Here are the final group of nominees for our upcoming Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. This third group covers the CIF Central, L.A. City and San Diego Sections. This will be the 44th consecutive season for these teams being done, which is why they are more prestigious than any others. The previous groups were from […]
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Alternate Universe State FB Playoffs
In this universe, the state’s high school sports landscape evolved much differently, with two very large sections (north & south) and a much more robust CIF state association. No results were changed in the 2022 state playoffs that just ended in our alternate universe, but the Open Division state championship saw St. John Bosco defeat...
2022 Football Coaching Highlights
With many of our season honors, including state coaches of the year, soon to be announced, it’s also the time when we update the all-time state coaching leaders list to include all reported results from the 2022 season. The biggest news was the retirement of Santa Ana Mater Dei head coach Bruce Rollinson, but we […]
FINAL Divisional State FB Rankings
When the very first Cal-Hi Sports state football rankings were compiled in the late 1970s by founder Nelson Tennis, they were done in five divisions (Class AAAA, etc.) and they were done with more of an eye on school enrollments. At the end of each season, we continue the tradition, but they are now much...
FINAL State TOP 75 FB Ranks (1-25)
It takes us extra time for the final football rankings since all of them are expanded and checked through several times. Here’s the first 25 teams in which the changes are minimal compared to the previous rankings due to various head-to-head results. Liberty of Bakersfield inched upward one spot while CIF San Diego Section Open...
FINAL State TOP 75 FB Ranks (26-75)
Due to various head-to-head results it wasn’t possible to give big jumps to most of the CIF San Diego Section teams based on their CIF state titles from last week. But further down in the order that’s where the impact was seen the most as Poway, Granite Hills, Mission Hills and Cathedral Catholic all have...
FINAL Medium/Small School Rankings
As previously announced, the final top spots in these rankings went to Granite Hills of El Cajon and Escalon. There were also a lot of changes for medium schools with big bumps for D3-AA state champ Grant of Sacramento along with others such as Apple Valley, St. Joseph of Santa Maria and D3-A state champ...
Mr. Football State POY Finalists
Some others in the media have already picked a state player of the year or will do it soon. It’s more of a process, however, for the annual Mr. Football statewide selection. It’s been done every year for more than 40 years and it’s been researched over the course of state history back more than […]
Football State Team of the Year 2022
Here is the official updated list of the California high school football state teams of the year that goes back for more than 120 years. St. John Bosco of Bellflower puts its name on the list for the fourth time, and now we can say that the arms race between the Braves and Mater Dei […]
More State FB Teams of the Year
Los Alamitos is the 2022 State Public Schools Team of the Year even with a 9-3 final record. This group of Griffins, however, does make us recall great teams from Los Al in 1994 and 2002. We also have Granite Hills of El Cajon (medium schools) and Escalon (small schools) collecting final No. 1 honors. […]
