We begin with a look at why the computer rankings are perhaps so bad at the end of the season when no one is paying attention to them as much. Next, we celebrate the milestone coaching wins by Corona Centennial’s Matt Logan and San Mateo Serra’s Patrick Walsh. And then there’s the usual stat stars,...
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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...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
There is one week to go in the 2024 season in California with the final No. 1 ranking now locked up by Corona. It’s still possible for changes after that, however, and we’ve made one this week with Granada of Livermore moving up to No. 2. Yes, the Matadors needed 14 innings to win their...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Preseason No. 1 Corona goes back to the top after Orange Lutheran loses twice in a three-game series with Santa Margarita, which jumps to No. 5 after winning those two games. Unbeaten Granada of Livermore moves to No. 4. The week’s biggest newcomer is St. Augustine of San Diego after a big win over Granite...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Orange Lutheran stays at No. 1 after losing a game but winning a huge Trinity League series vs 2023 State Team of the Year JSerra. Granada of Livermore joins the top five after win over De La Salle (and moving to 7-0). Highest rising newcomers are Granite Hills of El Cajon and San Juan Hills...
Floyd Burnsed: State FB Coach of Year
Acalanes of Lafayette head coach became the oldest known winner of a CIF state football title and has won more than 200 games during the high school portion of a career that spans six decades. We first got to know him from a 19-year stint at Miramonte of Orinda, where he won 10 league titles […]
2023 Football Coaching Highlights
Before we begin with the first of our many state season honors, which will be the 2023 state coaches of the year, we like to update the all-time state coaching leaders list. This is the one that has the names of just more than 140 through all the years of state history who have won […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Key Saturday scores added. Most common result this weekend is “Bye” or “Did Not Play.” There were some huge matchups in the CIF Southern Section D2 playoffs since the losing team is going home for the season and all 16 teams in the bracket (due to competitive equity seeding) are all top 50 teams or […]
Prep Notes With A Twist
We’re doing a combo column this week on our trip to see two of the state’s top three small school football teams face off, an early look at CIF state/regional bowl possibilities for Clovis North and why a win by Southwest High of San Diego caused us to go through our book of all-time win-loss […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
As No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco returned to playing top teams in California with expected results, there was almost a big upset on Friday in Long Beach. No. 6 Poly, however, won in overtime over Millikan. Big winner on Saturday was No. 5 Serra (San Mateo) and another team from […]
