Our Sunday special this week continues the countdown of the 70 greatest high school football teams in state history. As we move toward the top 10, there are some changes in this range of teams. This is mainly because of the elevation of the Folsom High Bulldogs of 2014. Their QB, Jake Browning, in the...
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All-Time SoCal Unbeaten FB Teams
All teams that finished 3-0 for the once-in-a-lifetime-we-hope spring 2021 season were added to this all-time state/regional list, but there were none for 2022 or 2023. This honor roll list according to Cal-Hi Sports is of every reported unbeaten football team to ever play among schools currently in the CIF Central Section, CIF L.A. City...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Saturday updates added. All of the results are in before pairings were announced Saturday in one section with others coming on Sunday. The regular season still has one week to go in the S.F. Bay Area sections. The biggest winners of the night — with no upsets in the top 10 — were Lincoln of […]
Football Schools of Century (So Far)
Going by a points system based on final state top 20 rankings since the 1999-2000 school year and matching previous posts for schools of the century (so far) plus girls basketball, softball and baseball, here’s the list for football. With no 2020 season counted, the No. 1 position for De La Salle of Concord should...
Public School No. 1 Teams In State
Centennial of Corona would be No. 1 in this category for the last four straight California high school football seasons and is the last public school to be State Team of the Year (11 years ago). Folsom would be No. 1 twice since 2010 and would be runner-up to Centennial the past two seasons. We’ve...
Carson Palmer’s SoCal Legacy
Whenever there’s been a highly regarded quarterback coming out of Southern California, the phrase “best since John Elway” has been quoted often. Elway, who is from Granada Hills and is rightly referred to as one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history, played at the high school level in 1978 and 1979, although his senior […]
Football Coaching Milestones 2017
Highlights include Kevin Rooney from Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks winning his 300th game, Bruce Rollinson from Mater Dei of Santa Ana going 15-0 with his team ending No. 1 in the nation and the final seasons in remarkable careers for Bob Johnson (Mission Viejo) and Mark Louriero (Escalon). All coaches with 200 reported wins...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
There are upsets and then there’s the way that previously unbeaten and state No. 7 Upland lost to No. 23 Oaks Christian in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 semifinals. Would you believe on a 95-yard interception return TD with 9.8 seconds left? The historical CIFSS D1 semifinals, meanwhile, weren’t nearly as dramatic as No. […]
