Saturday games at the Honor Bowl in Mountain View sees impressive wins by No. 16 Serra of Gardena and No. 19 Liberty of Brentwood. On Friday, No. 1 Mater Dei shows national audience on ESPNU why not much has changed despite all of those gone from last season with a 42-0 road romp over national […]
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State Stat Stars of the Week
After not doing this weekly feature last school year, we are bringing it back for 2018-19 since it’s a great way to write up many top athletes around the state and track them all for possible state record updates. We are bringing it back as a Gold Club post, however, and also hope the extra...
Preseason Inland Empire FB Team
Don’t let the somewhat lower than normal total of preseason honors candidates fool you. Corona Centennial remains the team to beat in this region of the state. One team that doesn’t have to worry about playing the Huskies in the postseason or any CIF Southern Section Division I team in the playoffs is Upland. The...
NSD Recap & Final 2018 Player Ranks
Since we just picked the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams and almost all of the top players in the Class of 2018 have now signed their letters of intent, it’s a perfect time to update our Hot 100 player rankings for graduating seniors. These are different than all-state because a player’s recruitment (or lack...
Football Coaching Milestones 2017
Highlights include Kevin Rooney from Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks winning his 300th game, Bruce Rollinson from Mater Dei of Santa Ana going 15-0 with his team ending No. 1 in the nation and the final seasons in remarkable careers for Bob Johnson (Mission Viejo) and Mark Louriero (Escalon). All coaches with 200 reported wins...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
This week’s CIF Southern Section Division I semifinals will mark the first time since state rankings were begun in California in 1975 that the top four ranked teams are playing each other with No. 1 Mater Dei playing No. 4 Mission Viejo and No. 2 St. John Bosco playing No. 3 Corona Centennial. Go inside...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Chaminade of West Hills is the new team at No. 6 this week as the top five seems locked for now. The rest of the top 10, however, is more fluid. We moved up Santa Margarita from No. 12 to No. 10 even though the Eagles lost last Friday. And there’s also movement down below,...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Mission Viejo moves up from No. 5 to No. 4 after topping Long Beach Poly, but the Orange County team coming up even more is new No. 8 Santa Margarita. The Eagles, who were No. 13 last week, are playing Mission Viejo in one of this week’s top games. Others coming up this week include...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
With big game looming against IMG Academy of Florida at the Honor Bowl, Corona Centennial edges up to the No. 2 ranking this week with previous No. 2 St. John Bosco at No. 3. Major movers below the big three include St. Mary’s of Stockton (No. 15 to No. 11), Calabasas (No. 16 to No....
