Category Archives: Football Scores/Game Writeups
CIFSS D1: Bosco Back in Business
In the latest state No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in the CIF Southern Section’s Major Division title game, No. 2 St. John Bosco wears down top-ranked Mater Dei of Santa Ana, 42-28, to win the section D1 title. It will be an easy call to pit current state No. 2 St. John Bosco vs. perennial […]
Week 15 Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
St. John Bosco will move to No. 1 in the state after toppling No. 2 Mater Dei on Saturday in CIFSS D1 final. De La Salle dominates unbeaten Freedom to win another NCS title and stamp ticket for CIF Open Division state final for eighth straight season. Other big winners include No. 16 Huntington Beach […]
Week 13 Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Freedom top Pittsburg in NCS rematch on Saturday to earn title tilt against De La Salle. On Friday, in matchup between 11-0 top five squads, Mission Viejo has early edge but can’t hold on in 42-26 loss to Rancho Cucamonga. Two other 11-0 teams also are taken out in CIF Southern Section divisional playoffs – […]
Capital Christian FB History Highlights
School in Sacramento that has been in a CIF state final in boys hoops also has high aspirations in football. It’s a program that began slowly, originally played in the CIF Northern Section and is now a playoff regular in the Sac-Joaquin.
Week 12 Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
It’s not too surprising that two state-ranked teams – No. 9 Serra of Gardena and No. 21 Bishop Amat of La Puente – lost in the first round of the CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs due to the strength of the first 12 to 14 teams. But it was more of shocker that state No. […]
DLS pointing toward playoffs
A 45-17 victory over Monte Vista of Danville (which was 9-0) shows that underclass-oriented Spartans are beginning to hit their stride as regular season ends. To win 26th straight North Coast Section title, however, it will have to be in new Open Division, which will leave out one team that won’t be happy when it’s […]
Week 11 Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
It was a strong week for the Top 25 since the only ranked team to lose was No. 10 Monte Vista and the Mustangs lost to No. 8 De La Salle. There was even just one close game in the bunch, which took place in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section where No. 17 Folsom held off […]
Freedom-Pitt play for more than league
Friday’s showdown between two unbeaten, state-ranked teams for Bay Valley Athletic League supremacy also probably decided which one of the two would be in the new CIF North Coast Section Open Division and which one would not. Oakley Freedom’s 41-38 win over Pittsburg featured three lead changes in the fourth quarter with the go-ahead TD […]
Week 10 Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Highest ranked team to lose was in the game we checked out as No. 13 Pittsburg falls in the last two minutes to No. 14 Freedom of Oakley. No. 16 Chaminade, No. 21 Valley Christian of San Jose and No. 22 Long Beach Poly also suffered losses, although the Jackrabbits lost to one of the […]
Sac Grant FB History Highlights
Pacers weren’t the Pacers when they started in 1932 and their first head coach was known for going in the wrong direction. Since the middle of the 1970s, however, Grant has been one of the most successful programs in the state and in 2008 produced the most historically significant win in CIF Sac-Joaquin Section history.
