De La Salle (D1), Clayton Valley (D2), Camarillo (D3), Sierra Canyon (D4) and Grace Brethren (D5) remain on top, but there are two new No. 2s this week with St. Augustine forcing its way up in D2 after big win over Mission Hills while San Marino goes back to that position in D4. Also on...
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CCS to get runner-ups in CIF bowls
It was expected that the CIF state office and CIF Central Coast Section would work out the language and details so that the section could send two of its Open Division runner-up teams into the CIF regional bowl games. According to Darren Saabedra of the San Jose Mercury-News in a blog post earlier this week, […]
Burning Questions: CIF Bowl Games
Does De La Salle loss in Texas screw up this year’s picks for Northern California? That question plus a few others are answered after the first week of major games are played across the state. Note: In previous years of the CIF state football bowl games, we’ve done the bulk of our breakdowns of what...
Divisional State Ranking Placements
Check this post to see which Cal-Hi Sports state football ranking division is the one assigned for your school, based on each section playoff division, section league alignments and section playoff structure.
CIF Bowl teams collide: Folsom wins
Folsom and Clayton Valley of Concord, two teams which last played in the CIF state bowl games, went down to the wire in a Friday season opener. The host Bulldogs won 27-26 but it took a touchdown with 1:12 left and it was a far cry from last year’s monster routs.
Predicted CIF Bowl Game Matchups
Since we have picked a preseason winner for each CIF section playoff in the state, we’ll also take it one step further by going ahead and doing a preseason selection of how those teams might match up in this first year of the “everybody gets a bowl game” format. For a preseason look at the...
Coaches Speak: More CIF Bowl Games
In a non-scientific survey of top football coaches from around the state who responded to a questionnaire we sent out last week, there appears to be a majority of them who are not supportive of that many teams potentially playing 16-game schedules.
CIF State Bowl Breakdowns
Since we’ve seen eight of the 10 teams playing in Carson this weekend in person (some more than once), we break down every matchup and choose a predicted score. You can see the score in each team’s preview that’s posted in our insider blog, but you need to be a Gold Club member to check...
CIF Bowl Game Breakdowns (South)
Check here for teams we think will get bowl bids in next week’s Southern California regional bowls and for those that we are recommending picked. We will be posting these divisions throughout Saturday night and into Sunday morning as they are completed.
CIF Bowl Games Quiz
This is a trivia challenge for any and all who think they know a little about the CIF state football bowl games and California high school football history.
