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Mitch Stephens

Mitch Stephens

Joined: Jun 19, 2024

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.

De La Salle junior winning pitcher Graham Schlicht improved to 10-0 on Tuesday, giving up a leadoff homer and nothing more.
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Stanford-bound Graham Schlicht pitches De La Salle into the Northern California high school baseball finals

Junior right-hander fires a four-hitter with nine strikeouts, Antonio Castro drives in two runs and Spartans reach NorCal D1 finals for third time in four years with 3-0 win over St. Mary's-Stockton

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Pow for Poway! Senior slugger Sophia Burmeister had 18 homers and 38 RBI heading into a SoCal semifinal Division 1 game on Thursday.
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Tight games, big power, upsets in first round of California high school softball SoCal, NorCal regional playoffs

Brackets, scores, roundup: Many squads travel more than 150 miles to play elimination games in high intensity one-week tournament up and down the 780-mile length of Golden State

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St. Mary's senior infield Alex Escalante (3) leads the Rams into the California (CIF) Northern California semifinals Thursday at De La Salle after a first-round 4-3 win over Valley Christian.
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Walks offs, upsets, lightning highlight CIF State 2025 high school baseball SoCal, NorCal regional first round

The CIF State regional playoff brackets have been announced, placing all the sections in the North and South into one regional tournament from Divisions 1-5.

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St. Francis of La Canada freshman Jaden Soong wins California (CIF) state golf championship with a 9-under round of 62 at Poppy Hills Country Club in Pebble Beach.
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15-year-old freshman shoots 9-under 62 to win California (CIF) high school golf title

La Canda St. Francis ninth-grader Jaden Soong birdies last two holes to win by two shots at Poppy Hills Country Club; Hometown Stevenson shoots 2-under to win team title

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Clovis North is the No. 5 seed in the CIF Northern California softball regional and travels to fourth seed Whitney on Tuesday.
California

CIF State 2025 high school softball SoCal, NorCal regional playoff brackets, pairings

The CIF State regional playoff brackets have been announced, placing all the sections in the North and South into one regional tournament from Divisions 1-5.

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Jurupa Valley's AB Hernandez (second from the right) stands in the middle of two other competitors that share the 1st-place podium for the girls high jump at the CIF State track and field finals on Saturday, May 31, 2025 in Clovis, Calif.
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Transgender track athlete wins two California state titles in girls triple, high jump

Jurupa Valley's AB Hernandez won the high jump and triple jump at the CIF State track and field championships Saturday in Clovis.

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San Diego freshman Jasir Fontenot eyeballs the finish line en route to breaking his own meet record in the 110 high hurdles Saturday in the California (CIF) State Championship at Veteran's Memorial Stadium on the campus of Buchanan High School in Clovis
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Temperatures, athletes rise in epic California (CIF) High School Track and Field Championships: Live updates recap

Meet records, national-leading marks dominate right down to Long Beach Poly's dramatic 4x400 relay win over local Central East, Servite; Fontenot family, Herbst twins among countless stars

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De La Salle junior Jaden Jefferson (left) on his way to a California (CIF) state 100-meters record in 10.01 seconds at Friday's 2025 state-meet trials in Clovis.
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Jaden Jefferson shatters California 100 mark; Transgender jumper advances 1st in 3 events: CIF State Track trials

De La Salle junior shocks crowd, but not himself while going 10.01 in trials of 105th track and field jewel, Freshman breaks state-meet hurdles mark; Amongst security, media AB Hernandez takes 6 jumps, qualifies first in 2

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Servite track and field impressed at the CIF Southern Section finals.
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10 athletes/storylines heading into hot CIF State High School Track and Field Championships

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Stanford bound Tyler Spangler, ranked the top junior in California by Prep Baseball Report, leads the Spartans in the NCS Division I title game Saturday against College Park at St. Mary's College
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California (CIF) North Coast Section high school baseball updated playoff scores, title-game schedule (5/29/2025)

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Sage Hill powered past Santa Barbara en route to a CIF Southern California Division 3 championship. On Saturday, the Lightning play International for a state title.
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California (CIF) State boys volleyball high school championship title games are here: (5/29/2025)

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Jurupa Valley's AB Hernandez (right) stands on the No. 1 mark of the winner's podium after winning the triple jump at the CIF Masters meet whilst Kaylee Best of Norco stands on the No. 2 spot.
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Following Donald Trump's orders, CIF clarifies plans for transgender athlete at California track championships

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