The prep football season in the Bay Area starts one week later than most of California due to the smaller size of its sectional playoff brackets. After watching Orange Lutheran come up to play at De La Salle and then Serra of San Mateo host Folsom, the big question on our minds is whether the […]
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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 St. John Bosco, No. 2 Mater Dei & No. 5 Serra (San Mateo) all victorious in Saturday games. On Friday night, the biggest winners were No. 7 Sierra Canyon and No. 10 Orange Lutheran. Both are guaranteed to move up more than one spot next week since No. 4 Long Beach Poly was […]
State FB Playoffs: Early Season Primer
It’s never too early to start thinking about CIF state football championships, especially when just about every year there are changes in some of the CIF section playoff formats that are sure to impact what happens when the regional games are selected. The biggest changes this year are in the CCS and in the Sac-Joaquin. […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. Last week alone, we had three QBs come up with seven TD passes in one game. There also...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
As St. John Bosco and Mater Dei head out for out-of-state contests this week, Centennial of Corona stays in the third spot after losing by just 28-14 to the Monarchs. The rest of the top 10 also is the same, but there are some teams getting big jumps, none more than new No. 22 Cathedral...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
A big comeback win lifts Helix of La Mesa into this week’s rankings as the highest newcomer. Right behind the Highlanders is another newcomer but it wasn’t exactly a comeback that put Clovis North of Fresno into the top 50 for the first time in several years. This week’s other three newcomers are Apple Valley,...
Preseason State Football Hub
Here’s a simple one-stop place to find links to all of the preseason football content for 2023 on the CalHiSports.com web site. This is the 45th season in which we’ve covered the entire state. STATEWIDE LINEUP OF PRESEASON ALL-SECTION/REGION TEAMS: CIF Northern Section | CIF Sac-Joaquin Section | CIFSS Inland Empire | CIF Central Section […]
Preseason All-Northern Sec FB Team
Annual tour of the state through preseason all-area or all-section teams concludes with the far reaches of the CIF Northern Section. Almost all teams in the section, similar to the Central Coast and North Coast Sections, still haven’t started yet. CIF D5-A state champion Orland has a lot of top returning players and three of...
Preseason All-CCS Football Team
One of the things that always seems difficult in choosing a preseason team is finding offensive linemen, but in a bit of a twist from most years the Preseason CIF Central Coast Section has a load of them. In fact, as the old expression goes, “they’re coming out of our ears.” In another bit of...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
There were several season-opening matchups of teams that were in our preseason State TOP 50 rankings on Friday and the higher ranked team won in every game except one. This trend was led by Mater Dei’s victory over Corona Centennial. There also was Sierra Canyon over JSerra, Orange Lutheran over Serra (Gardena), Carlsbad over Inglewood, […]
