Category Archives: football
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...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
There was a lot of history made on Friday night as No. 1 Mater Dei posted the first shutout of No. 3 Los Alamitos since 1987 (snapping a state/national record at 444 games), No. 2 St. John Bosco rolled over No. 5 Mission Viejo (but did not shut out the Diablos) and No. 10 De […]
NEW NorCal/SoCal CIF Bowl Projections
Really the only scenario in which Serra of San Mateo possibly could have been passed up for the NorCal Open Division slot has ended so the Padres will simply have to win out in the CCS to get another shot at probably either Mater Dei or St. John Bosco. This week’s board also has six...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. Orange County players Anders Lundsberg (passing) and Troy Leigber (scoring) take over the reported state leads, but Lundsberg almost for sure will be passed this week. Leigber’s team is still playing. We also salute a QB who led a team...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
Group of five new teams this week includes upset special winner Turlock from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. The others are all from the SJS as well along with Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista. Highest risers of the week are led by Buchanan of Clovis (avenged a loss) along with Manteca. FOR ARCHIVES OF OUR...
Epic Turlock Upset Had It All
For a stunning upset to take place like the one on Friday night in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, which saw unbeaten and state No. 11 St. Mary’s of Stockton lose to 7-4 Turlock, it not only required belief by the upsetting team but many plays to go its way in the final minutes. Just one […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 Mater Dei & No. 2 St. John Bosco both opened their CIF Southern Section D1 title bids with easy wins. Mission Viejo and Los Alamitos were the other big winners in that bracket. The big stunner of the night was in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section where unbeaten No. 11 St. Mary’s of Stockton […]
