In the strangest season in state history, it still reverts to some normalcy for the annual Mr. Football State Player of the Year honor. The winner is Mater Dei of Santa Ana defensive standout Raesjon Davis, who is the third Mr. Football honoree from the school in the last four years. With seniors from the […]
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Mr. Football 2019: D.J. Uiagalelei
In this fourth straight year of domination by the St. John Bosco and Mater Dei football programs in the CIF Open Division (and the entire state), it’s almost had to be the leading player off of the team that wins at the end who has been selected as the Mr. Football State Player of the […]
Class of 2019 Football: Bon Voyage
Many from California’s Class of 2019 in high school football have already completed one spring semester of college in preparation for being true freshman contributors at their various colleges. Still, as the complete class departs, we want to wish them all the best of luck in fulfilling their dreams. We also take one final look...
Where All-State FB Players Headed
USC usually collects the most all-state first team football players on national letter of intent signing day, but this year it’s much more of a mixed bag, especially with the recent transfer of early Trojan signer Bru McCoy of Santa Ana Mater Dei to Texas. Therefore, we didn’t count McCoy for USC. Texas also signed […]
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 […]
Mr. Football 2018: Bru McCoy
With back-to-back CIF Open Division state titles, it may not be much of a surprise that Mater Dei of Santa Ana also now has back-to-back Mr. Football State Players of the Year. Bru McCoy snags it for the 2018 season after former teammate (and now current teammate once again at USC) JT Daniels was more […]
Mr. Football State POY Finalists
For the second straight year, CIF Open Division two-time state champion Mater Dei (Santa Ana) has to have not one but two finalists who could be Mr. Football for the state of California. At first glance, it also doesn’t appear to be as much of a slam dunk for the winner as last year. This […]
Monarch Reign Extends To Year Two
Mater Dei of Santa Ana collects its second consecutive CIF Open Division state title with 35-21 triumph over one-time nemesis De La Salle of Concord on Saturday night at Cerritos College. It also will give the Monarchs a share of the mythical national title for the second straight year but may not be unanimous like […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
We are releasing this week’s State Top 50 without knowing whether the CIF is going to push this year’s CIF state championships back one week due to the very unhealthy air quality in the S.F. Bay Area that has caused playoffs in the CIF North Coast and Central Coast Sections to be delayed for at...
Bosco thunders past Mater Dei
There won’t be any disagreements at the top of every national ranking next week after St. John Bosco tops Mater Dei on Saturday night in one of those rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups. The Braves will now be favored to win the CIF Southern Section Division I title and CIF Open Division state […]
