Category Archives: football
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
With Servite of Anaheim jumping to No. 20 after a win over previous No. 8 Los Alamitos, the powerful Trinity League now has all six teams in the first 20. The others are ranked No. 1, No. 2, No. 6, No. 7 and No. 15. In two of this week’s top games, it will be...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There’s only one new team this week as San Juan Hills of SJ Capistrano gets the call up (with some help from a team the Stallions beat). Teams moving up include Clovis North (now in top 30), Rocklin, Grant of Sacramento and St. Bonaventure of Ventura. One team also moves up four spots with a...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 2 Mater Dei, No. 23 Oak Ridge & plus St. Bonaventure and Rocklin all won on Saturday. No. 3 Centennial of Corona and No. 6 Orange Lutheran fall in out-of-state games on Friday to top national teams. Also, Long Beach Poly game at Serra (Gardena) called at halftime by local police. Plus, Servite knocks […]
NFL Starting QBs Quiz
As this year’s NFL season kicks off this weekend, there’s one former California high school QB missing as a starter for the first time since 2001. There are three new ones, however, beginning this season with rookies Bryce Young (Panthers) and C.J. Stroud (Texans) plus Jordan Love getting his shot in Green Bay. Two others […]
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. It’s another 7 TD passes this week for Newbury Park’s Brady Smigiel but this time it’s in a...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Here’s the first run-through for these state rankings. We go 15 teams deep for the medium schools plus 12 for small schools. No. 1 teams are listed as Oak Hills of Hesperia for medium and Escalon for small. Grant of Sacramento, Palos Verdes or McClymonds could displace Oak Hills with the teams they are playing […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Two of the leading sophomore players in the state had huge outings last weekend, but the beauty of having a multi-purpose/special teams category is that we can pick them both. We also have a player with a 105-yard interception return that for our purposes is not a state record tie of 99 yards since we’ve […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The Trinity League now has four of the state’s top seven ranked teams due to a jump by JSerra of San Juan Capistrano after a big win over Chaminade of West Hills. It’s also five in the top 15 with Santa Margarita moving up, too. San Ramon Valley of Danville also is a newcomer to...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This group is led by Madison of San Diego, which will look to come back from a tough loss to Oak Ridge with a game this week vs Helix. Big movers include Servite of Anaheim and Central Catholic of Modesto. Newcomers this week are topped by Palos Verdes of PV Estates plus McClymonds of Oakland....
