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...
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Updated All-State FB Noms (Part 1)
These are updated nominations lists from the CIF Central Coast Section, CIF North Coast Section, CIF Northern Section, CIF Sac-Joaquin Section plus San Francisco & Oakland we will be using for selection of the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. First teams announced on Friday. New photos have been added as well. It’s still...
CIF Bowl Update: Only one change
With many teams on first-round playoff byes and those that did play winning quite easily, there was only one move made on this week’s CIF Bowl Boards. Instead of doing a new feature post, this week we’ll just go over that one change in a blog post and direct people to look at last week’s […]
Preseason All-Northern Sec FB Team
The Redding area of the north has been on a lot people’s minds in recent weeks due to the destructive and deadly Carr Fire. Shasta High, which played in the CIF D3-AA state championship last season, was used for many services and we assume many students lost their homes. Shasta still has a few players...
NEW State Softball Division Ranks
Heading into Thursday games, here’s an updated look at the various races for final No. 1 rankings according to our five-division format. Two teams from this year’s finals in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, Benicia and Woodland Christian, both lost out on chances to end No. 1 in the state by dropping the first game in...
NEW Baseball State Division Ranks
The only new No. 1 team in this week’s divisional state baseball rankings is CIF Southern Section Division 4 top seed South of Torrance, which is now No. 1 for the state in D3. Still No. 1 would be Harvard-Westlake (D1), Beckman of Irvine (D2), Winters (D4) and St. Vincent de Paul (D5). Those making...
CIF Sections: Biggest Challenges 2017
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) […]
Preseason All-Northern Sec FB Team
It’s all about Sutter this year in the state’s northernmost CIF section. Five Huskies are among those on this year’s preseason all-section squad and they return an exceptional core from team that gave Oakdale a much tougher battle in the CIF NorCal D3-A bowl game than the Mustangs had in the state final. For CIF...
Preseason All-Northern Sec FB Team
Pleasant Valley of Chico and Sutter top the charts with five players each on this year’s squad. Pleasant Valley is coming off of one of its greatest seasons ever, but prolific pass-catch combo from Foothill of Palo Cedro could be even tougher to stop.