For the third time since 2012, the Norco High softball team has been officially added to the all-time list of State Teams of the Year that extends back to 1974. The Cougars didn’t play in the CIF regional championships, but already had put together a strong enough resume to finish No. 1 after winning the […]
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Salute to Larry Allen & Taylor Dockins
Two of the most inspirational athletes we’ve ever written about in the 45 plus years of Cal-Hi Sports both passed away earlier this week on the same day. If the all-time great NFL lineman Larry Allen ever met 2017 Ms. Softball State Player of the Year Taylor Dockins, he could probably lift two Taylors on […]
Schools With The Most All-State Players
Softball all-state selections don’t go back as many years as they do for other sports, but we do have a school with 23 all-state softball selections since 2003 and that’s Norco. The only schools close are both from Orange County — Mater Dei (Santa Ana) and Pacifica (Garden Grove). Pacifica actually has the same number […]
All-Decade Softball 2010s: Honors
We’ll have a separate post coming on Friday containing the actual all-decade all-state softball teams for the 2010s, but for this first announcement we’re taking care of the major awards: State Player of the Decade, State Coach of the Decade, State Team of the Decade and State Game of the Decade. Norco actually could have […]
Ms. Softball 2019: Kinzie Hansen
In another of the closest selections ever, the Norco High catcher edges out two others to collect the state’s longest-running individual softball honor. She is the fourth from Norco to be Ms. Softball this decade and is only the second catcher now on the all-time list. In the end, despite the accomplishments of the five […]
Ms. Softball 2018: It’s Tidd by a tad
This one was one of the closest selections ever, but what happened in the last game and local consensus is the difference as Payton Tidd of San Marcos earns the state’s longest-running individual softball honor. There were five outstanding finalists this year but it basically came down to two from the CIF San Diego Section. […]
More Girls State Athletes of the Year
Laguna Beach water polo standout and USA gold medalist from London Aria Fischer earns top honor for her school’s division and can be considered a close runner up to State Athlete of the Year Tara Davis. Others gaining top recognition include Megan Faraimo of San Diego Cathedral Catholic (juniors) and rising USA soccer phenom Kennedy […]
Ms. Softball 2017: Duh, it’s Dockins
Despite a loss in the last game, there really isn’t any other way to go for this year’s winner for the state’s longest-running and perhaps most prestigious individual softball honor. Norco’s Taylor Dockins just has to be the one on so many levels, from how she’s handled all of the attention she got this season […]