Author Archives: Mark Tennis
NEW Regional Bowl Game Projections
There’s only one new team on the North side of our board and one switch of teams for a division since we first looked at the scenarios for CIF regional football finals. In the South, the Narbonne situation in the L.A. City Section changed again, we did a geographical switch of teams to set up...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Two teams that gained six spots this week are new No. 27 Granite Hills of El Cajon and new No. 28 Yorba Linda. The Marmonte League also shows its strength in this group with St. Bonaventure back inside the top 40 and Pacifica of Oxnard coming back in after amazing comeback win over Long Beach...
Public School No. 1 Decided?
Friday night’s matchup in the CIF Southern Section D1 quarterfinals between No. 4 seed Mission Viejo and No. 5 Corona Centennial was called a Public School Super Bowl by many in the Southern California media. But did Centennial’s 25-20 triumph over the Diablos wrap up another State Public School of the Year selection for the […]
CIF Regional Bowl Game Projections
Sorry, but last week’s medium/small school rankings really have to be the last ones until the final rankings when the season is over. Instead, now that every CIF section in the state has playoff pairings available, we need to get out our first run through of projections about which champions at the end of the […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Biggest changes this week are as a result of Inglewood losing by a large margin to Santa Margarita in the CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs and St. Francis of Mountain View falling in its regular season final. That helps Serra of Gardena to move up three spots plus San Juan Hills and Simi Valley joining...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are five new teams inside the top 50 this week, led by new No. 41 St. Bonaventure (Ventura) with Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco back in right behind the Seraphs. Clovis, Serra of San Mateo and La Habra are the other three. This week’s highest risers are all from Orange County — San Clemente,...
Girls BB Records Ready for 2024-25
All of the Cal-Hi Sports state records in girls basketball are updated and ready to go before teams begin playing games later this month to start the 2024-25 season. Here’s a recap of the new additions, led by Class of 2027 phenom Kaleena Smith of Ontario Christian, and a look at those schools moving up […]
Tough Night For Being 10-0
We were not able to get out to a Friday night game this week, and with many of the state’s top-ranked teams on first round section playoff byes, our focus became the plight of teams that were 10-0 in the regular season that did play in the CIF Southern Section, CIF L.A. City Section and...
Boys BB Records Ready for 2024-25
All of the Cal-Hi Sports state records in boys basketball are updated and ready to go before teams begin playing games later this month to start the 2024-25 season. Here’s a recap of the new additions and a look at the career state scoring record currently held by Sacramento Sheldon’s DeMarcus Nelson. We hope you […]
