Category Archives: Football Scores/Game Writeups
What We Saw: Bosco vs Serra
The only player to score more than one touchdown for state No. 2 St. John Bosco of Bellflower on Saturday at Serra of San Mateo (No. 12) in a 56-16 victory was freshman Darren Tubbs in his breakout. The Braves won as expected against a team that played in the last three CIF Open Division...
What We Saw: Pitt vs Riordan
Two teams chasing a higher level and clearly knowing which teams they’re going to have to likely beat to win a CIF section title met on Friday in Pittsburg. Both the host Pirates and visiting Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco displayed plenty of firepower but need a lot of improvement to meet their goals. A […]
What We Saw: State Roundup 9/6
For this week, there wasn’t a game we could get to on Friday night so what we saw comes from hitting the internet for three hours looking for highlights from the very top-ranked teams. State and national No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana and NorCal No. 1 De La Salle of Concord both won […]
What We Saw: De La Salle vs Grant
Big win for the Spartans in their first game Friday at home ended up being a prelude for a bigger one next week against Serra of San Mateo, but for someone who was clued in to both schools in the decade of the 2000s and even back to the 1990s it was a first-time matchup...
Second Half Surge For No. 1 Mater Dei
In the first game of the season on Thursday for state No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana and the first game for new head coach Raul Lara, No. 3 Centennial (Corona) only trailed 22-17 at halftime. Then the vaunted MD defense took over in the second half in a 42-25 win. Not having top […]
Game-Winning All-Star Game TD At 0:04
The 48th annual Lions All-Star Football Game played Saturday night in Tracy was what everyone who is part of any all-star high school event craves the most and that’s a close game decided in the closing seconds. The South won with four seconds left over the North and has now won five of the last […]
Amador’s Wild Ride Ends In 13-11 Win
There are No. 8 seeds that have gone on a shocking series of wins in various playoff brackets over the years, and then there’s what has happened over the last week for the Amador Valley of Pleasanton softball team. The Dons won the CIF NorCal D1 title on Saturday after beginning their week with a […]
Saturday CIF State FB Finals
Mater Dei gains its fourth CIF state title since 2017 with a 35-0 triumph against Serra of San Mateo in the Open Division championship. Other winners in games at Saddleback College were Folsom in D1-A and Acalanes of Lafayette in D3A-A. We also have all winners with highlights/notes from all games at El Camino College […]
Weekend Regional FB Scoreboard (Saturday)
It’s a second straight stunning loss for a top San Diego Section team, this time as St. Augustine falls on the final play to St. Bonaventure of Ventura in D1-A South final. Folsom beats Pitt in the NorCal game while Los Gatos and Central Valley Christian won in the 2-A games in completely different ways. […]
