Final state No. 1 and No. 2 teams Norco and Del Oro (Loomis) both land two players on this elite first team that wraps up our 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball teams. Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills and Poway also both have two first teamers. Go inside this free post for a look […]
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State Coach of Year: Sean Erickson
Back in January, a 30-day break from social media helped the Del Oro of Loomis softball team come together for the 2025 season. The school’s longtime head coach, Sean Erickson, is now the 2025 State Coach of the Year after the Golden Eagles went 31-2 and won the CIF NorCal D1 championship. FOR THIS YEAR’S […]
State No. 1 Falls in SJS Softball Final
Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills wins its third straight CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D1 softball championship with a 3-2 triumph on Saturday over Del Oro of Loomis. That is the same Del Oro that was sitting at No. 1 in the state and was looking to complete its season with a 32-1 record and a […]
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
We were going to skip one week of softball rankings due a spring football event we covered on Sunday plus we need to finish up the girls basketball all-state teams. We had to do an update, however, since there is a new No. 1 team plus other changes further down due to wild-and-wacky league races...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
There was a big Monday game this week that could have caused changes near the top, but No. 4 Del Oro got past Destiny Christian, 3-1, which also helped set up a showdown on Wednesday vs No. 3 Oak Ridge. Norco and Rosary continue at the top two spots. This week’s only newcomer is St....
2023-24 Grid-Hoop All-State Team
To continue our end-of-school year content of honoring the best multi-sport and overall athletes of the year (boys and girls), we take a deep look at the state’s 15 best football-basketball combo athletes on our 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. Leading the 15-man group is player of the year Caden Pinnick from Del […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
For the second week of this feature we cover all the bases with respect to the purpose of the feature, and that is to track potential entries in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, and to uncover hidden talent that in many instances only gets local props. We also generally try to stay away from […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
Group of five new teams this week includes upset special winner Turlock from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. The others are all from the SJS as well along with Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista. Highest risers of the week are led by Buchanan of Clovis (avenged a loss) along with Manteca. FOR ARCHIVES OF OUR...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Saturday updates added. All of the results are in before pairings were announced Saturday in one section with others coming on Sunday. The regular season still has one week to go in the S.F. Bay Area sections. The biggest winners of the night — with no upsets in the top 10 — were Lincoln of […]