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Marlon Gardinera: State Coach of Year

Following San Mateo Serra’s Patrick Walsh for 2020-21, it became a perfect fit for another of the major coaches in the state who played a significant role in enabling there to be a season last spring to be named for the state’s most prestigious coaching honor. This is the one that goes back for more […]

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More State Football Coaches of Year

Here are the honorees from among those schools considered large or small schools for the 2021-22 season. Our medium schools honoree is the one this year who has been named State Coach of the Year. Our large schools honoree joins his dad as a State Coach of the Year and did something that hadn’t been […]

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FINAL Five-Division State FB Ranks

More than 100 teams are mentioned in this last breakdown of California’s best for the 2021 season, which has been done according to our traditional five divisions. No. 1 teams were previously announced, but No. 2s are Servite of Anaheim, Inglewood, Aptos, Escalon and Rio Hondo Prep of Arcadia. We also have updated our all-time...

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FINAL Medium/Small School Ranks ’21

Previously announced No. 1 teams were Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista for medium & Menlo School of Atherton for small. D2-A state champion Scripps Ranch of San Diego & D6AA state champion Argonaut of Jackson both jump up in each at the end as well. We jumped an 11-5 team up there for medium...

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FINAL State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

It takes us longer for the final rankings for each season and this time we’ve added all of the reported college signings. Mission Viejo rejoins the top five, Cathedral Catholic and Etiwanda each get two-spot bumps and both Long Beach Poly & Inglewood rejoin the top 25. All teams also given early breakdowns of what...

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FINAL State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)

Extra time also is taken to closely check out any teams that can move up in these final rankings. For this group, Lincoln of San Diego goes from No. 29 to No. 26, Bellarmine of San Jose goes from No. 35 to 30 and Cajon of San Bernardino gets the nod to rejoin the top...

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Football State Team of the Year 2021

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. Mater Dei of Santa Ana puts its name on the list for the fifth time, but fourth in the last five years. This also is just its second State Team […]

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More State FB Teams of the Year

Not every one of the so-called big four this year in the CIF Southern Section was from a private school. Centennial of Corona is public and therefore became an easy choice to be the 2021 State Public School Team of the Year. We also are congratulating Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista as State Medium […]

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CIF Saturday State Finals (NorCal)

While the five teams from Northern California were winless in games played over the weekend at Saddleback College, it was the exact opposite for the CIF state football finals played at home sites on Saturday in Northern California. All 10 of the SoCal teams were winless. Leading the way was D3AA winner Vanden of Fairfield […]

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CIF Saturday State Finals (SoCal)

Mater Dei caps unbeaten, state and national No. 1 season with rout of San Mateo Serra in Open Division. It’s too bad, though, the school handled its post-game interactions with the media the way it did. That other Serra, from Gardena, did much better in D1-A with a win over Liberty of Bakersfield. The day […]

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