We have two weeks of highlights to include this week and begin with why a team that ended 0-11 is going into the state record book. We also have a new state record holder for career receptions, another coach who has won 200 games or more (one that we saw win a CIF state title...
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MD-Bosco & Centennial Highlights
For perhaps the first time in our history (which goes back 45 plus years), we were able to see the top three ranked teams in the state in the regular season on the same weekend. The top two of them, of course, played each other on Friday night in Bellflower. But on Thursday night it […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are two newcomers and one of them will be playing on Friday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The other didn’t just go into the top 50, but went in with a big jump into the top 40. We also have a big jump for Vista Murrieta after its win over Chaparral with more...
State Athlete of Year: Javelin Guidry
For the second straight year, Vista Murrieta can claim the State Boys Athlete of the Year. It’s another member of the Broncos’ track team who gets the nod, but this time sprinter Javelin Guidry also happened to have been one of the top football defensive backs in Southern California last fall as well. For the […]
State Athlete of Year: Michael Norman
It’s a close call between the all-time great Vista Murrieta track sprinter and all-time great basketball player Lonzo Ball of Chino Hills. Swimmer Grant Shoults of Santa Margarita also made a strong push. Waiting for Norman to place fifth in the U.S. Olympic trials in the 200 and to win an under-20 world title is […]
FB Duel: Centennial vs. Vista Murrieta
This is the 10th in a series of posts comparing two local rivals who both may be toward the top of the preseason state football rankings. These two have met in the finals of the CIF Southern Section Inland Division four years in a row, but won’t meet this season since they will be in […]
Week 14 Top 25 Scoreboard
Does the state’s previously mentioned Big Four now seem more like a Big Two after No. 3 Folsom and No. 4 Serra of Gardena escape upset bids? More big winners include No. 6 Mater Dei (over No. 5 Long Beach Poly), No. 8 Corona Centennial (set state record), No. 11 Serra of San Mateo (on […]
SoCal Preseason CIF Bowl Rankings
The biggest development from last season is the addition of an open division in the San Diego Section, thus adding one more bowl-eligible team into the D1 South mix and elevating defending Division III state champ Madison to Division II.
Final, Expanded State Top 50 Football Rankings (Part 1)
Toughest choices are between Folsom and Granite Bay for No. 6 and No. 7 and what to do in the aftermath of the San Francisco Bay Area’s No. 2 team losing in the CIF Division III bowl game. Check Friday morning for the final CIF bowl game rankings for every division.
