Category Archives: Featured Article
World Series Alums: Braves 7, Astros 2
Strong contingent of players from California high schools will take the field Tuesday in the World Series for the Atlanta Braves. The Houston Astros only have a couple from the Golden State, but many fans north and south will be very happy if Del Campo of Fair Oaks’ Dusty Baker gets a well-deserved ring as […]
Top 12 Most Unique/Best Rival Trophies
With a Thanksgiving Day matchup that continued as a tradition all the way to this season, the No. 1 spot in a list of the state’s most unique/best rivalry trophies has to go to the Big Bone for Lincoln of San Jose vs. San Jose High. Some of the others include a cowhide, a stagecoach […]
Seven schools, 300 wins
Aptos High’s Randy Blankenship will officially join the state’s 300 club among football coaches with 300 varsity wins when his team collects its next triumph. It will be a group of just 12 in more than 100 years. He’ll be the first to do it from stops at more than two schools and for him […]
Girls State Athletes of the Year
This is the final 2020-21 state honor to be completed and it’s the girls version of the boys that was announced yesterday. By our evaluations, there were three girls that stood above all others with one who was a senior, the other a junior and the other a sophomore. The top honoree is national record-breaking […]
Boys State Athletes of the Year
For this final boys sports honor roll for the 2020-21 school year, the headline announcement centers on a track-football standout who already has begun the 2021-22 school year with a bang. Meet Domani Jackson from Mater Dei of Santa Ana, who has been named State Athlete of the Year for his junior year accomplishments. His […]
State School of Year: Harvard-Westlake
For the first time in its history, the San Fernando Valley private school has piled up enough championships and high national/state rankings in various sports to top all schools in California for the 2020-21 school year. It all started with an unbeaten football team and ended with a celebration on a baseball field at Cal […]
NFL Draft Highlights (2021)
California ends two-year streak with just one selection in the first round of the NFL Draft as three former prep players are taken for 2021. The highest to go was Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland grad Alijah Vera-Tucker at No. 14 by the New York Jets. Two former Mr. Football State Players of the Year went […]
1ST LOOK: Class of ’22 Hot 100 (Softball)
The Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 Player Rankings are here for the Class of 2022 in softball. It could be the best class for Northern California players in many years and there’s a NorCal girl who is sitting at the top of the heap (at least for now) — Jordan Woolery from Clayton Valley of Concord....
Mater Dei State Football Team of Year
The strange, spring season concluded for the Monarchs with a win over St. John Bosco last Saturday as those two schools have now shared top honors in the state for five straight seasons. It’s Mater Dei, though, now on top for three of the last four. The Monarchs will likely continue their dominance for years […]
