Based on its 38-21 victory on Friday at Lamonica Stadium over defending CIF Central Section D1 champion Clovis North, thoughts of Clovis East doing the same for 2024 — including going 13-0 through the section playoffs — were impossible not to arise. The Timberwolves displayed a very effective short passing spread offense that could not […]
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are two new teams in this week’s breakdowns of the state’s top 50 teams, one of them that got in for beating a previously ranked team and the other going in based on previous that was on a bye last Friday. Teams that are showing with modest gains this week include St. Mary’s of...
More State Boys Athletes of Year
To go with overall honoree Ryder Dodd, there are others featured as the best among boys athletes for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the 2023-24 school year. Football-track combo athletes have taken it in four of the categories outside of D1 and seniors, but there is […]
Preseason All-Central Section FB Team
After starting in Orange County, the second stop in our annual tour of the state through the selection of preseason football honor squads is the CIF Central Section. It’s the home of three current NFL starting QBs (Josh Allen, Derek Carr & Jordan Love) and we had to get creative through our multi-purpose category to...
All-State Boys BB 2024: 2nd & 3rd Tms
Here’s the place to see all of the writeups for those who have been selected second team overall and third team overall on the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Boys Basketball Teams. The teams feature terrific underclassmen and some seniors who had stellar four-year careers that began with the once-in-a-lifetime 2021 CIF Spring Season. For...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Corona wins National High School Invitational title and goes back to the top after what ended up as a one-week break. Orange Lutheran & Harvard-Westlake also show they are among best in the nation. Inland Empire teams Paloma Valley, Centennial and Arlington also all have big weeks and get boosted into first 25. This week’s...
FINAL Boys BB State TOP 40 Rankings
As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings for the 2023-24 season. There is some movement from our previous weekly Top 35 update, as CIF Southern Section teams that didn’t make the regional playoffs deserve to move up over some NorCal and SoCal D1...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Mater Dei goes back to the No. 1 spot it was in before last year’s CIF Southern Section championships and if recent history is a guide will stay there until St. John Bosco wins the next time in the series between the two schools. Pittsburg and Mission Viejo get big bumps, but are still playing...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
A big comeback win lifts Helix of La Mesa into this week’s rankings as the highest newcomer. Right behind the Highlanders is another newcomer but it wasn’t exactly a comeback that put Clovis North of Fresno into the top 50 for the first time in several years. This week’s other three newcomers are Apple Valley,...
More Softball Players of the Year
If these honors were decided after the regular season (like the NFL, NBA & MLB), then every single one of the winners would be different. They are not in high school, however, since the playoffs are so important. We have additional honorees for juniors, sophs and frosh plus large schools and small schools. A large […]
