Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
What We Saw: Bosco vs Serra
The only player to score more than one touchdown for state No. 2 St. John Bosco of Bellflower on Saturday at Serra of San Mateo (No. 12) in a 56-16 victory was freshman Darren Tubbs in his breakout. The Braves won as expected against a team that played in the last three CIF Open Division...
What We Saw: Pitt vs Riordan
Two teams chasing a higher level and clearly knowing which teams they’re going to have to likely beat to win a CIF section title met on Friday in Pittsburg. Both the host Pirates and visiting Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco displayed plenty of firepower but need a lot of improvement to meet their goals. A […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
After No. 1 Mater Dei tops Bishop Gorman of Nevada in a national showdown, how will California No. 4 Orange Lutheran do when it plays at Bishop Gorman on Friday? The first 25 of these rankings also show a rise for Sierra Canyon despite its loss to No. 2 St. John Bosco, why we went...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
We have five newcomers in this week’s rankings and we hope we don’t jinx the highest ranked of those teams, La Costa Canyon of Carlsbad, like we did with the highest newcomer from last week. Also new are Los Gatos, Clovis, El Cerrito and Vista Murrieta of Murrieta. There’s also big rises for Newbury Park,...
What We Saw: State Roundup 9/6
For this week, there wasn’t a game we could get to on Friday night so what we saw comes from hitting the internet for three hours looking for highlights from the very top-ranked teams. State and national No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana and NorCal No. 1 De La Salle of Concord both won […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
After Santa Margarita’s big win over Corona Centennial, the Trinity League keeps reaching up for new levels of dominance and now has the No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 teams in the state. Orange County also now has No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6. Top-ranked...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This week’s highest ranked newcomer is Liberty of Brentwood. Right behind is another of the state’s Liberty Highs — Liberty of Bakersfield. We also welcome Lakewood, Yorba Linda, Mission Hills of San Marcos and St. Mary’s of Stockton. This group also has two more teams playing each other that are ranked right next to each...
What We Saw: De La Salle vs Grant
Big win for the Spartans in their first game Friday at home ended up being a prelude for a bigger one next week against Serra of San Mateo, but for someone who was clued in to both schools in the decade of the 2000s and even back to the 1990s it was a first-time matchup...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
A tidal wave splash created by the boys at JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) last Friday with their big win over Sierra Canyon pushes them up to No. 6 in this week’s rankings. It’s an eight spot jump. Centennial (Corona) also stays No. 3 after loss to No. 1 Mater Dei. More big upward moves this...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This group begins with Clovis East of Clovis and includes several others getting strong bumps that are helping them close in on the top 25. That group includes Los Alamitos, Frontier of Bakersfield and Newbury Park. The highest ranked newcomer this week is now No. 39 Chaparral of Temecula. Other newcomers are Damien of La...