As the CIF Southern Section moves into its semifinal round early this week, some section playoffs in the state are just getting started. State No. 1 Orange Lutheran didn’t get out of the quarterfinals in the CIFSS so a new No. 1 had to be found and it will be Buchanan of Clovis. St. Francis...
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NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Losing one game at the National High School Invitational does not drop Orange Lutheran from the No. 1 California ranking. There also were no changes this week until No. 8. Three teams all playing in this week’s NorCal part of the annual Boras Classic – Palo Alto, Cardinal Newman and Woodcreek – all got big...
Softball: All-Time 30 Greatest Teams (1)
Here’s an updated and expanded version of our ranking of the all-time greatest teams in California high school softball history. This one includes two teams from last season placed fairly high — one in the top five and the other in the top 15. We also have added three more teams from the first 25...
Sr. Salutes Softball: All-State Honor Roll
As stated several times, there’s not even close to the number of games that would have needed to be played to fairly select any sort of official 2020 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams for softball this year. We still wanted to do something with an honor roll list of top seniors who have either enjoyed outstanding […]
Softball: 1st ever Hot 100 Player Ranks
Partly as a result of the season getting shut down and our intention to provide extra coverage for spring sports athletes, for the first time we are adding Hot 100 player rankings for softball, specifically focusing on the Class of 2020. We also found the perfect person to do it, longtime Southern California softball analyst...
All-State Softball: Underclass
This is the first of four posts announcing the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams and like baseball we are starting with the underclassmen. These are the best of the best for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. There are no frosh on first team underclass, but several from a strong group of Class of 2022...
More Softball Players of the Year
The choices for State Junior Player of the Year, Sophomore Player of the Year and Freshman Player of the Year were equally difficult as for Ms. Softball. There’s not a no brainer of the bunch. We did have one for medium schools, however, since one of our six Ms. Softball finalists was from that category. […]
Matt Sweeney: State Coach of Year
He’s a guy we’ve considered for the highest coaching accolades in football, but for various reasons it didn’t work out. But now that Pleasanton Foothill’s Matt Sweeney is coaching softball and had one of the top teams in the nation this season, the timing is perfect to tell his story. It ended up not being […]
