One swing of the bat reverses the No. 1 and No. 2 order at the top of this week’s rankings with Orange Lutheran and Mission Viejo trading places. Previous No. 3 Huntington Beach was the only other top 10 team to lose last week. There were three others further down that lost and had to...
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Top 10 Baseball, Softball Ranks
Here’s a quick look at the top 10 teams that will be highlighted in this week’s new Cal-Hi Sports State Top 20 rankings for baseball and softball.
NEW Softball State Top 20
Orange County dominance now shows teams sitting in each of the top five positions after previous No. 3 Etiwanda and previous No. 4 West Ranch had to drop. There were only two new teams added, however, as both Grand Terrace and Sheldon of Sacramento beat ranked teams to earn their way up. The only bad...
State Stat Stars Of The Week
Alissa Cienfugos of Carson is latest home run hitting standout from softball program that’s had many in recent seasons. Maddie Dwyer’s great outing for Orange Lutheran against Amador Valley also just had to be written up. For baseball, a great doubleheader outing by Burney’s Ray Guerrero and a no-hitter in the super tough Mission League […]
Softball: Rain wipes out two top events
It didn’t matter if it was in Anaheim Hills or Livermore, there was too much wet weather last weekend throughout the state. As a result, both the Michelle Carew Classic and Livermore Stampede, two of the state’s top in-season softball tournaments, were severely curtailed.
NEW Baseball State Top 20
One week after Davis had to jump from unranked to No. 7 after winning the NorCal portion of the Boras Classic, it’s Mira Costa’s turn to go from unranked to No. 5 after winning the SoCal portion of the same tournament. The Mustangs, however, still can’t be ranked higher than a team from their same...
Preseason Softball State Ranks
It’s not as obvious at the top of the state like it was to start last season with Mission Viejo. Still, we love teams with big-time returning pitchers and that’s why we’re starting off with Pioneer of San Jose in the No. 1 position. The Mustangs, led by UCLA-bound Holly Azevedo, came close to going […]
NEW State Top 25 Football
It’s easy cheesy to bring back in Orange Lutheran as a newcomer this week and the Lancers also go back in at No. 21. This week’s other new slot went to Foothill of Pleasanton basically because the Falcons are higher in local rankings than league rival Monte Vista. Nearly 30 more teams are ranked on...
Preseason All-Section, All-Area (Part 5)
We’re continuing to take a closer look at top players to watch from each of the state’s CIF sections plus well-known regions inside the CIF Southern Section and CIF North Coast Section. For this fifth part, we choose the best from the Inland Empire and Orange County of the massive CIF Southern Section. For CIF...
