With many teams on a bye week, the only changes to really ponder were where to put De La Salle after its 24-20 loss to Folsom and which team should go in at No. 25. The answers were No. 9 and West Ranch of Valencia. This is our 44th consecutive year of compiling California state...
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NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
This week we visit a couple of state-ranked teams, one of which has some big-time stars, but those players were not the ones honored. We also uncovered some diamonds in the rough, plus one from a well-known family in the Bay Area. Our stops are in Brentwood, Woodlake and El Dorado Hills in Northern California, […]
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....
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
At some point this season, just like we did for the record-breaking senior season of former Folsom QB Jake Browning, we knew we were going to write up Kaiden Bennett as one of our players of the week. This became that week. Our other honorees for this week are from San Jose, Bakersfield, Valencia, Yorba […]
More State Girls Athletes of the Year
Some of those selected to represent CIF divisions from D1 to D5 also were considered to be State Athlete of the Year, including quite rare softball-track standout Kelli Godin of Santa Ana Mater Dei (D1) and barrier-breaking football kicker and multi-sport athlete Emma Baker of Temecula Rancho Christian. Others landing top recognition include Simone Overbeck […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
It’s our first chance this season to write about some of the most prolific, interesting and best baseball/softball players in the state through this weekly feature. One of them really is a Starr who hails from the fairly new school of Mountain House. The other three are from Valencia, San Jose and Atascadero.
FINAL 2016 All-State Baseball Noms
Just like for softball this week, nearly 100 additional players have been added to our updated list of nominees for the 36th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state baseball teams. New photos also have been utlized. It’s still not too late to send in a nomination, but the first all-state teams will be announced within days. If...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Although Buchanan is down to one win left in order to wrap up a mythical state title, others are on the move, including De La Salle up to No. 3, Eastlake up to No. 6 and repeat section champions St. Francis (Mountain View) and El Camino Real to No. 8 and No. 9. Highest newcomer...
