Category Archives: football
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
This week saw the least movement in the top 25 all season. In fact, it’s the same 25 as last week. The reason for that is simple: first-round section playoff byes plus none of the eight teams in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs were in action at all. Everything changes this week, though,...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
In a complete difference from the first 25, these next set of rankings are filled with newcomers (eight in all) and other teams making big upward moves. The highest incoming new teams are led by Murrieta Valley, Villa Park and San Juan Hills. All three have been featured before. We also have Sanger, Clovis and...
Redwood Empire Football Weekend
There wasn’t a wine glass in sight as the schedule for the final weekend of the regular season in the CIF North Coast Section made it possible to see San Marin of Novato (9-0) play Marin Catholic of Kentfield (9-0) plus Windsor (7-1-1) play Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa (9-0) on back-to-back days. Here’s what […]
Freshman FB Players To Watch (Part 1)
Here’s a first list of those now on our radar screen as ninth graders we’ll likely be following for the next few years. This is not a Class of 2027 recruiting list and another one will be done after the done after the season and after the all-state teams are done. The second ever State...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Key Saturday scores added. Most common result this weekend is “Bye” or “Did Not Play.” There were some huge matchups in the CIF Southern Section D2 playoffs since the losing team is going home for the season and all 16 teams in the bracket (due to competitive equity seeding) are all top 50 teams or […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. Two QBs who were perfect on their passing — one that was 17-of-17 and another 12-of-12 — and...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
For medium schools, Palos Verdes inches up to No. 2, Los Gatos scores late TD to beat Wilcox (large schools) and there’s two newcomers: Cajon of San Bernardino and Arroyo Grande. For small schools, there are no new teams. Sutter and Salesian of Los Angeles both move up one spot. Note that our first CIF...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Two of the selections this week came from nominations. Keep them coming because believe it or not there’s only a few more chances for a football player to get one of these honors before we switch to basketball. We also have another entry this week into the state record book. This week’s stops are in […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The biggest mover this week is JSerra as its No. 3 finish in the Trinity League also translates into a jump back to No. 9 position in the state rankings. Rancho Cucamonga’s upset loss and Servite’s lopsided loss also helps several teams move up two or three spots, including San Clemente, Helix, San Ramon Valley...
