Here’s a look at the top 230 ranked teams in the state that also have been given our own grade of plus, minus or same compared to each team’s preseason expectations. We also have teams included from every CIF section in the state. Note: This is a post for Gold Club members only on CalHiSports.com....
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State Stat Stars & Record Updates
There’s two weeks of performances to catch up with this time. We lead off with the 15th coach in state history to reach 300 career wins, then go over where Newbury Park’s Brady Smigiel will likely end up on various career passing lists now that unfortunately his season is over with a knee injury. We...
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
Yes, mighty Mater Dei, the two-time defending CIF Open Division state champs and already an almost unanimous No. 1 in national preseason rankings, is always in the spotlight the most for Orange County football. As our preseason tour of the state begins this week through the selection of preseason honors squads, however, Orange County also...
All-State Baseball 2025: First Team
In a bit of a twist from the past, we’re getting out the final teams of the 43rd annual All-State Baseball Teams the day after the first three rounds of the MLB Draft and the same night after all rounds were complete. Corona made history with three players selected in the first round and has […]
More Baseball State Players of the Year
Norco lands the State Freshman of the Year honor for the second straight year, but the winner from last year was edged out as the State Sophomore of the Year. We also had to make a difficult call for State Junior of the Year among three strong candidates. In addition, we have State Medium Schools […]
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
The super-loaded CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs start on Thursday with very intriguing matchups in the very first round. Winning the Michelle Carew Classic didn’t help Rosary of Fullerton to get a high seed, but we do not match computer rankings based section seedings with our own rankings. Teams that are moving up in our...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
There’s no changes in top six in this week’s rankings after all results from the NHSI in North Carolina are in. No. 1 Corona is no longer unbeaten, but still clearly No. 1 in the state with a loss to the team that won the prestigious tourney. La Mirada also is still No. 2 since...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35
It’s been an insane start for the No. 1 Corona baseball team. The big accomplishment so far for any of the six teams that the Panthers have played is scoring a run and that has only happened once compared to five shutouts (including one on Tuesday). There has been a lot of changes since the...
All-State Football Nominees (CIFSS)
The first part of the process of choosing the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams is now complete. This is the third of three lists of players considered as nominees for the various 2024 season squads. These are all from the CIF Southern Section. The first two were for Northern California […]
State Football Players of the Week
Besides uncovering hidden talent as one of the goals of this feature, we track entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, and this week we have a record book entry and also have chosen a player who will very likely crack the record book in the future for career passing yards. Our visits this […]
