With many teams on a bye week, the only changes to really ponder were where to put De La Salle after its 24-20 loss to Folsom and which team should go in at No. 25. The answers were No. 9 and West Ranch of Valencia. This is our 44th consecutive year of compiling California state...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
For the first time this season, there are no new teams that were pulled up into these weekly rankings. That can happen with very few teams losing and many others on byes. Oak Hills of Hesperia and Citrus Valley of Redlands continued to move up after the two had big wins in their previous games....
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
On a weekend in which five of the top 10 teams in the state plus 14 of the top 25 all had byes, the focus shifted north as No. 5 Folsom edged No. 6 De La Salle of Concord on a touchdown with 15 seconds left in the game. No. 4 Serra of San Mateo […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. Among those featured is QB Marino Fragata, who turned in the best single game passing yards total in Sacramento area history for someone not from Folsom. We also have two from new school Justin Garza of Fresno plus 341 yards...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
This week we visit a couple of state-ranked teams, one of which has some big-time stars, but those players were not the ones honored. We also uncovered some diamonds in the rough, plus one from a well-known family in the Bay Area. Our stops are in Brentwood, Woodlake and El Dorado Hills in Northern California, […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Mater Dei & St. John Bosco just one game and two weeks away from their Oct. 7 showdown at the Santa Ana Bowl. Folsom rejoins top five, Chaminade of West Hills moves into top 10, Orange Lutheran goes back to top 15 and both Lincoln (San Diego) and Warren (Downey) are now in top 25....
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
The biggest changes this week are among this group as Oak Hills of Hesperia jumps from the bubble to No. 31 after its win over St. Bonaventure plus Citrus Valley’s win over previous No. 20 Norco. Citrus Valley also is a newly ranked team that debuts inside top 35. This week’s other two newcomers are...
Cali Vs. Hawaii 20 Years Ago
Almost on the same weekend as this year’s matchups in which the No. 1 and No. 2 teams from California played leading teams from Hawaii, there was a doubleheader in 2002 in which the No. 1 and No. 2 teams from California played top-ranked Hawaii teams at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. We were there and […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
On Saturday, No. 2 St. John Bosco defeated the top-ranked team in Hawaii. In a pair of key matchups between top teams from different CIF sections on Friday, Folsom of the Sac-Joaquin Section topped Pittsburg of the North Coast while De La Salle of the North Coast defeated Cathedral Catholic of San Diego. There also […]
All-State All-Name Team 2022
Without trying to make fun of anyone, here is a look at what we found to be the most unusual names of players on California high school football rosters for the 2022 season. Three players in particular inspired this feature, OL King Large of St. John Bosco, QB Hype Grand of Orange and one player […]
