Category Archives: football
NEW State TOP 25 FB Rankings (1-25)
The last time that St. John Bosco was No. 1 in the state was at the start of the 2021 COVID spring season and the Braves are now back following their big win over Mater Dei last Friday. How long will MD stay at No. 2 until it gets it back? This week’s rankings prior...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
It’s never too late to go into the TOP 50 of the state and we have three newcomers this week who are going in for the first time: Lemoore, Granite Hills of El Cajon and Marin Catholic of Kentfield. McClymonds of Oakland and Mater Dei Catholic also are moving up and could play each other...
Enhanced CIF Regional FB Matchups
We take what the CIF has announced on Sunday for next week’s NorCal and SoCal regional championship games and enhance them with which title each team won plus win-loss record plus any notes or comments that we immediately noticed. State title games will be played in Open, D1-AA, D1-A, D2-AA and D2-A the following week […]
All Section FB Champs & New Projections
Here’s a list of every CIF section football final in the state from this weekend plus a look at possible CIF regional championship projections. The actual lineup of games will be announced Sunday afternoon. It’s always fun to compare how the projections with what the CIF decided to do. Congrats to all championship squads. Note: […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 2 St. John Bosco wins the rematch against No. 1 Mater Dei, 24-22, to win CIF Southern Section D1 title and snap a 29-game win streak by the Monarchs. Retiring head coach Bruce Rollinson also doesn’t get the ultimate send off. Up north, the top two teams — Serra of San Mateo and Folsom […]
NEW NorCal/SoCal CIF Bowl Projections
This is a big week for these projections since it’s the next to last one before late Saturday night when we’ll do one more run through after all results from section championship games are in. As usual, some of the toughest decisions for the CIF will be to perhaps match title teams from the same...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. The defense of national No. 1 Mater Dei gets a shout out for shutting out Los Alamitos and ending a streak of 444 straight games in which that hadn’t happened to the Griffins. Go inside to see which team was...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
The purpose of this feature is not only to track potential entries into the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, but also to uncover hidden talent that doesn’t always get the spotlight other then local props. We don’t have any state record book entries this week but we have a few diamonds in the rough. In […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco set up their rematch of MD’s 17-7 win from early October with supremely impressive outings in their CIF Southern Section D1 semifinal victories. Serra (San Mateo) moves up to No. 3 and Folsom joins the top 5 with both teams solid favorites in their section...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
For the second straight week, we have five new teams going into our rankings of the state’s elite squads. The highest of those is Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. Also up are Granite Bay, Mission Hills of San Marcos, Upland and Downey. Teams on the move the most include Warren of Downey, Mater Dei Catholic...
