With the all-state teams out a few days ago for juniors, sophomores and freshmen, the next set of teams for the 46th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams are to honor the top players according to the same divisions in which this year’s CIF state championships were contested. It remains very difficult to determine […]
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NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Norco moves back to the No. 1 ranking with dominance in almost every game this season except one. Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills and St. Francis of Mountain View, meanwhile, are keeping Northern California near the top of the state. Highest ranked newcomers are Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista, El Segundo and Clovis...
FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 Rankings
We can’t argue with the fact that our rankings are not totally in line with some state and national rankings. However, the one thing we have in our favor is in traversing up and down the state in the past five months, and covering dozens of teams and games, we have personally seen the first...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Seeds, seedings and saplings. The CIF Regional playoffs are set, the seedings are out, and the action begins on Tuesday for lower divisions and on Wednesday for the Open Division. However, reflecting back on the section playoffs, and the CIF Southern Section in particular, the traditional perennial girls basketball powers are still not totally changed,...
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List 2024
It’s been almost two weeks after the Super Bowl, but we are still not completely done with football. Here is a watch list of leading freshmen football players in the state from the 2024 season and so far this spring who are on track to be all-state sophomores next season. The State Freshman Player of...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This group begins with Clovis East of Clovis and includes several others getting strong bumps that are helping them close in on the top 25. That group includes Los Alamitos, Frontier of Bakersfield and Newbury Park. The highest ranked newcomer this week is now No. 39 Chaparral of Temecula. Other newcomers are Damien of La...
Preseason All-Central Section FB Team
After starting in Orange County, the second stop in our annual tour of the state through the selection of preseason football honor squads is the CIF Central Section. It’s the home of three current NFL starting QBs (Josh Allen, Derek Carr & Jordan Love) and we had to get creative through our multi-purpose category to...
All-State Softball Frosh Watch List
As promised, here’s a look at a list of top freshman softball players from the 2024 season from around the state that likely will be making all-state teams down the road. This isn’t an all-state team since the same format as the others can’t be duplicated, but it’s as close as we can get. These...
All-State Baseball 2024: First Team
We conclude the release of our 42nd annual All-State Baseball Teams. State Team of the Year Corona has three on first team, but you’ll have to read the post to see which three (there’s also two on second team). We also got creative with a couple of the outfield positions instead of using even more […]
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
This week’s rankings were delayed several hours to include all of the reported opt-outs from the CIF Southern Section regarding next week’s CIF Southern California regional playoffs. State No. 1 Corona is the main one, but after Saturday night’s win over Harvard-Westlake in the CIFSS D1 final there isn’t much else left that the Panthers...
