Category Archives: CIF State Bowl Rankings

First CIF state title for REV

It’s another crazy finish as Clayton Valley of Concord is denied go-ahead TD with 4:12 left on a fumble. Redlands East Valley holds on for 34-33 win in CIF Division II state bowl game and earns first CIF state team title in any sport for the school.

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Campolindo gets stunning win

Cougars were down 28-7 in the third quarter to El Capitan of Lakeside in CIF Division III state bowl game but stage the biggest second-half comeback in the nine years of the CIF bowl games with 35-28 triumph. They won it on an 85-yard fumble return with 52 seconds left, too.

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D-Line Turns It ON For Folsom

In the Bulldogs’ 68-7 win over Oceanside for the CIF Division I state championship, there were some anxious moments early before defensive pressure led to Pirate mistakes, then the vaunted offense took over. Jake Browning ends historic season with 91 TD passes for the season (a national record tie) and 229 TD passes for career […]

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Three-peat for Central Catholic

The Raiders once again show they just play at a higher level than the more traditional small schools of Southern California with 31-19 triumph over St. Margaret’s of San Juan Capistrano for their third straight CIF Division IV state title.

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CIF State Bowl Breakdowns

Since we’ve seen eight of the 10 teams playing in Carson this weekend in person (some more than once), we break down every matchup and choose a predicted score. You can see the score in each team’s preview that’s posted in our insider blog, but you need to be a Gold Club member to check...

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Week 16 State Rankings Updates

We have compiled this week’s State 25 plus a combined look at the four CIF bowl game divisions (north and south teams now mixed together) heading into this week’s CIF state bowl games in Carson. One new team has joined the State 25 while No. 1 teams are De La Salle (D1), Clayton Valley (D2), […]

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NorCal crown for Campolindo

Cougars start slow against Sutter but dominate the second half in 35-14 victory that gives them a second trip to Carson to play in the CIF Division III state bowl game.

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New Bowl Format Gets Mocked Up

Using this year’s CIF section champions and next year’s proposed format, see for yourself what the matchups might have looked like after they were announced on Sunday. Yes, it is watered down but that doesn’t mean a lot of schools are not going to like it. If you want to see this post and are...

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Picks are in: Aptos, Enterprise out

Eighteen teams are awarded berths into CIF bowl games with De La Salle of Concord leading the north and Centennial of Corona leading the south. The two teams that were left out in what were probably the hardest choices of the day – but possibly not the most complicated — were Aptos and Enterprise of […]

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Week 15: NorCal CIF Bowl Rankings

Here’s the updated lists for every division plus a NorCal Open Division Top 20 after all games are played on Saturday and before the CIF meets to choose teams for this year’s bowl games.

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