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Boys BB: Mater Dei Wins 23rd Title

State No. 4 Mater Dei of Santa Ana wins its first CIF Southern Section Open Division title since the Stanley Johnson era with a thrilling 55-53 victory over state No. 2 Sierra Canyon. With the win, Mater Dei will receive the top seed in the SoCal Open regional bracket set to be released Sunday afternoon. […]

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2017 CIF State FB Champions (All 13)

For a one-stop place for all of the CIF state bowl winners crowned on Friday, Dec. 15 or Saturday, Dec. 16 with an MVP chosen for each game, this is the place to go. First-time champions include Mater Dei, Serra of San Mateo, St. Francis of Mountain View, Bishop Diego of Santa Barbara, Steele Canyon […]

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More CIF Sac State Saturday Finals

Narbonne of Harbor City and St. Francis of Mountain View capture D1-A and D2-A crowns. It was a wild-and-wacky finish as the Gauchos defeated Pittsburg 27-21 while St. Francis won a battle of Lancers 22-13. It is the second state title in three years for Narbonne, but it’s the first for St. Francis. Congratulations to […]

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Friday Finals: Serra, Folsom win

Explosive Bulldogs make their home crowd happy with 49-42 victory over Helix of La Mesa in CIF Division 1-AA state final to win their program’s third CIF state crown. They won with a lineup of numerous underclass standouts, which begs the question whether they’ll aim even higher next season. In Friday’s other CIF state final […]

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Saturday CIF Regional FB Scoreboard

The complete lineup of next weekend’s CIF state finals is set after Saturday’s regional title games. Narbonne of Harbor City and Pittsburg, one team that’s a champion from a section with an Open Division and one team that is a runner-up, both win in D1-A matchups. Fortuna also keeps alive its hopes for a state […]

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Friday CIF Regional Finals Scoreboard

Highest state-ranked teams playing Friday were No. 6 Folsom and No. 7 Central of Fresno against each other in D1-AA NorCal final. Folsom won 54-35, but the Grizzlies still mounted an impressive comeback that fell short. The Bulldogs will now play D1-AA SoCal champ Helix of La Mesa for state title after the Highlanders beat […]

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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard

Mater Dei tops Bosco for CIFSS D1 title while other huge wins posted on Saturday were by De La Salle, Folsom and Helix. Big winners on the first night of section championships played Friday were Central of Fresno, Oaks Christian of Westlake Village, Narbonne of Harbor City, Manteca and Rancho Verde of Moreno Valley. Salinas […]

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NorCal Tip Off Classic Recap

Here’s the results and recap from the 11th Annual NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Newark Memorial. State No. 5 Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland takes down No. 4 Fairfax (Los Angeles) in the marquee matchup, 58-56. It was the Dragons’ fourth win in the final game of this event in five years. 

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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard

There are upsets and then there’s the way that previously unbeaten and state No. 7 Upland lost to No. 23 Oaks Christian in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 semifinals. Would you believe on a 95-yard interception return TD with 9.8 seconds left? The historical CIFSS D1 semifinals, meanwhile, weren’t nearly as dramatic as No. […]

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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard

This week’s scoreboard comes to you from Madera, where we had to be on Friday night after being involved in an accident on Highway 99 on our way to Tulare. Don’t have any bumps or bruises, but car likely totaled. So, switching gears, were there any top teams on Friday that had their paths disrupted […]

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