Category Archives: CIF State Championships
Prep Notes With A Twist
We’re doing a combo column this week on our trip to see two of the state’s top three small school football teams face off, an early look at CIF state/regional bowl possibilities for Clovis North and why a win by Southwest High of San Diego caused us to go through our book of all-time win-loss […]
State FB Record Book Expands Again
It’s a continuing process of adding categories and doing updates to the exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state football record archives. This week, we’ve added new categories for total offense by individuals. This includes yardage, scoring and points accountable for during a season and career. Go inside to see why we got motivated to add these categories […]
CdM, Bosco honor 16-0 teams
Both Corona del Mar of Newport Beach and St. John Bosco of Bellflower recently hosted on-the-field celebrations with members of their football teams from 2013, which became the first teams in state history to end with 16-0 records. As a salute to what both teams did 10 years ago on the same day, here’s a […]
State FB Playoffs: Early Season Primer
It’s never too early to start thinking about CIF state football championships, especially when just about every year there are changes in some of the CIF section playoff formats that are sure to impact what happens when the regional games are selected. The biggest changes this year are in the CCS and in the Sac-Joaquin. […]
More State Girls Athletes of Year
To go with overall honoree Juju Watkins, we have others selected as the best among girls athletes for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the 2022-23 school year. We have seen the father of one of them win a CIF state title in basketball. We also had […]
Rodrick Pleasant: State Athlete of Year
This one is a no-brainer on many levels. Rodrick not only is moving up from being the State Sophomore and State Junior Athlete of the Year, but he was arguably even better than expected in football and track as a senior. He also joins an impressive list of State Athletes of the Year from the […]
More State Schools of the Year
For boys sports only, De La Salle of Concord is considered tops for the state for 2022-23 with big finishes over the final days of the school year in golf, swimming and track & field. For the girls, Santa Margarita has to be listed alongside its overall State School of the Year selection. Other schools […]
More Softball State Teams of the Year
In addition to overall No. 1 and Division 1 No. 1 Hollister, others that can say they are mythical state champions for 2023 are Willow Glen of San Jose (D2), Central Catholic of Modesto (D3), Capital Christian of Sacramento (D4) and Holtville (D5).
Tripaldi slam gives DLS historic win
A grand slam in the top of the seventh inning by junior Hank Tripaldi (who just lost his mother to cancer) caps a six-run rally to lift De La Salle of Concord to its second straight dramatic win in its second straight CIF NorCal baseball final. With the 11-8 defeat, state No. 2 Valley Christian […]
