We explain why De La Salle only dropped from No. 3 to No. 4 and why Helix ended up at No. 10 after those two teams lost in the CIF state title games. This part of the final rankings only includes one new team, St. Mary’s of Stockton, which was selected for Cajon of San...
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State FB Record Updates (Part 2)
California’s top two winningest all-time teams, Bakersfield and Long Beach Poly, are no longer on the list of the state’s best for the current decade and will be looking to bounce back in 2016. Bakersfield’s record for winning the most CIF state titles (set in the 1920s) also has been tied and could be surpassed...
NEW State Top 25 Football
Mater Dei goes back up to No. 7 in the aftermath of Gardena Serra’s loss, right back up in front of Bishop Amat. Mission Viejo also is now in the top five while this week’s two newcomers are Chaminade of West Hills and Antioch. All playoff seeds and first-round matchups are broken down as well...
Week 4 State Top 25 Scoreboard
No. 3 St. John Bosco crushes another out-of-state opponent on Saturday. Friday’s highlights include No. 10 Serra of Gardena beating another State Top 25 opponent for the second week in a row, but the bigger news was in Orange County where Orange Lutheran knocked off previously unbeaten Vista Murrieta and showed why playing No. 2 […]
New Honor: State Defensive POY
We are adding a new statewide yearly honor to our parade of them at this time of the year and it will salute the most outstanding defensive player of the year in the state. The first honoree is defensive back Iman “Biggie” Marshall of Long Beach Poly. And since Iman comes from a school that’s […]
Preseason 50: Teams 1-15
It shouldn’t be a surprise that St. John Bosco of Bellflower is No. 1 and De La Salle of Concord is No. 2 to start the 2014 season. The great news is that so many of the top-ranked teams are continuing to play each other early and often.