There ended up being 12 quarterbacks from California high schools who started at least once in the NFL last season. We lost one to a horrific leg injury — La Mesa Helix grad Alex Smith of the Washington Redskins — and one of those who started last year has since retired. We don’t know why […]
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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Mater Dei and St. John Bosco already have shown it’s a significant gap to any other teams in the state and remain No. 1 and No. 2. De La Salle also stays at No. 3 after its showing against an opponent that is ranked higher by at least one national group ahead of the Monarchs...
Preseason All-South Bay/Long Beach
This is the region of the CIF Southern Section dominated by national powerhouse St. John Bosco, but it also includes the South Bay where Serra of Gardena always has a lot of blue-chip recruits to get written up as well. The Braves almost have all skill positions on offense on this team except one running...
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (1-15)
First four are the same four it’s been to start (and just about finish) the last few seasons. It’s just the order that might get juggled during the season between Mater Dei of Santa Ana, St. John Bosco of Bellflower, De La Salle of Concord and Centennial of Corona. Our preseason No. 5, Narbonne of […]
Top Takeaways From Nike Camp
Santa Ana Mater Dei’s offensive linemen, a great quarterback class from the state continuing to shine and some players making a name for themselves in a competitive setting among top recruits from all over the West Coast are just a few of the best things we saw on Saturday at El Cerrito High at the […]
All-State FB 2018: 1st Team Offense
We’re excited two days after Super Bowl Sunday and just before the February letter of intent signing day to present these 11 players plus a kicker and three of six multi-purpose players that have been selected to headline the 40th annual 2018 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. This is the elite group without school size […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
Our new boys hoops rankings see our top two ranked teams lose in MLK Day showcase games in Massachusetts in back-to-back games, but it doesn’t impact the top of the state pecking order. Other weekend showcase results from around the state do change things and we have three newcomers in our special edition MLK rankings,...
More State Football Players of Year
Check inside this post for the honorees who have been chosen among juniors, sophomores, medium schools and small schools. The choice for juniors was the most difficult and one of the most difficult player of the year football picks ever. It also continues to be a challenge to designate players who are from “medium” or […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Our weekly honors switch this week from football to boys and girls basketball where it’s usually the case that we’re looking for tournament MVPs. The two boys winners definitely fit that description from the Gridley Invitational Basketball Tournament and that Father Barry Classic in Carmichael. For the girls, we have a top returnee from a […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
After another full week of games is wiped out in the CIF North Coast Section and a first week gets postponed in the Sac-Joaquin (all due to unhealthy levels of smoke in the air), playoff action throughout the state should return to normal this week with wet weather forecast to finally hit the region. In...
