For the third time since 2012, the Norco High softball team has been officially added to the all-time list of State Teams of the Year that extends back to 1974. The Cougars didn’t play in the CIF regional championships, but already had put together a strong enough resume to finish No. 1 after winning the […]
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NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
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...
Coral helps Norco corral another title
Sophomore pitcher Coral Williams plus big production from the bottom of the batting order leads state No. 1 Cougars to triumph over El Modena of Orange in CIF Southern Section D1 softball championship on Saturday in Irvine. It also avenged an earlier loss to the Vanguards from the Dave Kops TOC in Arizona. We hope […]
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Top seed Norco has reached the title game in the nation’s toughest playoff bracket for the 10th time and will go for the CIF Southern Section D1 title on Saturday night as the state’s No. 1 team. The Cougars have moved back to that position after previous No. 1 Del Oro of Loomis lost to...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
After having to skip one week due to a football event on May 4 and having to complete all of the all-state teams in girls basketball, the state baseball rankings we compile are back and will be weekly now through the CIF Northern California and Southern California regional playoffs. Corona is still No. 1, Granite...
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
Tournament wins catapult Tracy from No. 16 to No. 10 and Oaks Christian from on the bubble to No. 18 in this week’s new state rankings. Del Oro also moves up to third after big win vs previous No. 3 Oak Ridge and now has an argument to be No. 1. Pacifica of Garden Grove...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Monday games when one is looking to do state rankings in two sports (baseball too) at the same time can be excruciating. It happened this week in softball when a Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills team that was pegged to take over as the No. 1 team in these rankings was upset in a...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Norco moves back to the No. 1 ranking with dominance in almost every game this season except one. Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills and St. Francis of Mountain View, meanwhile, are keeping Northern California near the top of the state. Highest ranked newcomers are Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista, El Segundo and Clovis...
NEW State Softball TOP 25
There’s much upheaval from the preseason as a lot of top teams from 2024 have not done well to start 2025. The new No. 1 is El Modena of Orange due to its championship two weekends ago at the Dave Kops TOC in Arizona, but good lord do the Vanguards have a tough schedule. They...