Incredible play lifts Bellarmine of San Jose to big win and to a 12-spot jump in this week’s rankings. Serra (Gardena) & Long Beach Poly both now in top 30. This week’s newcomers, meanwhile, are Menlo-Atherton, Helix of La Mesa, Apple Valley, McClymonds of Oakland and Monterey Trail of Elk Grove. Go inside for breakdowns...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
It’s been a few weeks since there was a huge major mover, but Granite Bay qualifies among this group. The Grizzlies went from on the bubble to No. 33 after triumph against Folsom. Also new this week is St. Mary’s (Stockton), Bellarmine (San Jose) and Citrus Valley (Redlands). Unfortunately, since many of these teams in...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There is only one new team this week, an unbeaten team from the CIF North Coast Section that is next on the schedule for De La Salle, but several have received major bumps. Included in that group is Serra of Gardena (No. 36 to No. 29), Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista (No. 41 to...
1981 Season Replayed (Final)
This is how the season looked after it was completed in 1981. We’re now doing the first of three posts in which our week-by-week replays for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years — 1981, 1994 and 2008 — is concluding with one post focusing on how each...
Top 15 State FB Coaching Changes
One of our tasks to complete before California football teams hopefully start practicing next month is to send out questionnaires to the head coach for many of the top large, medium and small school programs. It’s surprising when updating those email lists how many head coaches resign or retire. Here’s a list of those we […]
Prep Notes With A Twist
In a regular feature that’s our version of prep notes with opinion mixed in, we express our support for Black Lives Matter and police reform and look at ways in which high school sports can reflect this important movement. Plus, we go over a list of important current political leaders (and one major political commentator) […]
Valley Christian Baseball Team of Year
It’s a little anti-climactic when the final weekend of the season doesn’t determine the state’s No. 1 ranking and State Team of the Year selection. But for baseball in 2018 that choice already was deservedly wrapped up one weekend earlier. Valley Christian of San Jose earns its first State TOY pick in any sport and […]
NEW Baseball State Top 20
We are presenting these rankings after most of the major pre-Easter spring break tournaments are done, including the National Classic, Boras Classic for Northern California, the Mike Morrow Lions tourney in San Diego, the Fresno Easter Classic and even the IMG Classic in Florida. All of those created results of course that greatly impacted the...
State Super 55: No. 41 to No. 55
St. John Bosco’s 2016 CIF state champions, despite two losses, are going onto this list at No. 41. Part of the reason for that is how highly regarded Mater Dei was at the time of Bosco’s avenging win in the CIF Southern Section D1 final. Both teams from famous 1956 CIFSS title game that drew...
S.F. Bay Area Top 25 Football (5)
Here are rankings done by longtime Bay Area analyst Harold Abend and done for use on Antioch High football game broadcasts. Anyone wishing to see writeups and breakdowns of the top teams in the state, sign up for our Gold Club membership. For details, CLICK HERE
