schools Know How to Win
All of our state football records for categories such as schools with the most all-time wins, schools with the best all-time records, schools with multiple CIF state championships and other categories have been updated prior to the start of the 2026 season. Bakersfield and Long Beach Poly finally got another school to join them with...
All-State Baseball Frosh Watch List
Here’s a look at top freshman baseball players around the state from the 2026 season who have great promise to be an all-state player very soon. Some are completing the summer at showcase events. We don’t offer an all-state freshman team, but as usual from the best baseball state in the nation there are many...
MLB Draft: State gets two in top five
It’s another strong showing for former California high school players in Saturday’s first round of the MLB Draft. Two of the first five picks count from the Golden State. We also finished with eight out of the first 40, including the just named 2026 Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year from Huntington Beach going […]
FINAL Baseball State TOP 40 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) These are the final state rankings that go into our archives that join other final state rankings for each season back more than 40 years. A few teams are still ranked higher than teams they lost to in regional or section playoffs, but those that gained...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) We have a new No. 1 team this week and it’s from the same school that has been No. 1 in the state in softball for the last few weeks and will be again this week. The Norco baseball team moves to the top after winning...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) St. John Bosco beats Orange Lutheran in two of three games as No. 1 state ranking flips for a second week. Those two could play again this week in Boras Classic for Southern California. The Boras for NorCal was held last week with St. Mary’s of...
