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More Girls State Athletes of Year

To go with overall honoree Dalia Frias, we have others selected tops among girls athletes for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D3, D4 and D5) for the 2021-22 school year. One of those was nearly chosen as the overall winner, while another was recently named as our 2022 Ms. Softball State Player […]

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Bill Russell & the Greatest of All-Time in every CIF sport

With the death on Sunday at age 88 of NBA icon Bill Russell, the tributes to him include being called perhaps the greatest team sports champion of all-time since he was part of 11 NBA titles for the Boston Celtics. Russell played as a high schooler at McClymonds of Oakland (where one of his teammates […]

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State School of Year: St. Francis (MV)

What began with a historic win on the football field is ending with St. Francis of Mountain View collecting the 2021-22 State School of the Year selection. This is just the Lancers’ second time getting onto the all-time state list, but it’s been 29 years. They finished strong in softball, baseball and boys volleyball to […]

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100-Meter Dash Sprint History

Thanks to junior Rodrick Pleasant of Gardena Serra clocking his sensational state record time of 10.14 seconds (legal wind reading) from last week’s CIF Southern Section Masters Meet, which broke a reported state record of 10.25 set in 1985 by Henry Thomas of Hawthorne, we were inspired to look up some our own historical files […]

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State Stat Stars of the Week

This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We still have some from basketball since one of the winningest head coaches ever has retired and we begin to think about where Ontario Christian’s Chloe Briggs will finish on the all-time career scoring list with one year to go....

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30 Years Ago: MD’s first No. 1 state team

With state and national No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana having the week off due to being top seed in the eight-team CIF Southern Section D1 bracket, we thought it would be a perfect time to look back at the Monarchs’ first team that ended a season No. 1 in the state in 1991. […]

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Stream With Kayo Sports

Kayo Sports is Australia’s number one sports streaming platform. It can be compared to a streaming service like Netflix. It’s a revolutionary new sports streaming service that aims to bring you closer to the sports you love more than ever before.

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Boys State Athletes of the Year

For this final boys sports honor roll for the 2020-21 school year, the headline announcement centers on a track-football standout who already has begun the 2021-22 school year with a bang. Meet Domani Jackson from Mater Dei of Santa Ana, who has been named State Athlete of the Year for his junior year accomplishments. His […]

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State School of Year: Harvard-Westlake

For the first time in its history, the San Fernando Valley private school has piled up enough championships and high national/state rankings in various sports to top all schools in California for the 2020-21 school year. It all started with an unbeaten football team and ended with a celebration on a baseball field at Cal […]

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More State Schools of the Year

For boys sports only, Mater Dei of Santa Ana is considered tops for the state for 2020-21 despite year of transition in the athletic department. For the girls, Harvard-Westlake is going to be listed alongside its overall State School of the Year selection. Other schools topping the list for overall state sports excellence honors for […]

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