We asked all 10 of California Interscholastic Federation’s section commissioners to talk about what they felt were their biggest challenges heading into the 2017-18 school year and what they were looking forward to the most. Transfers were not highest on the list. Instead, it was more about helping athletic directors and coaches (especially new ones) […]
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More State Baseball Coaches of Year
In addition to overall State Coach of the Year Mike Gonzales of El Toro, we have additional state coaching honors for the 2017 season going to Rich Henning from Christian Brothers of Sacramento and Jim Cleveland from Redwood Christian of San Lorenzo.
Fort Bragg Football History Highlights
This school’s 2016 team was close to being a CIF state champion and its all-time win total is getting close to 500. And if it weren’t for one bad decade — the 1960s — we might be talking about Fort Bragg as one of the state’s top all-time small-school, small-town teams. Since we’re still getting […]
Updated NorCal All-State FB Nominees
More players added, corrections made and new photos featuring different players are all part of updated NorCal nominee list for this year’s 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. These players are from the CIF Central Coast, North Coast, Northern, San Francisco, Oakland and Sac-Joaquin sections. It’s still not too late to send in a...
All-State Football Nominees (NorCal)
It’s time to get rolling toward selection of the 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. This first group of players who have been placed on our board of nominees is from the CIF Central Coast Section, CIF North Coast Section, CIF Northern Section, CIF Sac-Joaquin Section plus San Francisco & Oakland. Don’t get mad […]
CIF NorCal Bowl Board No. 5
You can now lock it in stone that whichever team wins the first CIF North Coast Section Open Division title will be the NorCal team in the Open Division state final. The other major development on this week’s NorCal board is the possibility that a play-in game will be set up in a different division...
Antioch battles, DLS wins
It’s still been since 1991 that a Bay Area team or one in the state north of Fresno has been able to beat De La Salle of Concord. The Spartans won again Friday, but Antioch falling by just 28-21 gives hope for the Panthers in a possible playoff rematch and others.
Bishop O’Dowd FB History Highlights
A school that’s well-known for basketball has been more than good in football, especially if you look at it’s 62.7 percent all-time winning percentage and the number of players who’ve gone on to do well in the NFL.
Preseason All-NCS Football Team
There’s only one from De La Salle on first team and the talent in the section is among its best ever, including the top-ranked running back in the U.S. No one doubts the Spartans, though, are still favored in the first Open Division section playoff. Still, the elite players on some of the other teams […]
Football: NCS Open Division On Board
The section’s league reps vote 44-3 to add four-team Open Division in football starting this fall. Of course, thoughts turn immediately to NCS super power De La Salle, which has won every NCS D1 title since 1991 and has won six CIF state titles in the highest classification in the last seven years.
