It’s easy to spot Central of Fresno head coach Kyle Biggs in the midst of the Grizzly players after they won third straight CIF Central Section D1 title. The team will try to win its first CIF state title on Friday vs. Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. Photo: @centralgrizzly / Twitter.com.
It will be No. 1 St. John Bosco vs. No. 3 De La Salle in this week’s CIF Open Division state championship. And going by this week’s rankings, it also will be No. 7 Central of Fresno vs. No. 9 Sierra Canyon and No. 8 Corona del Mar vs. No. 10 San Mateo Serra in CIF state finals in D1-AA and D1-A. Plus, go inside to see which team moved up from the 26-50 group into this one.
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(Previous ranking in parentheses)
(After games of Saturday, Dec. 7)
*Season complete.
**Season complete & forfeit wins, losses not included.
***Season still going, but forfeit wins, losses not included.
(Contributing: Chuck Nan for Orange County & Daniel Poulter for Northern California)
