It wasn’t close to the 59-14 triumph from earlier this season, but national/state No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana tops state No. 2 St. John Bosco of Bellflower, 31-24, to win its second straight CIF Southern Section D1 championship. They will now go into the CIF Open Division state final in two weeks to […]
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SJS Football Title Game Recaps
Friday’s CIF Sac-Joaquin Section football championships at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento saw one team come up short in trying to get to 13-0, another team succeed in doing that quite easily and finally a thriller in which the winning team three-peated as a section champion. Note: We won’t be able to duplicate these recaps for […]
Freshman FB Players to Watch (Part 1)
Here’s a first list of those now on our radar screen as ninth graders we’ll likely be following for the next few years. This is not a Class of 2028 recruiting list and another one will be done after after the season and after the all-state teams are released. The third ever State Freshman Player...
The Bean Is Born
It has only taken three games for Sydney “Bean” Douglas to make an impact as a 6-foot-6 freshman at Ontario Christian. The daughter of former Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Maylana Martin and former NFL lineman Rome Douglas was the leading scorer for the Knights in their big win last week over preseason […]
NEW Regional Bowl Game Projections
Here’s where we have things lined up before this weekend’s CIF section championship games. Several already are done with teams locked into slots on our board. We have moved up both McClymonds in the north and Narbonne in the south, but admit those are the two big wild cards difficult to know how the CIF...
State Football Players of the Week
Despite the fact all the remaining teams in CIF section playoffs were halved last week with one week to go, we accomplished both goals of this feature, uncovering hidden talent that might only get local recognition, and tracking entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book. This week we visit Madera, Oakland and Winters in […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
On the eve of the latest Mater Dei-St. John Bosco battle of No. 1 and No. 2 for the CIF Southern Section D1 championship, we see rises this week for De La Salle up to No. 4, Folsom up to No. 7 and Lincoln of San Diego up to No. 12. We also have both...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There’s just two new teams ranked this week. One of them won its 14th consecutive section title while the other is the first team to go back into the rankings after having its season end more than two weeks ago. We also have big rises for Oak Ridge and Rocklin from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section...
Ontario Christian tops Etiwanda
Preseason state No. 4 Knights take down No. 1 Etiwanda, 74-66, on Saturday night in Studio City to win Harvard-Westlake Invitational. First slate of games shows just how much of an impact incoming freshman Sydney “Bean” Douglas is going to have this season, especially paired with scoring phenom Kaleena Smith. We also had a big […]
What We Saw: De La Salle vs Pitt
The Pirates took a 7-3 lead into the fourth quarter, but came out on the short end of a 10-7 loss to De La Salle of Concord in Friday’s CIF North Coast Section Open Division championship. The Spartans (12-0) no doubt clinched the Northern California berth in the CIF Open Division state final to be […]
