Category Archives: CIF State Championships
CIF State Bowl Champs (All 13)
For a one-stop place for all of the CIF state bowl winners crowned on Friday, Dec. 16 or Saturday, Dec. 17 with an MVP chosen for each game, this is the place to go. First-time champions include San Clemente, Paraclete, Oakdale, Pleasant Valley, Bishop O’Dowd, McClymonds, Rancho Christian and St. Patrick-St. Vincent. No school won […]
St. John Bosco State Team of Year
It’s not the same as when there was no Open Division of the CIF state bowl games, but the Braves still officially get added to the list of all-time great teams in California that dates back more than 100 years.
Saturday Bowls: Bosco, then the rest
It’s a dominant showing for state No. 1 St. John Bosco of Bellflower, which wins its second CIF Open Division state title in four years with 56-33 win over two-time defending champion De La Salle of Concord. The nature of the win also displays the wide gap between SoCal’s top three teams this season — […]
Friday Bowls: San Diego Sweep
Cathedral Catholic stuns St. Mary’s of Stockton 38-35 in overtime to win school’s second CIF state title and complete perfect season. The Dons overcame 28-14 deficit in the second half and win title in higher division (I-AA) than in 2008. Cathedral Catholic’s win also gave the CIF San Diego Section a 2-0 record on the […]
Just the Picks: CIF Football Finals
As is our tradition, we go through each of the 13 upcoming CIF state football championship games and provide a predicted final score. We think a lot of NorCal teams will be successful on the road and perhaps one of the biggest underdogs is team with six state titles in the last seven years.
NEW Five-Division State FB Ranks
We’re still hoping to have all five final Cal-Hi divisional state No. 1 rankings going to CIF champions, but that will be harder now that Huntington Beach Edison, Calabasas and Sutter have all lost. Go inside to see where every CIF state championship participant has landed in this week’s rankings. If you can’t see this...
Saturday CIF Regional Scoreboard
Unbeaten seasons end for Sanger, Sutter and East Nicolaus, but continue on for Sierra Canyon and Strathmore. RB Joseph Garcia of Strathmore also rushes for 421 yards and seven TDs. Meanwhile, in the highest division playing Saturday, state No. 11 Edison of Huntington Beach falls to No. 16 San Clemente while No. 24 Del Oro […]
Friday CIF Regional Scoreboard
Stockton St. Mary’s & Cathedral Catholic of San Diego both win D1-AA regional crowns and will meet next Friday at Sac State for state title. State-ranked Calabasas also goes down in second straight amazing comeback win for San Diego Madison in D2-AA. Every division written up in this post. We’ll have similar package after Saturday […]
FINAL 2016 Girls VBall State Top 20
Due to the first-ever Open Division, it was harder to rank the CIF divisional state champions too high. CIF D1 state champ Edison did land fourth, but D2 champion Cathedral Catholic couldn’t crack the final Top 20 and neither could D3 titlist Acalanes of Lafayette. Cathedral Catholic and nine other teams, however, were placed in […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Oakdale’s Will Semone isn’t close to the state leading rushing total of Riverside Norte Vista’s Eric Melesio, but in four playoff games he’s led the surging Mustangs by rushing for 1,162 yards. Other honored this week are from Bakersfield, Moraga, San Clemente, Harbor City and El Monte.
