From the outset of this feature that started many years ago, the object has been to track potential entries in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book and find hidden talent that doesn’t always find the spotlight other than on a local level, and this week we have both. We start out in Southern California in […]
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
We’re down to one week to go for the regular season in most places around the state. The most changes in this week’s rankings were caused by Sierra Canyon’s victory over previous No. 9 Chaminade. It wasn’t so much a big jump for the Trailblazers, but a big drop for the Eagles. Edison of Huntington...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
Shocker scores in the CIF Central Section causes a lot of changes. Liberty of Bakersfield gets our nod for highest ranking while newcomer Central of Fresno comes in at No. 38 right behind a San Joaquin Memorial squad that it has lost to. Other newcomers are Central Catholic of Modesto, Bishop Diego of Santa Barbara...
Who Will Be First-Ever Frosh POY?
There has never been a Cal-Hi Sports State Freshman Football Player of the Year, but there will be one named after the 2022 season is in the books. Here’s a quick look at five top contenders, why we’re doing this now, if we’ll do our usual approach of going back and naming one historically over […]
Freshman FB Players To Watch (Part 1)
As a companion list to a group of those considered more near the top of the state to be the first-ever State Freshman Player of the Year, here’s a more comprehensive list of those now on our radar screen as ninth graders we’ll likely be following for the next few years. FOR INTRO ABOUT FIRST-EVER...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Saturday updates added. On a Friday night when No. 7 Long Beach Poly passed Bakersfield on the all-time state wins list for a school, there were some crazy games and big upsets. No. 9 Chaminade was one of those upset victims. Perhaps the craziest of all games was one we saw in person: previously unbeaten […]
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Oak Hills & Apple Valley set to meet in High Desert showdown that also will be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 for state medium schools. Two medium schools newcomers this week are Charter Oak (Covina) and El Modena (Orange). Biggest riser is Aptos. For small schools, Cantwell-Sacred Heart goes in as the highest ranked...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We begin with the first girl who has scored two times in a game in state history, who is Bella Rasmussen of Laguna Beach. We also have the latest coach to win his 200th varsity game. Plus, there is a...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
This is a week for records for these honors, with entries not only in the Cal-Hi sports Online Record Book, but some school and section records as well. In Northern California we visit Hilmar, Fresno and Fairfield, while in Southern California we have two stops in Orange County at Yorba Linda and Mission Viejo, and […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco get back to dominating against other top 25 teams after playing each other. Changes this week include Los Alamitos flip-flopping with Long Beach Poly, Inglewood joining the top 10 plus Oaks Christian & Sierra Canyon getting a jump into the first 25 of this week’s...
