In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporter Connor Morrissette speaks with PBR California Director of Scouting Les Lukach about the first month of the Southern Section high school baseball season. Morrissette asks Lukach which team has the best lineup, best pitching staff and the best chance to win the Division 1 Southern Section crown. Lukach also discusses the top prospects in the region and who he thinks will get drafted from the high school ranks in July's MLB Draft.  ...

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette and Lance Smith broke down the 2022 CIF State boys and girls basketball state championships. Who were the top players from the weekend at the Golden 1 Center? Which game was the best game to cover? Who did the best coaching job? The duo answers those questions and many more. ...

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporter Connor Morrissette teamed up with Prep2Prep's Ethan Kassel to preview this weekend's boys basketball state championship games at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.  The duo breaks down the following games: Friday, March 11   12:00 p.m. Division V Boys – Chaffey vs. Stuart Hall  4:00 p.m.   Division III Boys – Venice vs. Pleasant Valley  8:00 p.m.   Division I Boys – Damien vs. Clovis North   Saturday, March 12   12:00 p.m. Division IV Boys – Scripps Ranch vs. Justin-Siena  4:00 p.m.   Division II Boys – Foothill, Sana Ana vs. Elk Grove  6:00 p.m.   Open Division Girls – Sierra Canyon vs. Archbishop Mitty  8:00 p.m.   Open Division Boys – Centennial, Corona vs. Modesto Christian  ...

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva give out some high school basketball and football superlatives by answering the following questions: - Who has been your favorite high school basketball player to watch this season? - Who would you nominate for basketball coach of the year this season? - Who is an underrated basketball prospect that you think will do well at the next level? - Give your best starting five made up of area high school players, not the best five players or players who will make our all state team, but the five who would make the best team. - The freshman (2025) class in basketball is loaded. Who is your favorite player? - Which high school football team is no one talking about right now, but we'll be talking about them in October? - Which high school football team are you worried about heading into the fall? - If you were a high school football coach and there was a draft of kids in the area, give me your top five picks. ...

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette and Lance Smith preview this weekend's boys and girls basketball championship games in the Southern and LA City Sections.  The two begin by previewing the Southern Section girls basketball Open Division title game between Etiwanda and Sierra Canyon. Morrissette and Smith then break down the Open Division boys basketball championship game between Corona Centennial and Harvard-Westlake. The duo also discusses lower division championships in the Southern Section and then the LA City Section title games at the end of the show.  ...

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, host Connor Morrissette speaks with CIF Southern Section commissioner Rob Wigod about year one of the new playoff football format in the Section that placed teams in playoff divisions based solely on how they performed during the regular season. How did he think year one went? Can we expect any tweaks? Will this new format eventually be used for other sports? Wigod answers those questions and many more including which new sport the Section may adopt in the future. ...