Welcome to the first step toward the selection of the Cal-Hi Sports 2022 All-State Softball Teams. This is the first list of nominees from CIF sections in Northern California (with the Central Section in the north) based on information we’ve gained through coverage of the regular season and playoffs. It’s not meant to be a […]
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Softball State Division Rankings
The timing of these going out isn’t great, but here’s a look at what our divisional state rankings in softball would look like after Tuesday’s first round of the CIF regional playoffs (north & south) but before Thursday’s semifinals. There are some teams that have to be in different divisions than the ones the CIF […]
All-State FB 2021: Small Schools
Six players from the 2021 spring season have repeated as all-state small schools first team selections for the 2021 fall campaign. There are also three from second team in the spring who repeated but moved up to first team. The No. 1 team in the final small schools state rankings, Menlo School of Atherton, leads […]
All-State FB Medium/Small Watch Lists
With some teams slated to play actual spring 2021 football games as early as next week, we’re beginning our series of statewide preseason posts with this look at top players to watch from those schools classified as medium or small for our annual all-state honors. North Coast Section schools Marin Catholic and Cardinal Newman have […]
Senior Salutes No. 3 (Baseball/Softball)
As a consequence of the 2020 high school baseball and softball seasons being canceled after not even one-third of scheduled games were played in the state, we cannot produce all-state teams in those sports for 2020. We do not want to forget about those seniors from the Class of 2020, however, who were going to […]
All-State Softball Nominees (Part 2)
Here is an updated, second list of nominees who are going to be considered for one or more of the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams. Thanks to everyone who sent in a nomination for their favorite player (either already on the first list or just added to this second one). Nominations are not...
FINAL Softball Expanded Top 40
It takes us extra time to produce, but as is our custom we have gone through all information collected during the 2019 California high school softball season and are ready to release our expanded, final Top 40 overall team rankings. It’s hard to get bumps, especially when the CIF Southern Section playoffs had already ended...
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...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Raging hot batting averages for the early part of the 2019 season have helped this week’s two NorCal players of the week to gain the spotlight. For the SoCal honorees, meanwhile, it’s been more about stingy pitching. The foursome we’re honoring is from Pleasanton, East Nicolaus, Carlsbad and Westlake Village. We hope you enjoy this […]
