The WCAL was strong enough, but now Archbishop Riordan may be joining the party after its big win last week against Sacred Heart Prep. This week’s other major mover is Miramonte of Orinda, which went from unranked to No. 22.
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Week 1 State Top 25 Scoreboard
Of the two biggest games this weekend, one happened on Thursday while the other took place Saturday. In Friday’s games, No. 14 Crespi of Encino was beaten by Orange Lutheran while No. 13 Vista Murrieta and No. 16 Bellarmine of San Jose looked great in season openers. No. 5 Folsom also won on Saturday.
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...
Preseason S.F. Bay Area FB Rankings
These rankings match our own Cal-Hi Sports Preseason Top 50 state rankings that were done approximately 10 days ago. These include all Central Coast Section schools but no North Coast Section schools north of the Santa Rosa Metro area. CCS schools do not start playing until next weekend. Most NCS schools are beginning this weekend.
Preseason State Rankings (Divisions)
With the CIF bowl games now in 13 divisions and with it basically impossible to place teams into those divisions in a weekly format, we are resurrecting our traditional five-division state rankings first done in 1975. No. 1 teams to start are De La Salle (D1), Grant of Sacramento (D2), Cathedral Catholic of San Diego […]
Preseason All-State FB Teams (1st)
Using the same 30-man format as the all-state teams we’ve chosen for many years – offense, defense, multi-purpose with kicker and punter – here is a look at what we’ve come up with to start the 2015 season. Returning State Junior of the Year Javon McKinley and returning State Sophomore of the Year Darnay Holmes...
So Far, So Good for 2010s
After the usual suspects at the top of the heap among schools with the best records in football so far this decade, there are some who are moving up, including McClymonds of Oakland, St. Margaret’s of San Juan Capistrano and Sutter. Go inside for a sneak peak at four other football state record categories that […]
Comparing the big four FB recruit lists
Each of the nation’s four major college football recruiting web sites is currently ranking a different player as the best prospect in California. We went through the Scout 300, ESPN 300, Rivals 250 and the top 300 according to 247 Sports and compare them. Which one likes Northern California the best? Which ones are willing […]
All-State Baseball: First Team
With several former all-state first team players getting ready to play in the MLB All-Star Game, here’s our own California prep version of an all-star roster, which also is the 35th consecutive year that we’ve done it. This group is our elite of the elite and some of the choices as usual were very difficult.
Baseball, Softball State Rank Updates
Buchanan clinches final baseball ranking of no lower than No. 4 with section final win. El Camino Real, meanwhile, leads rush of six baseball newcomers. For softball, San Jose rivals eyeing probable matchup next weekend with major implications while newcomers are Poway, Etiwanda and East Union. Check below for this week’s new list of the […]
