Category Archives: Annual all-state teams
Boys BB All-State Nominees (Part 1)
CIF state championships are about to be decided so it is a perfect time to get the process going for the annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams for boys basketball. These honors have been done by us for well more than 40 years. These lists of honorees were first posted on March 2 and are the […]
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List 2023
One week after the Super Bowl and two weeks after the last of our annual all-state teams went out, we look to the future. Here is a watch list of leading freshmen football players in the state from the 2023 season who are on track to be all-state sophomores next season. Zach Benitez from Granite...
All-State FB 2023: 2nd & 3rd Teams
This post including 2nd & 3rd Teams for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams wraps up all of this year’s lists of honorees. There will still be an updated all-state watch list for freshmen to come, but it can’t be done like our other all-state teams. Like the first team overall, the second...
All-State FB 2023: Medium Schools
It can be confusing what’s medium schools vs large schools, especially in the world of competitive equity playoff divisions in which schools don’t know what divisions they will be in until playoffs actually begin, but we rely on our experience of covering the state to keep the format working. CIF D2-AA finalists La Serna of […]
All-State Football 2023: Small Schools
The 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State football honors marches on with the small schools. There are five from first team last year who have repeated for the 2023 season led by a Washington recruit who has posted one of the highest career sack totals in state history. Another repeater, QB Boone Lourd of L.A. Brentwood, […]
All-State Football 2023: Juniors
It’s time for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams to check in with a salute to the outstanding juniors from the Class of 2025. A strong QB class shows one on first team as usual with four on first team multi-purpose, although one multi-purpose player who played receiver-defensive back just had to get...
All-State Football 2023: Sophomores
Welcome to the first selections for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. We may not be the granddaddy of them all (copyright Rose Bowl) but we’re pretty sure there’s been some grandpas who we’ve chosen in the past for these teams. We begin with a look at those getting first & second team...
FINAL All-State FB Noms (NorCal)
Here is the third of three lists of players considered as final nominees for the various 2023 season all-state football teams. These are all from CIF Northern California sections (excluding Central Section). These lists have been updated from the first lists compiled from about one month ago. Thanks for all of the nominations and input....