As the CIF Southern Section playoffs already will be in the quarterfinal round by the end of this week, some of the state’s other section playoffs will not even have begun yet. CIFSS Division I playoff teams continue to hold down the No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 positions with...
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All-State Softball Nominees (Part 2)
The first teams for the 36th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball honors are now just a few days from being done. This list of nominees is once again grouped according to CIF sections, but has been updated from Part 1. We thank everyone who contributed information. It is still not too late to send in...
All-State Softball Nominees (Part 1)
It’s time to get started on what we call all-state season at Cal-Hi Sports. It’s actually the third one for each year following January for football and April for boys & girls basketball. June is baseball and softball and we begin with the list of initial nominees for the 36th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball […]
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Higher seeded teams fall by the wayside in droves as this year’s section playoffs reach the later rounds or come to an end. As you’d expect, this week’s rankings were difficult and included a myriad of moves. We have a new No. 1 (Valley Christian of San Jose), seven newcomers in all and just about...
NEW Softball State Top 20
There’s some upheaval in Orange County with Huntington Beach breaking through with a big win last week over previous No. 2 Los Alamitos plus Mater Dei getting a surprisingly lopsided 11-1 romp on Monday over previous No. 4 Orange Lutheran. The results cause some changes and we’re pretty sure we know which school’s fans aren’t...
NEW Softball State Top 20
SInce the top five remained the same and there were only two new teams for this week’s rankings, it may be the calm before the storm with big tournaments coming up this weekend. Unfortunately, storms may greatly impact all of these upcoming events, including the Michelle Carew Classic and Livermore Stampede. Note: All of our remaining...
All-State Baseball: First Team
With several former all-state first team players getting ready to play in the MLB All-Star Game, here’s our own California prep version of an all-star roster, which also is the 35th consecutive year that we’ve done it. This group is our elite of the elite and some of the choices as usual were very difficult.
Mr. Baseball State POY finalists
There’s one rather obvious leading candidate from Northern California, but we are listing five from Southern California, including two catchers and two from the CIF San Diego Section. Check back on this site at the end of next week to see who will be added to a list of previous Mr. Baseball state honorees that […]
1st Day MLB Draft Roundup
The only California high school player to be chosen in the first round in Monday’s baseball draft did not play this season. The highest chosen who did play was No. 38 in Round A who’s father was once the No. 1 pick overall. California Players From Day One At The MLB Draft (We are listing […]
Baseball, Softball State Rank Updates
Can Mission Viejo softball and San Dimas baseball complete historically great seasons by Saturday? If both win out, no problem for State Team of the Year choice. If one or both lose, it’ll probably be more complicated in baseball than it is in softball. Check below for this week’s new list of the State Top […]