Category Archives: football
Preseason All-State Football Teams
This is the 35th consecutive season that there has been a preseason all-state teams by Cal-Hi Sports. We honored the all-state juniors just a couple of months ago, but it’s not as easy as you might think because there were some all-state sophomores chosen as well and these teams are a combination of those plus […]
Preseason Central Section FB Team
This is the fifth stop in our tour of the state with these preseason all-area honor teams and for this one we head back north from San Diego to the great Central Valley for the CIF Central Section (which now includes much of the Central Coast). Three teams from the same league — Clovis, Buchanan...
Preseason San Diego Sec FB Team
Our next stop in our tour of the state with these preseason all-area honors is for the CIF San Diego Section. Preseason state No. 5 Cathedral Catholic has four players on first team, but is surpassed by Lincoln (which has five). There also is strong representation from St. Augustine, Torrey Pines and Mater Dei Catholic....
Preseason STATE TOP 50 (Part 1)
With positive thoughts that there won’t be the similar numbers of games cancelled this fall as there were last spring due to COVID, we present the starting point of state football rankings for the 2021 fall season. This will be the 44th season in which Cal-Hi Sports founder Nelson Tennis (1936-2004) or Cal-Hi Sports publisher […]
Preseason STATE TOP 50 (Part 2)
This group of potentially great teams from California starts with a look at two of the Lincoln high schools — from San Diego and Stockton — placed right next to each other. There are other schools in this mix who may have a bit more to replace than those in the first 25 and some […]
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
Our third stop in our tour of the state with these preseason all-area honors is for the Orange County region of the CIF Southern Section. It is being presented on purpose right after the Long Beach-South Bay-San Gabriel Valley region since this is the one dominated by mythical national title contender Mater Dei of Santa...
Long Beach-South Bay-SGV FB Team
Our second stop in our tour of the state with these preseason all-area honors is carved out of the massive CIF Southern Section. This is the one that is dominated by mythical national title contender St. John Bosco and includes other schools in the Long Beach, South Bay and San Gabriel Valley areas. Note: These...
Preseason Sac-Joaquin Sec FB Team
We obviously couldn’t do these preseason teams in a tour of the state last year and are late in getting started this year, but here we go. This first one is for the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and it’s a 30-player squad dominated by D1 title favorite Folsom. Stockton rival schools St. Mary’s and Lincoln also...
FB Preview: Six Burning Questions
The first of our preseason all-section, all-area or all-county teams will begin to be pushed out over the weekend plus we’re about one week from the preseason TOP 50 team rankings, but for now here’s a big picture outlook of where things stand prior to the 2021 California high school football season. This includes questions […]
Class of 23 FB: Preseason Hot 100
Here is our first deep dive into the top 100 ranked football recruits from California for the Class of 2023. These juniors have all played fewer games than any other previous classes due to the pandemic and only in the last few months have been able to get busy attending various showcase events plus 7-on-7s....
