You might think that with a California girl being named this week as the Gatorade National Player of the Year that the annual Cal-Hi Sports Ms. Softball State Player of the Year choice is a slam dunk. Not quite. Merced’s Madilyn Nickles actually has legitimate competition in her own backyard, based on the criteria we […]
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State Super 50: No. 31 to No. 40
California’s first 15-0 team from Bishop Amat plus a Long Beach Poly squad that ended its season with a 102-0 win headline those selected in this group. Also included are Sacramento Grant 2008 and Berkeley 1957. Note: All of the writeups, grid logs, photos and more for all of these teams are for our Gold...
All-State Softball: Underclass
With the ink still drying so to speak from the final overall all-state selections in baseball, we are going right into softball with this first post of the 33rd annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams. This first one lists 21 juniors, six sophomores and three freshmen on the first team with 30 more players named on […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
One of this week’s choices is a senior from San Diego who is coached by a former MLB pitcher with a perfect game. Our other three honorees are from San Mateo, San Pedro and Merced.
State Stat Stars of the Week
Presented by ATHLETETRAX, this week’s best show that not all first-round section playoff games are routs. We have plenty of huge totals from games that went 71-70, 68-64 and 62-51. Jake Browning also ties another state record with eight TD passes for one half while a QB goes 11-for-11 (which is good for a state […]
Lions All-Stars settle for tie
The 21-21 final score is just the second in 41 years of the North vs. South Central California Lions All-Star Classic. Saturday night’s game in Tracy featured an MVP outing from a QB more known for handing off, an Offensive MVP who switched to slot receiver and a Defensive MVP more known for catching passes.
Local Lions Game Saturday
This year’s Central California Lions All-Star Classic moves to Wayne Schneider Stadium in Tracy. The 41st annual game features two potent running backs who were in a 69-55 scorefest last season. We have a prediction of which team will win.