Statewide tour of each CIF section (SF & Oakland players to watch still to come) is complete with unveiling of preseason All-San Fernando Valley squad, which also includes the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley areas. We put two of the region’s very best athletes — Devon Williams of Antelope Valley and Matthew Tago of Quartz...
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Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (16-30)
This second group of elite teams leads off with Calabasas, which is continuing to build toward a CIF state title. We also had a hard time coming up with a team to start out highest in the CIF Central Coast Section, so we just stuck two of them in this group right next to each […]
All-State Softball: 2nd & 3rd Teams
The 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams selections for softball also includes 30 players named second team overall plus 30 more who are third team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on second team. The third team, however, is only for seniors and only for large schools. For...
MLB Draft: Top two are SoCal preps
It’s the first time two players from CIF Southern Section schools go 1-2 in the MLB Draft after Royce Lewis and Hunter Greene are selected in those positions during Monday’s MLB Draft. It’s not the first time it’s happened for California. Go inside to read about the 1980 and 2000 MLB Drafts and for a […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Three of this week’s choices — Jack Hinrichsen of Sacramento McClatchy (no-hitters), Dante Faicchio of Laguna Beach (doubles) and Ally Shipman of Valencia (home runs) — may be on their way to placing high in all-time state career record listings. The other, San Jose Archbishop Mitty sophomore Hannah Edwards, is on her way to playing […]
Girls BB All-State Nominations (Part 1)
We’ve been doing all-state girls basketball teams for California almost as long as the boys (37 years compared to 38) and it’s now time to get going for No. 38. The first step is to post a list of nominees from every CIF section in the state. We’ll post a second updated list — which […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
With two weeks of performances to search out, we’ve found some real head-turners. In baseball, Jonathan Guardado of La Puente Nogales gets his second and third no-hitters, two players from Etiwanda hit for the cycle in back-to-back games and Wyatt Aguilar of Mountain Empire hits a double in sixth straight game. In softball, we have […]
First Baseball State Top 20
These aren’t preseason rankings because games have begun, but this is the first look and our starting point of the Cal-Hi Sports state baseball rankings for the 2017 season. We have done rankings of the state’s top baseball teams for more than 35 years and are going with 2016 State Team of the Year Buchanan […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
Amazing season for junior Anyssia Gibbs from Granite Hills of Apple Valley continues with 48-point outing vs. Silverado. This week’s best also includes a 52-point performance in a 109-100 four-overtime game from Calvary Murrieta’s Ryley Collom, who only averages 13 ppg, plus we have a triple-double from Saratoga’s Joel Schneidmiller, who also happens to be […]
