With the CIF Open Division state championship eliminating all rankings debate, adding the annual champion to the all-time State Team of the Year list is just one of the added bonuses. We have a feeling that CIF Southern Section teams Mater Dei and St. John Bosco might be trading this selection between each other for […]
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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Mater Dei and De La Salle will head into this year’s CIF Open Division final on Dec. 16 at No. 1 and No. 3 in the state. This week’s biggest movers include Oaks Christian, up from No. 11 to No. 8, Paraclete, up from No. 19 to No. 12, and Helix, up from No. 20...
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, […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Mater Dei tops Bosco for CIFSS D1 title while other huge wins posted on Saturday were by De La Salle, Folsom and Helix. Big winners on the first night of section championships played Friday were Central of Fresno, Oaks Christian of Westlake Village, Narbonne of Harbor City, Manteca and Rancho Verde of Moreno Valley. Salinas […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
As Mater Dei and St. John Bosco head into the CIFSS D1 final in their expected 1-2 positions, De La Salle is now sitting at No. 3. How to handle what Oaks Christian did to previously unbeaten and previous No. 7 Upland also was another tough call this week. Two new teams, meanwhile, moving into...
CIF Bowl Boards 6 (North & South)
Citrus Hill of Perris is the only team that is new on this week’s boards for both Northern and Southern California. We pondered a few other changes, but essentially left projected matchups the same. This week’s two bowl boards also mention every unbeaten team in the state. And if you’re still unbeaten at this point...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Bosco stays close enough to Mater Dei and has enough big games coming up to remain No. 2 in the state behind No. 1 Monarchs. JSerra, meanwhile, has to go up to No. 6 from No. 10 heading into this week’s game against Mater Dei. We also have two new teams that have been added...
CIF Bowl Board No. 1 (North)
Here’s a first look at how the teams may begin to be stacking up for this year’s CIF Northern California regional bowl games. We build these boards from the top down and from the bottom going up with the toughest choices for the middle divisions. All of these teams should be viewed as place-holders in […]
Stat Stars, State Records & More
For this week’s column, we present the idea of splitting away the CIF Open Division state football final from the other divisions as part of the final weekend of the season. We also have suggestions about future high school games hosted by the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium, show you where Heritage of Menifee’s...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Trinity League dominance gets more pronounced every week and this time the super league now has all six teams in the top 15. We have Orange Lutheran, Santa Margarita, JSerra and Servite at No. 12 through No. 15 but really any order may make sense. The other big move this week was jumping up CIF...
