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...
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Halted Seasons & Honored Coaches
We’ll let you know why it is easier for schools like Valley of Sacramento and Florin of Sacramento to cancel their football seasons coming from a big school district like Elk Grove Unified. We also are going to be highlighting coaching milestone wins and coaching honors much more this season than in the past. This […]
Win Streaks, Lose Streaks & Stat Stars
Believe it or not, but the longest current football win streak after the first week of the season for most of the state is just 11 games. Losing streaks also are over at Channel Islands of Oxnard and Heritage of Menifee. Go inside here also for a look at this week’s top reported State Stat...
State Football Players of the Week
Yes, it the same six players as before — Offense, Defense & Special Teams/Multi-Purpose from Northern & Southern California — but we’re just calling those six our state players of the week instead of NorCal/SoCal. We kick off the first week of the 2024 season with six very deserving honorees, but as is always the […]
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...
Second Half Surge For No. 1 Mater Dei
In the first game of the season on Thursday for state No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana and the first game for new head coach Raul Lara, No. 3 Centennial (Corona) only trailed 22-17 at halftime. Then the vaunted MD defense took over in the second half in a 42-25 win. Not having top […]
Preseason All-State Football Teams
This is the 38th consecutive year of Cal-Hi Sports compiling a preseason all-state football team. We have first team, second team, and third team just missed. Note: There are no writeups for each player (like there will be for the official, end of season all-state first team) but all have writeups within this year’s various […]
Preseason CIFSS All-San Gabriel Valley
This is the final stop in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams in California for the 2024 season. It’s also the fifth one to complete the massive CIF Southern Section. In addition to the traditional San Gabriel Valley, this team also includes the Antelope Valley to the north plus private schools Loyola...
