Patrick Wicklander from Valley Christian of San Jose, which just this week ascended to No. 1 in the Cal-Hi Sports State Top 20 baseball rankings, led the team to 7-0 win over Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco on Tuesday with a no-hitter. And it wasn’t just any no-hitter, either. In Wicklander’s no-hitter, he struck out […]
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NEW Baseball State Top 20
Valley Christian of San Jose climbs to the No. 1 ranking for California and look who’s No. 2 right behind: West Catholic Athletic League rival Bellarmine. And guess which teams play each other this Friday? Results from the SoCal Boras Classic cause lots of shuffling this week as previously unranked JSerra and La Mirada get...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Unbeaten teams are on the move in this week’s rankings, which were done on Sunday to account for a solid portion of teams that are playing on Monday. Foothill of Pleasanton is up from No. 8 to No. 3, Arcadia is up from No. 14 to No. 8 and Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach is...
Baseball: Preseason State Top 25
Eastlake of Chula Vista, the 2017 State Team of the Year, has more than enough firepower returning to start 2018 in the same position. Another CIF San Diego Section team, Cathedral Catholic, also is in the top five. The top CIF Southern Section preseason team, Orange Lutheran, begins at No. 2. Meanwhile, the two top […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Teams on the rise include Valley Christian of San Jose, which is up to No. 26 but has to play another fast-riser on Saturday in San Mateo, and Bishop Amat of La Puente, which is up to No. 34 after toppling previous No. 21 Serra of Gardena. Clovis West of Fresno also gets bumped up...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth has to blast upward from the bubble to No. 32 after knocking off previous No. 9 Calabasas. This week’s other two newcomers are Tulare and Lawndale. Plus, Central Catholic of Modesto is now up to No. 26 as buildup for Nov. 3 showdown vs. No. 25 Oakdale starts to get serious....
Preseason All-CCS Football Team
A tremendous group of defensive linemen highlights this year’s top group from the CIF Central Coast Section. We put five on first team and there’s some other great ones we had to put on second but are among the best DLs in Northern California. Milpitas leads the way with five honorees and if we were...
All-State Softball: Underclass
First up in our annual All-State Softball extravaganza — which is being presented for the 35th consecutive year — is the best of the best among juniors, sophomore and freshmen. Of course, those with commitments to big-time college programs can have an edge, but these teams are based mostly on what happened and who shined...
Updated All-State Softball Nominees
We’re now just days away from starting to release the 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams. Thanks to those who sent in updates from when we first posted this list. We have more than 50 additional names on the list and other corrections and fixes made. It’s only too late to send in a...
