Likely CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D3 playoff foes Destiny Christian and Ponderosa are now both in the top five of the state rankings with previous No. 5 Etiwanda falling down (including a loss on Monday of this week). JSerra also now has to be in front of Orange Lutheran and goes up to the 10th spot...
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NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
No changes for the first five teams this week, but Orange Lutheran and Ponderosa go up to No. 6 and No. 7. We also have some others moving up, including Carlsbad, Oaks Christian and Clovis North. The week’s highest newcomer is new No. 23 Del Oro (Loomis). This is a post for Gold Club members...
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
There’s a new No. 1 as Murrieta Mesa came home from the Dave Kops Tournament of Champions last weekend with a prestigious tourney title and a perfect record. Tourney runner-up JSerra also goes from No. 8 to No. 2 with preseason No. 1 Norco falling to third. The top-ranked team from the north is now...
Ms. Softball 2025: Taelyn Holley
Being the exclusive compilers of state softball records in California can make a difference at times for player of the year consideration. So with Murrieta Mesa’s Taelyn Holley putting her name on all sorts of all-time offensive categories, that was the difference for her in another close call for the state’s most long-running softball player […]
Preseason State Softball TOP 25
We’re going on more than 40 years of doing state softball rankings and are pleased to start another season with Murrieta Mesa of Murrieta in the top position. Two major returning stars are the primary reason. Two-time defending CIF Southern Section D1 champion Pacifica of Garden Grove has a ton of graduated players to deal […]
State Football Players of the Week
As the section playoffs narrow the funnel of those that can be selected, there are still some rather incredible performances from last weekend that deserve major props. One of them will be good enough to go into the state record all-time list for single-game rushing. All of them helped their teams collect playoff wins. The […]
More Softball Players of the Year
One of these honorees finished 25-0 as a pitcher while another led the state in runs scored with 59. The five players written up here are considered best of the best among juniors, sophomores, freshmen, medium schools players and small schools players. For more on Ms. Softball State Player of the Year Kate Munnerlyn, CLICK […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. For baseball this week, we have 19 strikeouts for Zach Menlove of Monrovia for a school record, four...
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
This one includes results from Tuesday of this week, which is why Marina of Huntington Beach has jumped into the top 10 after a Tuesday win over previous No. 9 Huntington Beach. No. 3 Norco, No. 4 Los Alamitos and other highly ranked teams in California are all headed this weekend to Bullhead City, Ariz.,...
Preseason Softball State TOP 40
Welcome to another season of Cal-Hi Sports state softball rankings. These have been done more than 30 years. The softball “preseason” rankings are different than baseball, which was done last week, because there are some teams in the CIF Southern Section that have already played games. We will continue to use the California rankings we […]
