Category Archives: Recruiting
Preseason All-CCS Football Team
One of the things that always seems difficult in choosing a preseason team is finding offensive linemen, but in a bit of a twist from most years the Preseason CIF Central Coast Section has a load of them. In fact, as the old expression goes, “they’re coming out of our ears.” In another bit of...
Preseason San Gabriel Valley FB Team
This final stop from the CIF Southern Section and all of Southern California for this preseason includes Loyola of Los Angeles and the Cubs lead the way with four honorees. Bishop Amat of La Puente checks in with three. We also include the Antelope Valley to the north of the SGV and have honorees from...
Preseason Redwood Empire FB Team
Since it’s the home base for one correspondent and our associate editor, the Redwood Empire region of the CIF North Coast Section has always been a little special for us. That’s one reason why it has always been given a special breakdown for our annual tour of the state through preseason all-area or all-section football...
Preseason All-East Bay Football Team
After our Preseason State TOP 50 team rankings and all athletes of the year for 2022-23 are done, we’re back to this annual tour of the state through preseason all-area or all-section football teams. This one also includes the CIF Oakland Section to go with all of the schools in the East Bay region of...
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...
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...
Rodrick Pleasant: State Athlete of Year
This one is a no-brainer on many levels. Rodrick not only is moving up from being the State Sophomore and State Junior Athlete of the Year, but he was arguably even better than expected in football and track as a senior. He also joins an impressive list of State Athletes of the Year from the […]
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...
Class of 25: NEW Hot 100 Player Ranks
We have had to do another run through of the state’s leading D1 Class of 2025 prospects for football heading into the 2023 season. The big news is that the No. 1 player had been Davon Mitchell, a transfer from Allen High in Texas, but he has reclassified to Class of 2024. State Sophomore Player...
