No. 18s on the go this season included standout sophomore Zo Edwards (left) from Grant of Sacramento and senior Niko White from Acalanes of Lafayette. Edwards is regarded as one of the top WR/TEs among sophomores in the nation. White had 73 catches for 1,083 yards and 15 TDs for the Dons. Photos: Scott Kurtz & Hudl.com.
The next step toward selection of the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams is updated lists of nominees based on input received from the first lists. More info also has come in from other sources. These players are all from the CIF sections in Northern California (except the Central Section). The Central, LA City & San Diego Sections will be in another post of final nominees and all of the CIF Southern Section will be in another. It’s still not too late to get in a nomination.
FOR THE FIRST LIST OF NORCAL NOMINEES, CLICK HERE.
Note: This is a post for Gold Club members only on Cal-Hi Sports.com. More Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football content that will be for Gold Club members only include second, final list of nominees from the other CIF sections plus second team, third team overall and All-State Juniors & Sophomores plus list of most outstanding freshmen. The free posts will be first team overall and first team small schools and medium schools. If you also want to check out all of our rankings content, and all state record updates, you can check it out for just $4.99 to cover a one-month subscription. For info, CLICK HERE.
CHECK OUT CALGAMESWANTED.COM
Created for Coaches by Coaches for California Varsity High School Head Coaches and Athletic Directors, Start building your schedule with CalGamesWanted.com.
User friendly to take the stress out of scheduling.
Please send any nomination with each athlete’s height, weight, position, year in school, significant statistics. Comparing a player not on the board yet to one who already is also can be very important toward eventual selection. Limit each nomination to one page please. Send to: markjtennis@gmail.com or text/call (209) 608-1317. Don’t assume we know all there is to know about a player on the list, either. Send us info to make sure all pertinent information is turned in and placed into our files.
All-State teams will be selected separately for sophomores and juniors. There also is an all-state honor roll for freshmen, but it’s not a team. Before the all-state first team overall, second team overall and third team is selected, there also will be separate teams for medium schools and small schools. All of these teams over the years are available to scan at any time for our Gold Club members. These now go back for more than 70 years. CLICK HERE.
Each team is comprised of 30 players — 11 on offense with a kicker and 11 on defense with a punter plus six that we call multi-purpose (allows QBs with rushing yards & those with offense & defense stats to get on). These are not recruiting lists (high school stats are considered) but college commitments are checked and of course can make a difference. For the nomination lists, injuries for a player listed after last season or a transfer can easily be missed. Those will be caught later on in the process or can be fixed for our updated, final list of nominees.
All-State Football patches will again be handled this year by our friends at BillyTees.com. For more information about Cal-Hi Sports merchandise at BillyTees.com, CLICK HERE. The patches from this year are in and recent years are still available now.
Special thanks for the work done on these nomination lists to Northern California correspondent Daniel Poulter. He’s a great follow on Twitter. Check him out at @DanielJPoulter.
