Perhaps the most shocking win (due to the final score) in the history of Colton High football (recent photo above) took place in 1981 CIF Southern Section playoffs. At right is when current NFL QB Sean Mannion was at Foothill (Pleasanton) in 2008. Photos: iecn.com & pleasantonweekly.com.
This is how the season looked after the 12th 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. And at this point in those seasons things were really starting to get interesting. In 1981, there was a new No. 1 team in the state for the second straight week. The 1994 season was getting close to some epic showdowns. And in 2008, debate was beginning to build because everyone knew more than one great team might get left out of the CIF state bowl games.
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.
For week eight highlights CLICK HERE.
For week nine highlights CLICK HERE.
For week 10 highlights CLICK HERE.
For week 11 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.
