Category Archives: football
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Just like last week, this week is one in which two criteria for this feature have been met, finding hidden talent that doesn’t always get the limelight, and tracking entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book. We start out in Southern California in the San Fernando Valley, then head south to the Orange County […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
This week we have two newcomers to the TOP 50 — Cajon of San Bernardino and Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills. A team with a win over Oak Ridge, Del Oro of Loomis, jumps from No. 34 to No. 28 prior to its game with Folsom. We also have Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth going...
Mid-Season Breakdowns & State Player of the Year Updates
For teams playing in 10 regular season games with no playoffs, the middle part of the current CIF state high school football season was two weeks ago. But a more natural place to check out what we’ve learned so far, which teams have been the biggest surprises and who looks like the frontrunner to be […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana wins in the trenches and on the scoreboard with a 17-7 victory over No. 2 St. John Bosco of Bellflower. While that score was on the low side, two other big ones from around the state were not. St. Mary’s of Stockton won its biggest game in years […]
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Both rankings in the second week expand to 20 teams for medium and to 15 for small. The changes for medium are mostly due to matching the same order of this week’s overall State TOP 50 as Yorba Linda moves up from No. 4 to No. 6. In small schools, Half Moon Bay had to...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. Included is a junior running back from AL home run king Aaron Judge’s high school, a QB from state No. 3 Corona Centennial who had more than 500 yards of offense on just 24 plays, plus a player from Pacheco...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
This week is one in which two criteria for this feature have been met. First, we are looking for diamonds in the rough type players that don’t always get a lot of props outside their local communities, and the second thing we do is track additions to the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, and this […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
This week’s big riser among this group is Del Oro of Loomis, which is up nine spots after big win over Granite Bay. Salinas and Manteca also get two-spot bumps. The only two newcomers this week, meanwhile, are Yorba Linda and St. Bonaventure of Ventura. FOR ARCHIVES OF OUR FINAL STATE FOOTBALL RANKINGS GOING BACK...