Category Archives: Annual all-state teams

All-State FB 2020-21: Medium Schools

State D3 Team of the Year Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) & runner-up Marin Catholic (Kentfield) both get players onto this teams, along with several schools that were D2 for our final state rankings. Other schools with more than one honoree include Culver City, La Jolla, La Serna of Whittier, Clayton Valley of Concord, Pacifica of […]

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All-State FB 2020-21: Small Schools

State D4 Team of the Year Sacred Heart Prep and State D5 Team of the Year Tri-City Christian both land multiple players onto these first and second teams. State Small Schools Player of the Year J.T. Thompson of Harvard-Westlake also has a teammate that joins him as an all-state honoree. These teams also include state’s […]

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All-State FB 2020-21: Juniors

Following the release of our all-state sophomores yesterday, it’s time to announce those who are all-state juniors for the 2020-21 season. State Junior of the Year Noah Fifita from Servite of Anaheim went on first team for multi-purpose due to all of his rushing TDs as a QB. That led to Gardena Serra’s Maalik Murphy...

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All-State FB 2020-21: Sophomores

The 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams may be as late as they can be, but they were always going to be done. This year’s series of teams begins with a look at the best of the best among sophomores. Mater Dei and St. John Bosco are represented by two players, but the school...

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Boys BB Primer: Top All-State Players

We broke down the state’s top teams last week heading into this much different spring season and this week we take a look at the top players from around California, including an early season or preseason all-state team. We also break down how the impacted season might impact post-season honors, such as all-state and Mr. […]

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Preseason All-State Teams (Spring ’21)

There wasn’t enough time between the state providing the okay for football to start and the actual start of games later this week to do all of our usual preseason teams, but we do have a preseason all-state first, second and third team completed and know we’ll have to do the same this summer for […]

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All-State FB Medium/Small Watch Lists

With some teams slated to play actual spring 2021 football games as early as next week, we’re beginning our series of statewide preseason posts with this look at top players to watch from those schools classified as medium or small for our annual all-state honors. North Coast Section schools Marin Catholic and Cardinal Newman have […]

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All-Time All-State Medium FB Teams

Several days after doing a feature on the all-time all-state small schools football teams, we are following up with the best-ever grads from California’s medium-sized schools. With Firebaugh’s Josh Allen playing in the AFC title game on Sunday, the medium schools group is led by another NFL QB still playing this week — probable league...

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All-Time All-State Small Schools Teams

Inspired by the phenomenal success this season of Firebaugh’s Josh Allen with the Buffalo Bills, we’ve come up with an all-time all-state small schools football team. It’s been done based on what’s happened by players after high school and it’s filled with many more stories of those who were under-recruited and mostly unknown in high...

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Top Takeaways From Latest CIF Moves

This post is more of an opinion about what could come next regarding the latest delay in California high school sports, and what to look for as it impacts state rankings, all-state teams and this web site in the coming weeks. We also reveal the results of a recent football coaches survey we did which […]

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