For the second straight week, we have five new teams going into our rankings of the state’s elite squads. The highest of those is Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. Also up are Granite Bay, Mission Hills of San Marcos, Upland and Downey. Teams on the move the most include Warren of Downey, Mater Dei Catholic...
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More Softball State Teams of Year
In addition to overall No. 1 and Division 1 No. 1 Esperanza of Anaheim, others that can say they are mythical state champions for 2021 are Upland (Division 2), Notre Dame of Salinas (D3), Sutter (D4) and Fowler (D5).
Softball State Ranks By Divisions
With the 2020-21 season ending on Saturday with CIF SoCal regional championships, here’s a look at our own five-division state rankings for softball. For this year, we are combining the teams in the SoCal regional bracket into divisions (not the same) and then injecting where the NorCal teams would fit in based on our own […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Newcomers to this week’s elite list of the state’s best teams (with each team written up) are Rocklin and Upland. Long Beach Poly inches up to No. 26 after OT win over previously higher ranked foe while it’s also a bump for St. Mary’s of Stockton as a nod to how it played in a...
Playing The Nickname Game
From all-time great football players like “Mean” Joe Greene and Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch to all-time great basketball players like LeBron “King” James and George “The Ice Man” Gervin, nicknames are a fun part of both sports. Here’s our lists of the best ones we like in California high school history in both sports. Note: […]
Class of 2020 Football: Staying Strong
As the Class of 2020 departs for college with everyone thinking about all of the usual senior traditions not happening this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we’ve already had one Hot 100 final player ranking issued for softball and have now finished it for football. There’s a new No. 1 as this group moves...
State Defensive POY: Justin Flowe
Regarded as the best linebacker in the nation and one of the best in California for the past 20 years, Upland’s Justin Flowe adds top defensive honors for the state to his growing list of honors, including the Butkus Award that is given to the nation’s most outstanding linebacker.
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Wins by San Juan Hills (San Juan Capistrano) and Aquinas (San Bernardino) in CIF Southern Section finals actually caused a lot of changes in this week’s rankings. Not only did those two have to come in as newcomers, but so did some others. The list of six leads off with a team that beat San...
NEW State Top 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The major movers of the week include Bishop Amat of La Puente (from No. 35 to 15) and Servite of Anaheim (up six spots despite losing its game). We also have smaller bumps for Central of Fresno and Cathedral Catholic of San Diego. The top 10 from last week, though, all rolled so no changes...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
One of our two newcomers this week, Murrieta Valley of Murrieta, has to go in quite high since the win that put the Nighthawks over the top was against Oaks Christian of Westlake Village (previous No. 28). The other newcomer is unbeaten Pacifica of Oxnard, which has been the buzz of Ventura County. Others getting...
