It can be confusing what’s medium schools vs large schools, especially in the world of competitive equity playoff divisions in which schools don’t know what divisions they will be in until playoffs actually begin, but we rely on our experience of covering the state to keep the format working. CIF D2-AA finalists La Serna of […]
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Preseason Redwood Empire FB Team
Since it’s the home base for one correspondent and our associate editor, the Redwood Empire region of the CIF North Coast Section has always been a little special for us. That’s one reason why it has always been given a special breakdown for our annual tour of the state through preseason all-area or all-section football...
1st NorCal/SoCal Bowl Projections
There will be tons of movement on both sides of our board from now until that Sunday in four weeks when the CIF announces on which teams will be playing each other in this year’s regional & state title football games. Since we now have pairings and top seeds available in most CIF sections of […]
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Both rankings in the second week expand to 20 teams for medium and to 15 for small. The changes for medium are mostly due to matching the same order of this week’s overall State TOP 50 as Yorba Linda moves up from No. 4 to No. 6. In small schools, Half Moon Bay had to...
Preseason All-NCS Redwood Empire
This region of the NCS captured four section titles and two CIF state titles last season. One of the players on this team transferred from one school (San Marin of Novato) that won a CIF state title to another one (Marin Catholic). Rancho Cotate of Rohnert Park and Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa also have...
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...
State Stat Stars of the Week
Both Ben Purcell from Del Campo of Fair Oaks and Kaylor Sullivan of Fort Bragg barely reach the 500-yard mark in one game. This week also saw several players earn honor roll writeups in some of the wildest scorefests of the season such as San Joaquin Memorial over Madera 69-63 and Stagg of Stockton over […]
