Category Archives: football
Great Start for Girls Flag Football
In all of our previous years covering California football, there have been mentions of girls playing the boys game, but this school year the girls have their own game. We went to our first-ever game last Thursday to see the first game played at our local high school in Stockton, but it’s just one school […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
It’s another week with numerous Saturday matchups, including those involving No. 2 Mater Dei, No. 3 Centennial of Corona and No. 4 Serra of San Mateo. All three were winners with history made in the MD and Serra victories and perhaps a heart palpitation or two for Centennial fans. In Friday night’s most significant games, […]
Calif Hall of Fame Takes Next Step
A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new California High School Football Hall of Fame was held last weekend at the Rose Bowl. It will be open for public viewing starting this weekend. A gala induction ceremony for all of the initial inductees will be planned for the spring of 2024. FOR THE WRITEUP THAT INCLUDES […]
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. This week’s best includes kicker Ryon Sayeri with two 53-yard field goals, a 99-yard touchdown pass play, two...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
For the second week of this feature we cover all the bases with respect to the purpose of the feature, and that is to track potential entries in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, and to uncover hidden talent that in many instances only gets local props. We also generally try to stay away from […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
No. 1 St. John Bosco proves our point of just going with the winner of the most recent game between the top two teams in the nation as being No. 1 in the state until they play again with a huge national win vs St. Thomas Aquinas of Florida. No. 2 in state Mater Dei...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This group is led by Chaminade of West Hills, which came back from a bad loss to Oaks Christian with a big win over Cathedral Catholic. Corona del Mar also honors historic 2013 team with 10-year reunion and then moves up nine spots after defeat of Cypress. Newcomers this week are topped by Manteca followed...
Key Takeaways At Bay Area Openers
The prep football season in the Bay Area starts one week later than most of California due to the smaller size of its sectional playoff brackets. After watching Orange Lutheran come up to play at De La Salle and then Serra of San Mateo host Folsom, the big question on our minds is whether the […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 St. John Bosco, No. 2 Mater Dei & No. 5 Serra (San Mateo) all victorious in Saturday games. On Friday night, the biggest winners were No. 7 Sierra Canyon and No. 10 Orange Lutheran. Both are guaranteed to move up more than one spot next week since No. 4 Long Beach Poly was […]
State FB Playoffs: Early Season Primer
It’s never too early to start thinking about CIF state football championships, especially when just about every year there are changes in some of the CIF section playoff formats that are sure to impact what happens when the regional games are selected. The biggest changes this year are in the CCS and in the Sac-Joaquin. […]
