Author Archives: Mark Tennis
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Apologies for missing one week of these rankings last week, but we’re back from a trip to London and Paris and we’ll be going at full strength for the rest of the 2024 season. There was some shuffling among the top five teams since the last rankings mostly due to Servite of Anaheim getting a...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
The highest rising newcomer compared to the previous rankings is unbeaten Simi Valley, especially after its win two weeks ago vs St. Bonaventure. Also new is Downey, Long Beach Millikan, San Jacinto and Yorba Linda. Up five spots from last time is Rocklin and St. Mary’s of Stockton. San Juan Hills is up six. TO...
What We Saw: DLS Wins In London
In the first-ever game played by a California high school football team in Europe, state No. 6 De La Salle of Concord completed a five-day trip to London with a 31-9 win over the NFL Academy team at Tottenham Hot Spur Stadium. Go inside for our unique experience of covering this game and how the […]
State Super 70: No. 1 to No. 10
We have no new state rankings this week, but here’s the final top 10 teams in our updated version of our look at the greatest football teams in state history. We will have regular State TOP 50 rankings returning next week perhaps just a little later than usual. At the top, it still has to...
State Super 70: No. 11 to No. 20
Our Sunday special this week continues the countdown of the 70 greatest high school football teams in state history. As we move toward the top 10, there are some changes in this range of teams. This is mainly because of the elevation of the Folsom High Bulldogs of 2014. Their QB, Jake Browning, in the...
State Super 70: No. 21 to No. 30
We are on a trip overseas this week so there was no games attended on Friday night and there will be no weekly state rankings for one week. Instead, for this week on Saturday we’re continuing with our updated look at the greatest teams in state history. This group starts off with one from St....
State Super 70: No. 31 to No. 45
We are on a trip overseas this week so there will be no games attended on Friday night and there will be no weekly state rankings for one week. For this week on Friday, we’re running the first and second parts of our updated look at the greatest teams in state history in a reverse...
State Super 70: No. 46 to No. 70
We are on a trip overseas this week so there will be no games attended on Friday night and there will be no weekly state rankings for one week. For this week on Friday, we’re running the first and second parts of our updated look at the greatest teams in state history in a reverse...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The two big results that shook up this week’s rankings were St. Ignatius of San Francisco posting a 21-20 win over previous No. 9 Serra of San Mateo and Serra of Gardena exploding past previous No. 15 Los Alamitos. Both of those teams were in our top 50 and both need to get bumped up...