Category Archives: CIF State Championships
CIF Bowl Board No. 1 (North)
Here’s a first look at how the teams may begin to be stacking up for this year’s CIF Northern California regional bowl games. We build these boards from the top down and from the bottom going up with the toughest choices for the middle divisions. All of these teams should be viewed as place-holders in […]
CIF Bowl Board No. 1 (South)
Here’s a first look at how the teams may begin to be stacking up for this year’s CIF Southern California regional bowl games. We build these boards from the top down and from the bottom going up with the toughest choices for the middle divisions. All of these teams should be viewed as place-holders in […]
Stat Stars, State Records & More
For this week’s column, we present the idea of splitting away the CIF Open Division state football final from the other divisions as part of the final weekend of the season. We also have suggestions about future high school games hosted by the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium, show you where Heritage of Menifee’s...
CIF Sections: Biggest Challenges 2017
We asked all 10 of California Interscholastic Federation’s section commissioners to talk about what they felt were their biggest challenges heading into the 2017-18 school year and what they were looking forward to the most. Transfers were not highest on the list. Instead, it was more about helping athletic directors and coaches (especially new ones) […]
Preseason All-Long Beach/South Bay
This is the preseason football team that essentially combines the two coverage areas of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and South Bay Daily Breeze within the CIF Southern Section. Schools in westside of L.A. in the CIFSS also are included in this group. Any player from any school other than St. John Bosco, Long Beach Poly...
Preseason All-Central Sec FB Team
Wow, what a great group of QBs there are this year in the CIF Central Section and that’s even with the highest-ranked recruit of them all reported to be out for the year with an injury. The other main takeaway after looking through all the players is how good will Tulare be this season? The...
Football State Team Records Updated
All state football team records, some that date back more than 100 years, have now been updated prior to the start of the 2017 season. To see all of the record lists requires a Gold Club membership, but here is a look at some of the highlights in some of the various categories. Note: There […]
Preseason FB Ranks Taking Shape
As practices for the 2017 football season get underway in the state, we have a first draft of what the Cal-Hi Sports preseason state rankings may look like with teams that would be in our top 10 as of the beginning of August. We can say for sure the top four won’t change when the […]
State Athlete of Year: Javelin Guidry
For the second straight year, Vista Murrieta can claim the State Boys Athlete of the Year. It’s another member of the Broncos’ track team who gets the nod, but this time sprinter Javelin Guidry also happened to have been one of the top football defensive backs in Southern California last fall as well. For the […]
More State Boys Athletes of the Year
Among others being selected for top state honors is one of the most dominating wrestlers in the nation — Seth Nevills of Clovis (juniors) and one of the best distance runners in the last 20 years — Cooper Teare of Alameda St. Joseph Notre Dame (Division IV). And when learning of his background, how could […]
