We roll on with the selection process for the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams with this third set of all-state nominees. This first group of players who were placed on our board were from the CIF Central Coast Section, CIF North Coast Section, CIF Northern Section, CIF Sac-Joaquin Section plus San Francisco & […]
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CIF Regional Football Lineup Set
Here is the lineup of games for this year’s CIF football regional championships as announced on Sunday, Dec. 3. The matchups were approved by a committee of CIF section commissioners through video conference call. If people are curious, we know our Cal-Hi Sports’ bowl boards (north and south) are looked at by CIF football officials, […]
CIF Bowl Boards 3 (North & South)
There’s not many changes on this week’s CIF bowl boards, but we always contemplate different matchups and there are two new teams listed in the south as South Hills of West Covina is on for CIF Southern Section Division 7 and Southwest of El Centro is on for CIF San Diego Section Division IV. Note:...
CIFSS honors for McIntosh, others
Noted historian Bruce McIntosh, currently living in Rio Vista but formerly of San Pedro for decades, will be among those honored Wednesday as one of the CIFSS Hall of Fame and Distinguished Service Award winners at a luncheon in Long Beach.
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-San Fernando Valley
Statewide tour of each CIF section (SF & Oakland players to watch still to come) is complete with unveiling of preseason All-San Fernando Valley squad, which also includes the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley areas. We put two of the region’s very best athletes — Devon Williams of Antelope Valley and Matthew Tago of Quartz...
Baseball Coach of Year: Mike Gonzales
It’s been a great few weeks for El Toro’s Mike Gonzales with a second CIF Southern Section Division I title and a third player reaching the major leagues with the debut of the Oakland A’s Matt Chapman. One of his others you might have heard of — MVP candidate Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies. […]
FINAL State Divisions Baseball Ranks
It took a bit longer to get out the final divisional rankings this year because we also wanted to run them in conjunction with proposed mythical state playoff brackets. Teams that have come up the most in final rankings are De La Salle and Elk Grove (D1), Palma of Salinas and Arroyo of San Lorenzo...
Elite 11 QB Matt Corral
He’s looking forward to a fresh start at Long Beach Poly after going to The Opening later this summer in Oregon. At Poly, he’ll have the surrounding talent to lead the Jackrabbits in the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs, but will it be enough to make a run at the big three of St. […]
