Category Archives: CIF State Championships
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.
CIF Bowl Picks, Pans & Power Moves
All of the CIF NorCal and SoCal regional bowl choices are out. Go inside to see what we think for each division and to check out which teams we peg as the favorites to win titles in every division. We hope you enjoy this free feature. It’s also a great time to sign up for […]
CIF SoCal Bowl Board Updates
Go here for team-by-team outlooks and for the matchups we’d like to see in this year’s SoCal bowl games for next weekend. Note: This post has been updated through Saturday night. Also note that for this run through we went with Bakersfield Christian, Selma and Strathmore as the three CIF Central Section teams that should...
CIFSS D1: Bosco Back in Business
In the latest state No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in the CIF Southern Section’s Major Division title game, No. 2 St. John Bosco wears down top-ranked Mater Dei of Santa Ana, 42-28, to win the section D1 title. It will be an easy call to pit current state No. 2 St. John Bosco vs. perennial […]
CIF NorCal Bowl Board Updates
Go here for team-by-team outlooks and for the matchups we’d like to see in this year’s NorCal bowl games for next weekend. Note: This post will be updated throughout the day Saturday and through Saturday night. Also note that for this run through we went with Bakersfield, Sanger and Mendota as the three CIF Central...