There is some shock in the basketball community with all of the first-round byes for the Open Divisions, but with the way the results came in for the entire season so far and with the rise of competitive equity as an overriding factor in the seedings for all CIF playoff sports, it was a direction […]
Latest News
State Stat Stars of the Week
We couldn’t wait to get out all the details of this week’s no-hitters pitched on the same day by Clovis baseball and softball pitchers. From last week in baseball, highlights include those from a game played at Anaheim Stadium between two of the oldest schools in Southern California plus we have the scoop on El...
State Stat Stars of the Week
Jarod Lucas’ chase for the CIF Southern Section (and fourth spot in state history) career scoring record continued on Tuesday night, but there was additional attention among prep basketball scribes in Southern California directed toward Joel Pastrana from small school Calvary Baptist of La Verne, who set a reported state record by making 23 three-pointers...
Football Coaching Milestones 2018
As the calendar changes from 2018 to 2019, our postseason football projects continue with a look at significant coaching milestones. Whether it’s 298 or 300 wins for Santa Ana Mater Dei’s Bruce Rollinson, back-to-back CIF state titles further cements his legacy as one of state’s all-time best. Next to reach 300 may be Newhall Hart’s...
CIF Bowl Board Update 12/2
Go inside here to see how the NorCal side of the CIF state football championship divisions looks after all Saturday games were completed on December 1. To say we nailed it from the night before would be an understatement: Only the awarding of a bye to Pleasant Valley (Chico) instead of Aptos was all that […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
In the midst of senior quarterbacks like Jayden Daniels (Cajon), Trent Tompkins (Fresno Central) and Nathan Lamb (Tulare) continuing to add to their totals, junior QB Jackson Pavitt of Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) steals the show by going 24 of 25 for 382 yards in a playoff game. We also go over why Fontana Kaiser’s...
Winter/Spring Spirit of Sport Winners
Student athletes from San Diego, Los Angeles, El Dorado and Santa Cruz counties were named earlier this week by the CIF as honorees of the prestigious CIF Spirit of Sport Award for the 2018 Winter and Spring quarters respectively.
FINAL Girls BB All-State Nominations
We will begin choosing the 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State girls basketball teams in the next few days. This is the final list of names we’ll be going through, but last-minute nominations can still be sent and accepted. We’ll have our super elite first team, second team and third team of 10 players each and...
California Super Bowl QBs
Well, we won’t get a dream matchup of California QBs Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers in this year’s Super Bowl so that got us thinking if there’s ever been a matchup in the Super Bowl between two quarterbacks who’ve both gone to California high schools.
S.F. Bay Area Top 25 Football (1)
Here are rankings done by longtime Bay Area analyst Harold Abend and done for use on Antioch High football game broadcasts. We’ll run the lists with a short intro on our blog. Anyone wishing to see writeups and breakdowns of the top teams in the Bay Area and in the state, sign up for our […]
