It’s time to start getting really serious about the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state baseball honors, which are now just a few days from the first teams being released. This list of nominees is once again grouped according to CIF sections, but has been updated from Part 1. We thank everyone who contributed information. It...
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NEW State Top 50 Ranks (26-50)
Eight is great for both Bishop Amat of La Puente and Serra of San Mateo as both of those teams are given eight-spot bumps in this week’s rankings. There are some showdown games this week among this group of squads as well, highlighted by No. 28 Paraclete vs. No. 30 Sierra Canyon (two CIF state...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Teams on the rise include Valley Christian of San Jose, which is up to No. 26 but has to play another fast-riser on Saturday in San Mateo, and Bishop Amat of La Puente, which is up to No. 34 after toppling previous No. 21 Serra of Gardena. Clovis West of Fresno also gets bumped up...
Preseason All-San Gabriel Valley
Dual-threat quarterbacks weren’t hard to choose from in this region because with the multi-purpose category we simply picked all of them. From a team-leading standpoint, both Bishop Amat (La Puente) and Cathedral (Los Angeles) lead with three players selected. Where to put Cathedral in these preseason all-area teams from the CIF Southern Section is a...
FB Team Records: Decade Leaders
Welcome to the online Cal-Hi Sports State Record Book & Almanac. These state record lists are for best schools in football over the decades, including breakdowns of the state’s best for each decade since 1900 and for each decade since the 1900s. We have to give special thanks for these categories to legendary high school football...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
We are presenting these rankings after most of the major pre-Easter spring break tournaments are done, including the National Classic, Boras Classic for Northern California, the Mike Morrow Lions tourney in San Diego, the Fresno Easter Classic and even the IMG Classic in Florida. All of those created results of course that greatly impacted the...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
One of this week’s honorees, Gianna “Gigi” Mancha from Central of Fresno generates national headlines by striking out 21 batters (every out) in a seven-inning no-hitter against Clovis West. We have details in her writeup about where that ranks in state history. Our other selections this week are from La Puente, Cerritos and Santa Cruz.
State FB Record Updates (Part 2)
California’s top two winningest all-time teams, Bakersfield and Long Beach Poly, are no longer on the list of the state’s best for the current decade and will be looking to bounce back in 2016. Bakersfield’s record for winning the most CIF state titles (set in the 1920s) also has been tied and could be surpassed...
Honorable Mention Schools of the Year
To go with our massive State Schools of the Year salute, here are some additional schools that were on our board in the various CIF state divisions and our in our own five-division format that we would consider to be honorable mention.
NEW Softball State Top 20
Norco knocks off Etiwanda from No. 1 ranking to create move up for idle Los Alamitos. Both Norco and Los Al and No. 2 Mission Viejo will all be in this week’s Michelle Carew Classic. Many of the top teams in NorCal, meanwhile, will be at the Livermore Stampede. Note: There are not going to...
