Category Archives: CIF State Championships
Girls BB: CIFSS & SJS Top Titlists
Leading champions in CIF Southern Section championship games played at Cal Baptist University in Riverside and CIF Sac-Joaquin Section championship games played at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento were Windward of Los Angeles and St. Mary’s of Stockton. Windward, the defending CIF Open Division state champions, turned the tables on league rival Sierra Canyon […]
CIF Open Division Projections
With CIF section boys and girls basketball championships set to tip off on Friday and continuing through Saturday night, we have the breakdowns over which teams seem to be best in line to be placed in this year’s CIF Northern California and Southern California eight-team Open Division brackets. Those will be announced on Sunday and […]
A Place Packed Full Of Memories
It’s been Oracle Arena in Oakland since 2006, but the Oakland Coliseum Arena has been home to the four-time world champion Golden State Warriors since 1971. It’s also been the site of some historically significant high school basketball games (both boys and girls). With the Warriors moving to San Francisco after this season and the […]
All-State FB 2018: 1st Team Offense
We’re excited two days after Super Bowl Sunday and just before the February letter of intent signing day to present these 11 players plus a kicker and three of six multi-purpose players that have been selected to headline the 40th annual 2018 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. This is the elite group without school size […]
All-State FB 2018: 1st Team Defense
Here are the 11 players on the defensive side of the ball who have been named for the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams who are first team overall plus a punter and three more of the six multi-purpose players. For defense this year, the lineup shows three for defensive line, five for linebacker and […]
All-State FB 2018: Medium Schools
The 40th annual edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams will get to the large schools and overall choice over the Super Bowl weekend, but first we are focusing on the medium schools. Since we won’t put large-enrollment schools into “small” schools designations and don’t want to change our entire format to conform to […]
All-State Football 2018: Sophomores
The 40th annual year of doing anything is pretty amazing and for the annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams that’s where we’re at. We begin with the best of the best among sophomores. Yes, State Team of the Year Mater Dei is well-represented, but not all of the teams that were near the top of...
State Coach of Year: Michael Peters
Becoming the first public school head coach to win three straight CIF state titles in the modern era also nets prestigious overall State Coach of the Year selection for Oakland McClymonds’ Michael Peters. The Warriors have been moved up in divisions for the past two state titles and for their streak to continue they’ll probably […]
More State Football Coaches of Year
Here are the choices from among those schools considered large-size and medium for the 2018 season. Our medium schools honoree started out at a small school, but has now won two CIF state titles in the last three seasons. Since this year’s overall State Coach of the Year is from a school we classify as […]
Final State FB Ranks By Divisions
No. 1 teams for the 2018 season according to our traditional five-division state breakdowns are Mater Dei of Santa Ana (D1), Lawndale (D2), Menlo-Atherton of Atherton (D3), McClymonds of Oakland (D4) and Hilmar (D5). Two of these schools are No. 1 for the second straight year while two of them are No. 1 in the...
