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...
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Preseason All-S.Bay/Long Beach FB
This is the group that includes St. John Bosco of Bellflower, which like Mater Dei of Santa Ana, also has been getting No. 1 in the nation preseason accolades. The Braves obviously dominate with 12 players written up. Serra of Gardena also is in this region of the CIF Southern Section and checks in with...
Preseason Redwood Empire FB Team
Because of competitive equity factors and the addition of schools from Napa County, it was more complicated choosing players from this region of the state, which is part of the CIF North Coast Section. Still, Marin Catholic (Kentfield) once again leads the way with seven first team selections. The Wildcats are followed by Rancho Cotate...
Preseason All-San Fernando Valley
Statewide tour of each CIF section (SF & Oakland players to watch still to come) is complete with unveiling of preseason All-San Fernando Valley squad, which also includes the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley areas. We put two of the region’s very best athletes — Devon Williams of Antelope Valley and Matthew Tago of Quartz...
Preseason All-San Gabriel Valley
Dual-threat quarterbacks weren’t hard to choose from in this region because with the multi-purpose category we simply picked all of them. From a team-leading standpoint, both Bishop Amat (La Puente) and Cathedral (Los Angeles) lead with three players selected. Where to put Cathedral in these preseason all-area teams from the CIF Southern Section is a...
Preseason All-NCS Redwood Empire
Marin Catholic and Cardinal Newman may be this region’s most well-known programs in recent years, but heading into 2017 the school with the most preseason All-NCS talent is Rancho Cotate. That’s partly what happens with a returning quarterback who had 3,800 yards passing and his two top receivers coming back as well. One sophomore who...
Preseason All-Section, All-Area (Part 5)
We’re continuing to take a closer look at top players to watch from each of the state’s CIF sections plus well-known regions inside the CIF Southern Section and CIF North Coast Section. For this fifth part, we choose the best from the Inland Empire and Orange County of the massive CIF Southern Section. For CIF...
Preseason All-San Gabriel Valley
This is the 13th and final preseason all-section or all-area football team we have compiled and covers schools from the Pasadena Star-News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune coverage areas plus additional private schools in L.A. County.
