There’s one Monday game from the CIFSS D1 playoffs involving No. 4 JSerra that is not included in this week’s rankings. Those playoffs will start to see huge matchups as early as the second round, including two top 10 teams playing each other. Valley Christian of San Jose in the CCS, De La Salle in...
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NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Rankings
In a week in which it’s announced there will be CIF regional playoffs held beyond the CIF section playoffs for the first time since 1922, Thousand Oaks and Ayala stay in the top two positions. Buchanan, Orange Lutheran and Santa Margarita all move up as previous No. 3 Rancho Bernardo is now holding on in...
Senior Salutes Special: Max Rajcic
Graduating Class of 2020 standout Max Rajcic from Lutheran of Orange has the makings for a special career. It will start soon at UCLA, but here’s one last look his high school years, which was on track for him to be a leading candidate for the highest state and national individual honors. He was pitching […]
NEW Baseball State Top 25 Rankings
The incredibly loaded CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs get a jump-start on the rest of the sections in the state with the first round starting Thursday. Teams in it include state No. 1 Orange Lutheran, No. 3 Cypress, No. 4 Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (moving up from seventh this week), No. 5 Harvard-Westlake...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
The earlier start to the 2019 season has been hampered by a lot of rainouts, especially in Northern California, but this upcoming week should really get things going. We’re sticking with preseason No. 1 Harvard-Westlake as the state No. 1 even though that isn’t a consensus No. 1 for Southern California. We have our reasons...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Higher seeded teams fall by the wayside in droves as this year’s section playoffs reach the later rounds or come to an end. As you’d expect, this week’s rankings were difficult and included a myriad of moves. We have a new No. 1 (Valley Christian of San Jose), seven newcomers in all and just about...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
One week after Davis had to jump from unranked to No. 7 after winning the NorCal portion of the Boras Classic, it’s Mira Costa’s turn to go from unranked to No. 5 after winning the SoCal portion of the same tournament. The Mustangs, however, still can’t be ranked higher than a team from their same...
