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All-State Baseball: 2nd & 3rd Teams

In addition to first team overall, the 43rd edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams for baseball also has 35 more players here who have been selected second team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on first or second team. The third team, however, is only for seniors...

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State Baseball/Softball Players of Week

The two goals of this weekly feature are to track potential entries in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book and to uncover and identify some hidden talent and diamonds in the rough for statewide recognition that might only get local kudos. While we didn’t have any performances that made the record book, we had two […]

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Pacifica: State Softball Team of Year

Twenty years almost to the day when Pacifica of Garden Grove repeated as State Team of the Year in California high school softball, the Mariners earn the selection for the 2024 season. This also is the school’s fourth all-time No. 1 finish, which is now tied for the state lead in that category as well. […]

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NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings

The only change this week among the top teams is giving Hollister a slight bump for avenging one of its losses and for beating a No. 1 team from another CIF section. We also have a new top team from the CIF San Diego Section and explain why the upcoming CIF North Coast Section D2...

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NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings

Last year’s No. 1 team from Hollister jumps up to No. 3 this week prior to big games against Central (Fresno) and No. 2 St. Francis (Mountain View). Central also moves way up there this week with some help from another Central Section team (St. Joseph of Santa Maria). More big movers include Canyon of...

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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 […]

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FINAL Softball TOP 40 (Expanded)

CIF Southern Section D1 champion Pacifica of Garden Grove along with finalist Norco and semifinalist Los Alamitos all move up in the final order. Others getting bumps at the end include Poway, Whitney of Rocklin and South Hills of West Covina. As is custom, each of the teams in the final, expanded final state rankings...

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FINAL Baseball TOP 40 (Expanded)

CIF NorCal D1 champ De La Salle ends third this time behind JSerra and Santa Margarita. All of the CIF San Diego Section teams also get big bumps at the end after that huge day of wins in the CIF SoCal D1 playoffs by La Costa Canyon, Eastlake and Rancho Bernardo. We also had to...

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Hollister: State Softball Team of Year

For the second straight year, a team from the CIF Central Coast Section has nabbed the highest honor for California prep softball by gaining the 2023 State Team of the Year selection. This time, though, it’s not St. Francis of Mountain View, but instead it is the squad that topped the Lancers first for a […]

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Softball State Division Rankings

These are not the same as our overall State TOP 25 rankings from just a few days ago thanks to big wins by Whitney of Rocklin and Rancho Bernardo of San Diego in the CIF regional playoffs. These also require placement of all teams into our own five-division format with all of the opt outs […]

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