Monte Vista of Danville QB Brett Nottingham (left) passed for four TDs and more than 300 yards in a close loss in 2008 to De La Salle. At right is standout NFL linebacker Joey Porter, who had 21 rushing TDs for a state top 20 team from Foothill of Bakersfield at this point of the season in 1994. Photos: Patch.com & blackandgoldworld.blogspot.com.
This is how the season looked after the eighth week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. No. 1 teams remained Edison of Huntington Beach, Bishop Amat of La Puente and Long Beach Poly. Those coming up included Marina of Huntington Beach (1981), Foothill of Bakersfield (1994) and Grant of Sacramento (2008). You also may be surprised at how close it came in a vote of the CIF Federated Council in 1994 to create a separate CIF Orange County Section. Plus, details on what probably was Tom Brady’s finest high school outing.
For an intro of this feature and a look at the top teams in the state entering these three seasons, CLICK HERE.
For week one highlights CLICK HERE.
For week two highlights CLICK HERE.
For week three highlights CLICK HERE.
For week four highlights CLICK HERE.
For week five highlights CLICK HERE.
For week six highlights CLICK HERE.
For week seven highlights CLICK HERE.
This is a post for Gold Club members only on CalHiSports.com. All of our annual preseason all-section, all-county and all-region football teams are being delayed in getting done until late November at the earliest. All of those posts will be for Gold Club members only, but we’ll have plenty more Gold Club coverage in football and boys basketball until then. Not to mention, we’ve just put all of our boys and girls basketball state records onto the site for Gold Club members plus baseball team state records. You can now join for one-month rate of just $3.99. For subscription info, CLICK HERE.
Like a memorable movie or perhaps any episode of Seinfeld, watching that movie or TV show more than once never gets old.
One of our features for the upcoming weeks when we’d normally be knee-deep in football coverage will be to replay three of the most exciting California high school football seasons from the preseason, every week during the regular season, then the playoffs and finally through the final state rankings.
