Category Archives: football
What We Saw: SD Lincoln at Grant
Two schools that one coach called “mirror images” of each other met in a matchup on Friday in Sacramento of highly ranked teams within the CIF San Diego Section & CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. The visitors from Lincoln High of San Diego flexed their muscles with a 49-16 win over Grant. Both teams are to be […]
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
It was considered to move up Oak Hills past Newbury Park in medium, but dropping a No. 1 team is just something we never do. Los Gatos moves up to No. 3 and El Cerrito jumps from No. 8 to No. 4. Beaumont and San Jacinto also are medium schools newcomers. For small schools, the...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We explain this week why we are calling the move by Davis High up north not to play Folsom this week “a default” and not “a forfeit.” Top stat stars of the week include multi-purpose QBs Xzavior Guess of El Modena (Orange) and Beau David of Ukiah. We also feature Christian Brothers tackling machine Josiah...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
We haven’t had a team jump from unranked into the top list, but there was no choice to do that this week for Leuzinger of Lawndale after its upset of previous No. 6 Santa Margarita. There also are two teams that moved up this week after losses — Sierra Canyon and Pittsburg — plus Los...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are three newcomers this week, but both San Juan Hills and El Cerrito have been in there before. The other is Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa, which is new for this season but has been in the top 50 many times in its history. We also have nice bumps for Mission Hills of San...
Annual NFL Trivia Quiz
As the NFL season has reached its third week, here’s a fun, free way to test your knowledge of California high school football and the NFL with a 10 question multiple choice quiz. Great players from our state in the NFL like Josh Allen, Marcedes Lewis, Aaron Rodgers, Fred Warner, Jayden Daniels, Vita Vea and […]
What We Saw: DLS vs St. Mary’s
Despite scoring on the opening kickoff, NorCal No. 1 and state No. 7 De La Salle needed to survive an incredible last touchdown by St. Mary’s of Stockton with an unsuccessful onside kick by the Rams to post a 38-35 victory. It was the first road game for the Spartans and it was a lack...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Two new teams in this week’s medium schools top 15 are Soquel and Bonita of La Verne. Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa also gets a two-spot bump. For small schools, there are no changes at all with the top three still shown as Bradshaw Christian, Carmel and Sonora. Bradshaw had a big win over another...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
Bakersfield has started 4-0 and has moved back to within two wins of Long Beach Poly’s all-time state leading win total. Ramona of Riverside also now has longest win streak in the state after Strathmore falls. For stat stars, Drew Washington of San Pedro Mary Star will go into the state records for catching five...
