Many of the state’s best teams had the week off with first-round byes or open dates in CIF sectional playoffs. The major exception, of course, was in the Southern Section where even some top-seeded squads had playoff tests right out of the gate. State No. 1 St. John Bosco wasn’t one of them. The highest […]
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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
San Clemente parties like it’s 1999 after its upset win on Friday over state No. 8 Mission Viejo. One of those moving up in next week’s rankings because of that upset will be state No. 11 Liberty of Brentwood, which earned showdown win against No. 17 Pittsburg and is now in line to win its […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
JSerra does indeed move up after suffering a loss since it was by just 35-28 to a St. John Bosco team that is No. 2 in these state rankings but is No. 1 in some national lists. Other moves completed included St. Francis of Mountain View up to No. 13, Narbonne of Harbor City up...
What We’ve Learned So Far 2018
Even though there are some teams that have played six games, this is the week we consider as the halfway point of the 2018 football season. Games that we’ve attended have been Folsom at De La Salle, the Honor Bowl at St. Francis of Mountain View (five games), Stockton St. Mary’s at Central Catholic (Modesto), […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
With wins over Bakersfield and Norco, previous No. 13 Servite couldn’t drop all the way out of the top 25 this week after its upset loss to Villa Park. So what does that mean for the Spartans? It means they have to come from outside the Top 50 last week all the way up in...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Folsom’s freaky 56-point half against Chaminade forces the Bulldogs to have to move up among the top 10 of this week’s rankings and they go from No. 8 to No. 6. They now are behind only the projected top four seeds for the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs along with De La Salle. We...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Cajon of San Bernardino joins the top 10 after rolling past Murrieta Valley in matchup of 10,000-yard quarterbacks. Cathedral Catholic’s big win over Serra of Gardena also causes a lot of changes, including the Dons’ own rise up to No. 20 plus Torrey Pines going up to No. 15 and La Costa Canyon to No....
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
With strong wins, both De La Salle and Corona Centennial can make a legitimate claim to be No. 3 behind Mater Dei and St. John Bosco, but DLS was third before so it stays there. Another school in Concord, Clayton Valley, does indeed crack the barrier to be in this first of two posts including...
All-State Baseball: Underclass
The second of four posts announcing the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams focuses on the underclassmen. These are the best of the best for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. It’s harder for the younger players grouped with the juniors, but some sophomores broke through and we also have listed our State Freshman of the...