Category Archives: CIF State Championships
Girls Open Division: Super 8s
After all of the Friday and Saturday section finals, here would be the eight girls basketball teams in Northern California and the eight in Southern California that we’d pick for the Open Divisions. The first five positions in the North and first two in the South should be easy, but even No. 3 in the […]
Girls BB Rankings By Divisions
As the section playoffs reach critical stages this week and teams stamp their tickets for the upcoming NorCal and SoCal regional playoffs, here’s a breakdown of how certain teams stack up in projected CIF state divisions. We also project which eight teams in the North and which eight teams in the South are on track...
After No. 1 beats No. 2, what’s next?
It wasn’t the typical high-scoring hijinks seen for games so far involving state and national No. 1 Chino Hills, but the play of its two freshmen starters may have been the difference in a 71-67 triumph vs. state No. 2 Bishop Montgomery of Torrance in Saturday night’s Fairfax State Preview. The Knights may get two […]
Senior-laden DLS State Team of Year
The only blemish was a strange loss in the season opener almost in the middle of the night (due to weather delays) in Texas, but in the end it’s another top finish for the nation’s all-time best football program. How should the Spartans be handled coming into next season, however, with only two returning starters?
Saturday Bowls: DLS Back-To-Back
After CIF state bowl wins by Narbonne in D1A and Central Catholic in Small Schools Open Division, De La Salle of Concord beats Centennial of Corona 28-21 to win its sixth CIF state title in seven years, second in a row and denies Huskies a shot at one mythical national title.
Friday Bowls: Devilish Diablos
Mission Viejo takes CIF Division IAA crown with 24-0 victory over Bellarmine of San Jose while Del Oro of Loomis wins the CIF D2AA title by downing Camarillo 16-6. Diablos end 16-0 while the Golden Eagles prevented the Scorpions from doing the same.
CIF Major Division Bowl Breakdowns
We break down every matchup and choose a predicted score for every game coming up this weekend at Sacramento State. You can see the score in a post for every bowl game in our insider’s blog, but you need to be a Gold Club member to check out why we’re going with the teams we’ve...
NEW State Top 25 Football
Finally, a week with some big moves. Not one but two teams with six losses on the season get the call up as newcomers along with Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills and Central Catholic of Modesto. It’s the first time ever that Central Catholic has been this highly ranked overall in the state. Mission...
A Saturday: Clayton, ‘Bonne Roadies
On Single A Saturday in the CIF Northern California & Southern California regional football bowl games, state No. 11 Clayton Valley of Concord gets defensive in 21-3 win at No. 25 Oak Grove of San Jose while state No. 12 Narbonne also hits the road and beats No. 20 Ridgeview of Bakersfield to set up […]