Here is the second, updated list of nominees on our board as we get ready to select the annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams. These are from the massive CIF Southern Section as well as San Diego and L.A. City after receiving input from the first list. We have been honoring the state’s best softball...
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Boys BB All-State Nominations (Part 1)
It’s only a few weeks after we got wrapped up with all of the all-state teams in football, but now it’s time to start the process toward selecting the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams in boys basketball. This is the first list of nominees based on all of our sources, but there will be […]
Preseason CIFSS SGV-Whittier & More
This will be the next to last stop in our tour of California through various preseason all-section, all-county or all-area football teams. This time, we complete the CIF Southern Section with a look at top returning players from the San Gabriel, Santa Clarita & Antelope valleys. Bishop Amat of La Puente is the leading team....
Great Seasons Replayed (’81, ’94, ’08)
Today we introduce one of the features we’ll be doing during this period of time in the fall with no high school sports in the state. It’s a week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. We begin with a look at...
NEW Medium/Small School FB Ranks
There were lots of section playoff byes and other teams that didn’t play last week, but there was one result from the CIF Southern Section first round — Palos Verdes of PV Estates falling to Loyola in D4 — that caused some changes to this week’s medium schools rankings. For small schools, we have come...
Football Coaching Milestones 2018
As the calendar changes from 2018 to 2019, our postseason football projects continue with a look at significant coaching milestones. Whether it’s 298 or 300 wins for Santa Ana Mater Dei’s Bruce Rollinson, back-to-back CIF state titles further cements his legacy as one of state’s all-time best. Next to reach 300 may be Newhall Hart’s...
Boys BB: Divisional All-State Teams
We go back to choosing these teams by CIF divisions instead of large, medium & small, but for the combined Open Division & Division I we have doubled it in size compared to the others to account for the difference in competitive equity. Every CIF state champion has at least two players chosen to one...
State Softball Coaches of the Year
The 2014 State Coach of the Year is Margaret Mauro from Cathedral Catholic of San Diego, who guided the team to a 29-3 record and Division I section title. Other honors to Jim Maier from St. Paul of Santa Fe Springs and Russell Emberson of Taft.
More Softball State Teams of Year
Toughest choice ends up for Division III and the nod goes to St. Paul of Santa Fe Springs. Amador Valley (Division I), Mission Viejo (Division II), Taft (Division IV) and St. Bonaventure of Ventura (Division V) all finish on top as well.
