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LB Poly girls starting 2020s like 2010s

After two sub-par seasons in 2018 and 2019, the Long Beach Poly girls basketball team is squarely back among the very best in California. If an earlier overtime win in December over Mater Dei of Santa Ana didn’t show that, the Jackrabbits surely did Monday night with a win over unbeaten No. 1 in the […]

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Saturday CIF State Finals

St. John Bosco of Bellflower makes it 3-for-3 in CIF Open Division state title game triumphs over De La Salle of Concord, but the Spartans hung around until a back-breaking 96-yard fumble return touchdown late in the fourth quarter of 49-28 contest. The CIF Southern Section also made it 3-for-3 on the day at Cerritos […]

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Friday CIF State Finals

Central of Fresno & Clayton Valley of Concord capture CIF state football titles on Friday night at Cerritos College. It’s the first title for both and the first one for a Fresno school in Division 1 or higher after the Grizzlies bounced Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth in the D1-AA final. Clayton Valley came through on […]

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Saturday NorCal/SoCal Region Finals

Corona del Mar and San Mateo Serra both win in D1-A, as expected, but it wasn’t easy for either one. McClymonds of Oakland also keeps alive its quest for a fourth straight state title while the other big news was the CIF North Coast Section ending 6-0 on the weekend. All seven NCS champions will […]

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Friday NorCal/SoCal Regional Finals

Sierra Canyon impresses in SoCal D1-AA contest against Helix in matchup of top 10 state teams. The NorCal D1-AA matchup was much closer as state top 10 Central of Fresno needed a clutch fourth-down stop to hang on. We also had a battle of No. 1 and No. 2 in state small schools in which […]

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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard

Saturday section finals added, including the biggie: No. 2 St. John Bosco avenging its only loss with comeback win over No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana in CIF Southern Section Division I championship. Three teams in the top 10 collected CIF section championships on Friday night with No. 3 De La Salle topping Pittsburg […]

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Paradise Wins 11-0 vs 11-0 Showdown

There was only one section football playoff game on Friday night in all of Northern California that matched both teams at 11-0. And in that CIF Northern Section Division 3 contest, Paradise proved it’s more than just a feel-good story with a road win against West Valley of Cottonwood. These Bobcats are playing for more […]

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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard

Saturday results added, including Helix of La Mesa winning CIF San Diego Section Open Division title. After just scraping by in its previous game, No. 6 and two-time defending CIF D1-AA state champion Folsom couldn’t survive a second straight upset bid as the Bulldogs got topped by Monterey Trail of Elk Grove in CIF Sac-Joaquin […]

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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard

Saturday update added with one top 10 team in action and another in top 20. On Friday, three of the four CIF Southern Section Division I quarterfinals were won by routs, including those by No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco. The big story of the night, however, was from the CIF […]

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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard

Saturday update added and it’s a big one as No. 10 Serra (San Mateo) gets stunned in San Francisco. For Friday, we had to go pretty deep on this list to find a team that actually played this week as first-round playoff byes or time off for other reasons was the norm. Still, there were […]

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