Trying to do a First Look rankings last week with half the state still not in action was tough to say the least but with the pandemic still having an effect on things and some teams still not in action or with only one or two games under their... Read more

Mater Dei takes over at the top as previously announced, Sierra Canyon joins the top five for the first time in its history and San Clemente moves up into the top 10. The 2021 spring season didn’t finish with anything else too drastic from the next to last rankings.... Read more

The strange, spring season concluded for the Monarchs with a win over St. John Bosco last Saturday as those two schools have now shared top honors in the state for five straight seasons. It’s Mater Dei, though, now on top for three of the last four. The Monarchs will... Read more

Huntington Beach gets a giant push and moves to No. 5 in this week’s rankings with just one loss (and that was by one run to No. 2 Norco). Being in the same league as No. 1 Los Alamitos doesn’t hurt, either. Villa Park and Westlake (Westlake Village) also... Read more

Thousand Oaks stays at No. 1 as a new week begins, but there are many changes after that. Rancho Bernardo of San Diego moves up to No. 2, Ayala of Chino Hills rejoins the top five and there are huge jumps for unbeaten Royal of Simi Valley and Santa... Read more

With just two weeks to go for the vast majority of teams in the state for this very different spring season, we’ll treat Friday and Saturday nights like we do for the fall with the compilation of a weekend scoreboard involving the state’s top-ranked teams. Two expected showdowns fizzled... Read more

For week three of our Baseball and Softball Players of the Week feature we start out in Placer County (north of Sacramento) in the community of Granite Bay, then head south to the Port City of Stockton, and then to Ventura County for the second straight week, before ending... Read more

For week four of our NorCal/SoCal Players of the week we start out in the east end of the San Gabriel valley in Pomona and then head further east to the Inland Empire city of Moreno Valley, conclude our SoCal journey by heading north to Lompoc, and then hit... Read more

What to do in the aftermath of Norco’s win from last Saturday over previous No. 6 Corona Centennial? Should a team like the Cougars jump all the way up into this week’s rankings from the bubble and where should the Huskies drop? We say yes and put the two... Read more

Several from baseball & softball join with football for this week’s honor roll of significant individual accomplishments. These are done each week also to track totals for inclusion in our all-time state record lists, which can be found through the tabs on the top of this page. Football’s best... Read more

Summer conditioning for local athletes came to an early halt Wednesday as superintendents for school districts throughout Santa Cruz County ordered an end to the socially distanced workouts during the coronavirus pandemic. Their decision came 10 days after conditioning officially began and five days ahead of an expected announcement... Read more