A grand slam in the top of the seventh inning by junior Hank Tripaldi (who just lost his mother to cancer) caps a six-run rally to lift De La Salle of Concord to its second straight dramatic win in its second straight CIF NorCal baseball final. With the 11-8 defeat, state No. 2 Valley Christian […]
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NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
With one week to go in the season and before State Teams of the Year are named, the top five shuffles a bit with Valley Christian (San Jose) inching up to No. 2 behind JSerra. The opt out of the Lions for this week’s CIF regional playoffs just can’t cause a change at the top....
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
There’s one Monday game from the CIFSS D1 playoffs involving No. 4 JSerra that is not included in this week’s rankings. Those playoffs will start to see huge matchups as early as the second round, including two top 10 teams playing each other. Valley Christian of San Jose in the CCS, De La Salle in...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
This week’s new order was rushed up to a Sunday night release due to the many teams starting in key spring break tournaments on Monday. There’s a new No. 1 as Valley Christian of San Jose has avenged its only loss, but Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks is still No. 2 despite dropping one of...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Three-game sweep of Harvard-Westlake in the Mission League pushes Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks back on top of the state. Win by Whitney of Rocklin over previous No. 1 De La Salle also caused some changes. Newcomers are led by surging Mater Dei of Santa Ana in the Trinity League along with Chaparral of Temecula...
MLB Draft: High schoolers not preferred
Brooks Lee, a graduate of San Luis Obispo, is the highest player from a California high school taken in the 2022 MLB Draft. The Cal Poly SLO shortstop went at No. 8 in the first round by the Minnesota Twins. The state did not get shutout in the first round for the first time since […]
Baseball/Softball Coach Milestones 2022
State record coaching lists for baseball and softball have now all been updated through the 2022 season and here’s a look at the most significant milestone wins that were celebrated. For baseball, John Diatte of San Jose Valley Christian won his 700th game and Darol Salazar of Palm Desert headed to retirement by moving up […]
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
There is a new No. 1 for the first time since the preseason as Villa Park goes that high for winning the Southern California Boras Classic and improving to 24-2. Buchanan of Clovis is a close second with previous No. 1 Orange Lutheran still at No. 3. Other big movers include Franklin of Elk Grove...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This week we head to the mountainous foothills of La Canada and the Inland Empire city of Murrieta for our Southern California honorees. For the north, it’s a stop in the Silicon Valley and San Jose for our baseball winner, and Santa Cruz County and Watsonville for the softball spotlight. We hope you enjoy this […]
