For boys sports only, St. John Bosco’s finishes in football, boys hoops, baseball and wrestling gain it a second top spot in five years. For the girls, Mater Dei edges Archbishop Mitty. Other schools earning overall state sports excellence honors for 2023-24 are Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (D2), Acalanes of Lafayette (D3), University of San […]
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FINAL Softball State TOP 40 Ranks
Going through everything for one last ranking of the California 2024 softball season that will be the one that gets added to our all-time archives was fun, yet challenging. The first question was what to do with Amador Valley of Pleasanton, after its championship in the CIF NorCal D1 playoffs despite having 11 losses. We...
Girls BB Saturday CIF State Finals
State No. 2 Etiwanda puts itself into the all-time conversation with a one-sided win over previously unbeaten national No. 1 Archbishop Mitty in the CIF Open Division state championship. It is also a second straight Open Division title for the Eagles. Other big winners at the Golden 1 Center were Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (Girls […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The funnel doesn’t get any narrower than this week with respect to rankings. Heading into Tuesday night, there are only eight teams left in action that can possibly rearrange things in the top 16 for the final rankings. Then on Friday and Saturday it will all be over with CIF state championships in Sacramento. One...
Softball: 1st State TOP 35 Ranks Of Year
The earliest ever start to the high school season in Southern California prevented a preseason ranking and the prestigious Dave Kops Tournament of Champions has already happened in Arizona. Some Northern California schools still haven’t played a game yet. Still, this proved to be a perfect time to begin another season of statewide coverage with […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
It was looking like there would only be a No. 9 & No. 10 change this week and then we got to the tail end of the TOP 25 for another one. There was much movement from Nos. 26-35 based on wins and losses and also where teams landed in the CIF Southern Section playoffs....
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. We begin this week with basketball coaches who have won their 800th, 500th and 400th games. There also...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The teams in the first five spots remain intact from the previous rankings, albeit in a slightly different pecking order. The biggest change is at the top with Archbishop Mitty claiming the catbird seat. Some of the top five teams also have wins and losses against prep school teams that the California Interscholastic Federation made...
Nike TOC Title Goes To Mitty
Girls from San Jose win the elite division in nation’s most prestigious tournament over the defending champion, the team they lost to in the quarterfinals last year, and now in line to take over No. 1 national ranking. Sophomore McKenna Woliczko named MVP. Ontario Christian also gets win over Mater Dei in top division. Windward […]
