The first major upset of the section playoffs this year already has taken place as previous No. 4 Grand Terrace fell in its CIF Southern Section Division I first-round game. That created some movement for this week’s rankings. The team that beat the Titans, Huntington Beach, went from unranked to No. 19 but has been...
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NEW Softball State Top 25 Ranks
No. 1 Norco and No. 2 Foothill (Pleasanton) both capture major tourney titles, but there are plenty of changes after that, including Santa Margarita up to No. 3, Grand Terrace up to No. 6 and Oaks Christian up to No. 12. Newcomers into the mix this week are Clovis, Cosumnes Oaks of Elk Grove, Del...
NEW Softball State Top 25
No. 1 Norco will go from playing one unbeaten team to another at this week’s Michelle Carew Classic with a first-round game vs. Rio Mesa of Oxnard. Last week’s No. 2 team, Mater Dei Catholic of San Diego, also will be in the Carew along with some of the best from Orange County. But with...
NEW Softball State Top 20
SInce the top five remained the same and there were only two new teams for this week’s rankings, it may be the calm before the storm with big tournaments coming up this weekend. Unfortunately, storms may greatly impact all of these upcoming events, including the Michelle Carew Classic and Livermore Stampede. Note: All of our remaining...
NEW Softball State Top 20
Go ahead, call us homers. But it just worked out doing these rankings the same way we’ve done them for 30-plus years that three teams from San Joaquin County (our home base) have landed in the State Top 20 for softball. It doesn’t look like that’s happened before. At the top of the heap, meanwhile,...
Super 8 Softball Rankings Update
The top three teams remain the same after No. 1 Norco tops No. 2 Los Alamitos and No. 3 Orange Lutheran to win another major tournament. Sheldon of Sacramento also jumps to No. 6, unbeaten Stockdale climbs to No. 7 and Mission Viejo now has to drop behind La Habra and out of the Super […]
Super 8 Softball Rankings Update
No changes at the top of the state softball rankings this week, but may be a bunch next week since many top teams will be at the Michelle Carew Classic starting Wednesday. The Livermore Stampede also is attracting a strong field including many top NorCal ranked squads.
NEW Softball State Top 20
Orange County teams stay No. 1 and No. 2 this week with several more from the county moving up, including La Habra and Mater Dei to No. 5 and No. 6, Orange Lutheran to No. 7 and newcomer Huntington Beach to No. 12. Other newcomers are Gahr of Cerritos and Santiago of Corona. Note: There...
Softball: Rain wipes out two top events
It didn’t matter if it was in Anaheim Hills or Livermore, there was too much wet weather last weekend throughout the state. As a result, both the Michelle Carew Classic and Livermore Stampede, two of the state’s top in-season softball tournaments, were severely curtailed.
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...
