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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 […]
All-Time NorCal Unbeaten FB Teams
Thanks to mountains of information on California high school football that can’t be found anywhere else, here is an honor roll list according to Cal-Hi Sports of every reported unbeaten team from schools currently in the CIF Northern Section, CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, CIF North Coast Section, CIF Central Coast Section plus San Francisco and Oakland....
NorCal vs. SoCal: Endless Debate
It was after all games were played during the 1992 high school football season in the state when we put together a cover story for Student Sports Magazine that allowed players from the top-ranked teams to come together for a photo shoot. The one who came down to Southern California to represent CIF North Coast...
State’s All-Time 100 Greatest Athletes (Women)
With the men’s list getting an update after Tom Brady’s latest Super Bowl win, it’s also past due to complete one for the women. Based on CIF sanctioned sports only, we have Billie Jean King of Long Beach Poly in the top position not just for what she did on the court in tennis, but...
