It’s the eighth time in the last nine seasons that Mater Dei and St. John Bosco finish in the top two slots. The only time they didn’t was 2021 and that No. 2 team, Servite of Anaheim, is going to have two first round NFL draft picks in April. De La Salle also did enough...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
This week’s order for the first 14 gets mixed up after Santa Margarita’s eye-opening 44-8 win over Servite of Anaheim. That forced the Eagles to come back up into the higher reaches of the first 25. Others getting boosts include Clovis East (up two), Murrieta Valley (up three) and St. Mary’s of Stockton (up three)....
State Super 70: No. 46 to No. 70
We are on a trip overseas this week so there will be no games attended on Friday night and there will be no weekly state rankings for one week. For this week on Friday, we’re running the first and second parts of our updated look at the greatest teams in state history in a reverse...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
We haven’t had a team jump from unranked into the top list, but there was no choice to do that this week for Leuzinger of Lawndale after its upset of previous No. 6 Santa Margarita. There also are two teams that moved up this week after losses — Sierra Canyon and Pittsburg — plus Los...
Preseason State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-10)
It’s now up to nine straight seasons that either Mater Dei of Santa Ana or St. John Bosco of Bellflower has started out No. 1 in the state and for 2024 that means the Monarchs are in that position. They are the defending CIF Open Division state champions and they also have a lot more […]
Preseason All-Long Beach/South Bay
After hitting the CIF Central Section, the next stop in our annual tour of the state through the selection of preseason football honor squads is the area of the CIF Southern Section that contains schools in the Long Beach/South Bay region. It’s also the home of national power St. John Bosco, not to mention Long...
Baseball: All-State Underclass 2024
It’s time to start releasing the various teams for the 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball honors. We begin with a new way of doing the all-state underclass teams and that’s doing the juniors and sophomores separately (just like football and basketball). We have a first and second team all-state for juniors and first team...
More State Schools of the Year
For boys sports only, St. John Bosco’s finishes in football, boys hoops, baseball and wrestling gain it a second top spot in five years. For the girls, Mater Dei edges Archbishop Mitty. Other schools earning overall state sports excellence honors for 2023-24 are Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (D2), Acalanes of Lafayette (D3), University of San […]
FINAL Baseball State TOP 40 Ranks
Granada of Livermore caps one of the greatest seasons by a team in NorCal history and while the Matadors can’t move up to No. 1 they do have to finish No. 2. La Mirada also uses a big win over Huntington Beach in the SoCal playoffs to earn a final top five ranking. Others coming...
Boys BB: All-State Underclass 2024
It’s time to start getting out the honors for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Boys Basketball Teams. This first set of teams is for the most outstanding juniors, sophomores and freshmen in the state. While this is a Gold Club post, the next one for all-state teams according to CIF divisions will be free....
