Annual tour of the state through preseason all-area or all-section teams concludes with the far reaches of the CIF Northern Section. Almost all teams in the section, similar to the Central Coast and North Coast Sections, still haven’t started yet. CIF D5-A state champion Orland has a lot of top returning players and three of...
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NEW State TOP 25 Softball Rankings
St. Francis (MV) stays on top for the second straight week and is now joined by the school’s baseball team with a No. 1 state ranking. Roosevelt of Eastvale moves up to No. 2 after winning CIFSS D1 title while others move up as well in the aftermath of a huge CIF Central Section upset....
Preseason Northern Section FB Team
Our 10th stop in this statewide tour of leading players from top teams goes to the far north where the schools tend to be small and the rest of the state largely ignores. There are changes in the air with a new commissioner, schools competing in their final year in the section and a new...
Section by Section COVID Updates
The CIF Southern Section got Tuesday going with an announcement that it was canceling its fall sports playoffs and championships to give its leagues and its schools more time to get games in. The CIF Central Section and CIF L.A. City Section made the same moves in the morning as well. The San Diego and […]
Reopening First Before Football (Part 4)
This is going to be a continuing series on this site until a majority of California high school football teams are practicing and getting ready for their first games. Most of the bigger school districts in the state have yet to officially open, but some have with full distance learning via Zoom and Google applications. […]
Reopening First Before Football (Part 3)
This is going to be a continuing series on this site until a majority of California high school football teams are practicing and getting ready for their first games. Last week’s announcement by the CIF and its 10 sections that the 2020 fall season is going to become the 2021 winter season gives many people […]
NEW Medium/Small School FB Ranks
San Joaquin Memorial of Fresno goes to the top for medium schools and is the only medium school above 2-AA in the CIF regional bowl games. We also have three new teams in medium this week — Temecula Valley, Manteca and Oceanside El Camino. For the small schools, Sutter remains in the No. 1 position...
Paradise Wins 11-0 vs 11-0 Showdown
There was only one section football playoff game on Friday night in all of Northern California that matched both teams at 11-0. And in that CIF Northern Section Division 3 contest, Paradise proved it’s more than just a feel-good story with a road win against West Valley of Cottonwood. These Bobcats are playing for more […]
Preseason All-Northern Sec FB Team
Every year, it seems Pleasant Valley (Chico), Sutter and East Nicolaus control the fortunes in the top three divisions in the Northern Section CIF. Those three will be strong once again, but rising Foothill (Palo Cedro) and Shasta (Redding) aren’t far off to push for top spot. Defending D3 section champ West Valley (Cottonwood) reloads...
