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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

There are no new top 10 teams this week, but the order has changed with Folsom, Norco and Los Alamitos up one with Sierra Canyon ninth after its loss to No. 5 Centennial. There are several teams that have jumped into this first part of the rankings, led by new No. 21 Rocklin and new...

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Preseason STATE TOP 50 (Part 2)

This group of potentially great teams from California starts with a look at two of the Lincoln high schools — from San Diego and Stockton — placed right next to each other. There are other schools in this mix who may have a bit more to replace than those in the first 25 and some […]

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NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)

On the eve of No. 1 vs No. 2 matchup between St. John Bosco and Mater Dei that will put the winner on the all-time list of State Teams of the Year that goes back to 1890, the two new teams moving up into this part of the TOP 50 are Carlsbad and Chaminade of...

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Preseason State TOP 50 (Part 1)

These are the ones with more than 45 years of work behind them, but it’s so different for this spring season. Factors such as which teams are playing which teams and building a consensus of those who do local rankings will be more important in compiling these rankings than when it’s known there are going […]

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Which schools can play each other?

It remains very much up in the air whether there will be very many high school football games in California that will get scheduled for March and April, but with the downward trends in the pandemic it’s still possible to speculate about teams from adjoining counties that at some point might be able to play […]

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D1AA State Champs Still Strong

Central of Fresno loses a lot of offensive firepower from 2019 club that made history with 15-0 record and CIF D1-AA state title. But don’t fret about the Grizzlies. They’re loaded on defense for the 2020-21 season, hoping they get to start on time in January, and should be fine on offense with another transfer […]

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NEW State Top 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

It will be No. 1 St. John Bosco vs. No. 3 De La Salle in this week’s CIF Open Division state championship. And going by this week’s rankings, it also will be No. 7 Central of Fresno vs. No. 9 Sierra Canyon and No. 8 Corona del Mar vs. No. 10 San Mateo Serra in...

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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)

The order following Mater Dei, St. John Bosco and De La Salle gets shuffled to account for losses by Narbonne and JSerra and to set up two upcoming showdowns — DLS vs. Folsom next week and Corona Centennial this week. Newcomers coming up into this first part of the State Top 50 include two others...

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Preseason Central Section FB Team

We’ll now start going more quickly with the compilations of these preseason all-section and all-area football teams. We go from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section in a southern direction down the Valley to the CIF Central Section for our third one. Defending D1 champion Central of Fresno will have to replace a record-breaking quarterback but as...

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FINAL Girls VB State Top 20 Ranks

After losing in the CIF Open Division state final last year, Mater Dei of Santa Ana completes its quest to get the job done this time with easy 3-0 sweep of Fresno Central in last Saturday’s championship. The Monarchs also are the 2018 State Team of the Year, but it may be surprising to see […]

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