The 43rd annual edition of the Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams in softball concludes with these 30 players who are all named first team. We wound up with three catchers, seven pitchers and five outfielders with the rest as infield or multi-purpose. Go inside this free post for a look at all first team players. We […]
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Softball: All-State Underclass 2026
We begin the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams with the honors for the top juniors and sophomores. This is just the third year that the juniors and sophomores have been selected separately. Before, all non-seniors were bunched together. A separate all-state freshman watch list will be coming at the end of the cycle....
More Baseball State Players of the Year
Just like with Mr. Baseball, the State Junior of the Year honor also is claimed by a player who has reclassified and in the case of Norco’s Jordan Ayala he reclassified into the same class as a teammate who perhaps would have been Junior of the Year if he was still a sophomore. Highly ranked […]
State Coach of the Year: Gary Parcell
The 34th season for longtime Norco High baseball coach Gary Parcell didn’t end with a CIF Southern Section D1 title, but reaching the final in the toughest playoff bracket in the nation was enough for him to land top California coaching honors for the 2026 season. He’s just the second-ever State Coach of the Year […]
FINAL Baseball State TOP 40 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) These are the final state rankings that go into our archives that join other final state rankings for each season back more than 40 years. A few teams are still ranked higher than teams they lost to in regional or section playoffs, but those that gained...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) St. John Bosco stays on top but now it’s Norco at No. 2 with Harvard-Westlake at No. 3. St. Francis of Mountain View joins the top five & Cathedral Catholic also gets three-spot jump. This week’s newcomers are led by new No. 22 Ganesha of Pomona...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) We have a new No. 1 team this week and it’s from the same school that has been No. 1 in the state in softball for the last few weeks and will be again this week. The Norco baseball team moves to the top after winning...
Norco captures sixth Carew title
In a championship game matchup on Saturday at Peralta Park in Anaheim, state No. 3 Cougars took down No. 2 Fullerton, 7-0, as their pitching all week was dominant. The Indians, who got past Orange Lutheran in the semifinals earlier on Saturday, had to rest their No. 1 pitcher and Norco’s bats got going, especially […]
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
(Click Arrows to See More Photos on home page) It’s a busy week starting Monday across the state as several major Easter week tournaments will be held, including the National Classic in Orange County, the Mike Morrow Lions tourney in San Diego and the Boras Baseball All-Star Classic in Northern California. The biggest games, though,...
Softball Preseason State TOP 25
We have done softball state rankings back to 1985 and are beginning 2026 with a familiar name at the top. That’s a few years longer than Rick Robinson has been coaching in the sport and his squad at Norco looks loaded as the season gets going. A few teams may have already played a game […]
