Final No. 1 teams already were announced for D1 (San Marcos), D2 (Newbury Park), D3 (West of Torrance), D4 (Sutter) and D5 (East Nicolaus). But here’s the final rankings for each of those divisions with expanded top fives for each division plus a list of teams to watch in each division for 2019 season. Teams...
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More Softball State Teams of Year
In addition to overall No. 1 San Marcos, others that can claim they are mythical state champions for 2018 are Newbury Park (Division II), West of Torrance (D3), Sutter (D4) and East Nicolaus of Nicolaus (D5). For State Team of the Year announcement recognizing state’s No. 1 overall team for season, CLICK HERE. Division I […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
Yes, it was the calm before the storm for the previous rankings compared to this week’s myriad of moves that had to be made. And when the storm passed, sitting on top of the state — at least for this week — has to be Michelle Carew Classic champion Cathedral Catholic of San Diego. Go...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
The bunching of the four teams in the Trinity League behind Mater Dei and St. John Bosco continue in this part of this week’s State Top 50 with JSerra, Santa Margarita and Servite all now sitting at No. 29 or higher. Additional newcomers Granite Bay, Santiago of Corona, Newbury Park and Liberty of Bakersfield also...
FB Preseason: Class of 2018 Updates
This class for the state starts the 2017 season revamped somewhat due to an unusual high number of transfers, but it’s a group dominated by another strong collection of quarterbacks. Some of the ones who may be on the best teams are not ranked as high as others on various recruiting lists and there are...
NEW Softball State Top 20
Three of this week’s four newcomer slots have gone to teams from Ventura County, which already had unbeaten Rio Mesa sitting in the top five. Elk Grove also makes a major move after winning the top divisional title at the NorCal Classic. Norco, Los Alamitos and Gahr, meanwhile, continue to hold the top three positions....
NEW Softball State Top 20
No. 1 Norco rolls on with 9-0 win earlier this week over state-ranked Mater Dei. Previous No. 2 Amador Valley, however, was upset by Livermore, which helped put Los Alamitos into this week’s No. 2 spot. Unbeaten Rio Mesa also is given a big boost from No. 11 to No. 6 while Great Oak is...
More State Record Updates
It’s a good thing Oaks Christian of Westlake Village was on a bye last week. We can’t take any more of this team’s wild-and-wacky offensive shootouts. Three different games involving the Lions already this season have produced some of the highest scores for a losing team in state history. Lakewood’s 80-64 win last week over...
State Stat Stars of the Week
Lucky number was seven this week for Jacobi Hardy of Long Beach Wilson (seven TDs scored) and for three different QBs (seven TD passes). We also have multiple listings from 83-48 win by Wilcox of Santa Clara over Saratoga and a freshman QB who had six TD passes.
