With just one week to go, the No. 1 ranking is locked up by virtue of Norco winning the CIF Southern Section D1 championship. Opting out of this week’s regionals doesn’t make a difference. The rest of the order, however, is up for grabs with no major opt outs in the north. Will it be...
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NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
The first big upset of the 2025 CIF section playoffs around the state sees a team that has been in the top five, La Mirada, go down in the super-loaded Southern Section D1 bracket. This week’s rankings also are impacted by Granada of Livermore beating previous No. 6 De La Salle of Concord in a...
CIFSS Open: State No. 1 Roosevelt Wins
After losing in the CIF Southern Section Open Division championship last season, Roosevelt of Eastvale makes clutch shots down the stretch and beats Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks on Saturday night in Ontario to win this year’s title. The big matchup of No. 1 vs No. 2 teams in the state could be replayed in […]
FINAL State TOP 75 FB Ranks (26-75)
This group features the other two teams from Orange County’s Alpha League, Los Alamitos and San Clemente, plus we have some other CIF Southern Section squads getting final boosts as a result of Palos Verdes winning the CIF D2-A state title by a large margin vs previously unbeaten Twelve Bridges. The Sea Kings also go...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
We haven’t had a team jump from unranked into the top list, but there was no choice to do that this week for Leuzinger of Lawndale after its upset of previous No. 6 Santa Margarita. There also are two teams that moved up this week after losses — Sierra Canyon and Pittsburg — plus Los...
Preseason State TOP 50 Ranks (31-50)
A team with a QB committed to UCLA begins this group of ranked squads. Early big games such as Helix of La Mesa vs St. Francis of Mountain View and Newbury Park hosting Long Beach Millikan also were attractive enough to us to put both teams in these rankings. We do look at others doing […]
FINAL All-State Softball Noms (SoCal)
Selections for the 41st annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball teams are beginning in a few days, but first here is a second, updated list of nominees on our board from the CIF L.A. City, San Diego and Southern Sections. Thanks to those who sent in more players from the first list. Additional names also came...
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
It could be a No. 1 vs No. 2 matchup of state-ranked teams coming up on Saturday at the annual Michelle Carew Classic in Anaheim. No. 2 St. Francis strengthened its grip on the top ranking in NorCal with a win last Saturday vs previous No. 3 Hollister. Norco is now back up to No....
FINAL All-State FB Noms (CIFSS)
Here is the second of three lists of players considered as final nominees for the various 2023 season all-state football teams. These are all from the CIF Southern Section in one place. These lists have been updated from the first lists compiled from about one month ago. Thanks for all of the nominations and input....
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
CIFSS D3 champion St. Bonaventure just misses first group, but leads off this next 25 and moved up four spots. Section champions Los Gatos, La Serna and St. Augustine also move up this week. A group of three newcomers includes CIF North Coast Section D2 champion El Cerrito for the first time this season. The...