Author Archives: Mark Tennis
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Trinity League dominance gets more pronounced every week and this time the super league now has all six teams in the top 15. We have Orange Lutheran, Santa Margarita, JSerra and Servite at No. 12 through No. 15 but really any order may make sense. The other big move this week was jumping up CIF...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Central Catholic goes in for the first time this season at No. 39 after its big win over St. Mary’s of Stockton while Westlake of Westlake Village also debuts fairly high at No. 41 after its victory against Newbury Park. The week’s only other newcomer is Buchanan of Clovis, which is looking like one of...
What We Learned: DLS-St. Francis
At least on this night, not having an effective passing game shows that the Spartans still have a way to go to get close to the CIF Open Division championship level of St. John Bosco and Bosco’s league rivals from Mater Dei. Their front seven on defense, however, could end up being equal to many […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Matchup between No. 2 St. John Bosco and No. 6 Chaminade is close for awhile, but Braves wore down the Eagles 31-17. NorCal No. 1 De La Salle had similar game with NorCal No. 3 St. Francis of Mountain View but dominant defense helped Spartans pull away 31-7 in second half. One of biggest upsets […]
More FB Player of Week Nominees
Some of these could still be written up later on in the season as a NorCal/SoCal Player of the Week because the only rule we have for players of the week is that no one can be chosen more than once. Note: Nominations accepted each week at markjtennis@gmail.com. Micah Barnes (Kennedy, Richmond): On just 10 […]
Stat Stars, State Records & More
From controversial Joe Mixon of the Cincinnati Bengals to new kickers Aldrick Rosas and Rigoberto Sanchez of the New York Giants and Indianapolis Colts, congrats to all of those NFL rookies from California high schools making their debuts this weekend. This column this week also includes updated state record lists for most receiving yards (single...
