Category Archives: football
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The first five are all now from the CIF Southern Section as Mission Viejo moves up from No. 6 following Folsom’s loss to De La Salle. The new No. 1 for NorCal is Serra of San Mateo, but the Padres and St. Francis of Mountain View (team with win vs. DLS) are in the same...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There is only one new team this week, an unbeaten team from the CIF North Coast Section that is next on the schedule for De La Salle, but several have received major bumps. Included in that group is Serra of Gardena (No. 36 to No. 29), Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista (No. 41 to...
Inside State Football Records
An amazing number of current college football quarterbacks, two of them who are among the front-runners for the Heisman Trophy, threw for more than 10,000 yards as high school quarterbacks in California. We go over all them and not just the ones at Alabama, Ole Miss and Georgia. It’s also a good time to remind […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Friday night’s biggest clash was at Folsom where the host Bulldogs ran into a De La Salle buzz-saw that will reshape the race for the CIF NorCal Open Division berth. On Saturday, No. 7 Serra of San Mateo rolled over Archbishop Riordan. More updates through Saturday also have been added. Note: Look for a brand […]
Seven schools, 300 wins
Aptos High’s Randy Blankenship will officially join the state’s 300 club among football coaches with 300 varsity wins when his team collects its next triumph. It will be a group of just 12 in more than 100 years. He’ll be the first to do it from stops at more than two schools and for him […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports and is now in its fifth week as part of the 2021-22 school year. There were three QBs who hit 400 passing yards or more, two sophomores and a senior who has been State Junior and State Sophomore of the...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
The college town of Chico, the Island City of Alameda and the Valley metropolis of Fresno are the NorCal stops this week, and in Southern California it’s the metro LA area, the Inland Empire and the far west reaches of Los Angeles County. We remind readers one of the things we do with the Players […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
St. John Bosco remains No. 2 in the State Top 50 for a rather simple reason: 10 straight wins over No. 3 Servite. The Friars are going to have to win on the field to get past the Braves or Mater Dei. De La Salle also doesn’t drop from No. 10 after loss to nationally...
All-State FB: SoCal’s Best Since ’80
There has been a Cal-Hi Sports all-state first team after every California high school football season since 1980. There also has been at least a second team added on since 1986. Here is an honor roll of the best players from Southern California starting from the first all-state team until the one done last June. […]
