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All-Time State Player Rankings (QBs)

After an NFL playoff weekend earlier this month in which California QBs went 4-0, we thought we’d update our all-time state player rankings for the quarterbacks. These rankings are based strictly on how players have done after high school and not on what they did during high school. The No. 1 spot is the GOAT...

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Girls of Summer: Player Rankings

Here’s a chart of the 125 top players viewed by the Girls of Summer Caravan during all events attended in person. It starts with the only player to get a 9.5 mark out of 10 down to everyone with 7.0 or higher. This isn’t a ranking of the top 125 players in the state because...

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Girls of Summer: Final stops of tour

The actual player rankings derived from these trips to see some of the most promising girls basketball players in the state this summer are still to come. Here’s a recap of where we went with a focus on the final two destinations for events in Seal Beach and Ladera Ranch in Southern California. Several returnees...

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Preseason San Diego Section FB Team

Lincoln of San Diego, the 2022 CIF D1-AA state champion, loses a lot of star power from last season but has an impact transfer at QB and other preseason honorees that should keep the team near the top. The school that does have the most star power, of course, is Carlsbad and it’s not just...

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Preseason Sac-Joaquin Sec FB Team

Perennial powerhouse Folsom is expected to get a big challenge in the SJS this season from Sierra Foothill League rival Granite Bay along with St. Mary’s of Stockton from the south. All three of those teams have more than one preseason all-section honoree. This is the latest stop in our annual tour of the state...

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Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team

As L.A. City section programs look to continue to build continuity and grow participation numbers as the state puts the pandemic behind it. City Section programs have an abundance of talent at the skill positions and plenty of top players who put up big statistical outputs a years ago back, but the talent in the...

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Class of 24 FB: Updated Hot 100

Here’s an updated look at the state’s most heavily recruited players for the Class of 2024 as fall practices begin. We first did this update last spring and usually don’t do another one a few months later, but there were plenty of players who transferred and we had a major reclassification that impacted both the...

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Class of 25 FB: Hot 100 Player Ranks

Here’s the first in-depth look at the state’s leading D1 prospects for football heading into the 2023 season. The big news is that the No. 1 player is Davon Mitchell, a transfer from Allen High in Texas, which just seems strange given the palace that school plays in and the competition in the Lone Star...

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Boys BB: Final ’26 Player Rankings

We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with an updated look at the state’s top college prospects in the freshman (2026) class at the close of the 2022-23 school year. Our final 2026 Cal-Hi Sports Top 25 for the 2022-23 school year shows one new prospect based on his playing during the high...

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Boys BB: Final ’24 Player Rankings

We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look this school year at the state’s top college prospects in the junior (2024) class. Our 2024 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows 15 newcomers and plenty of movement throughout. Our final 2022-23 rankings for the 2025 and 2026 classes will be published by...

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