After collecting the results of these teams, it begs the question of what’s better in first-round section playoff games: playing and slaughtering a mismatched opponent or just taking a bye. The only ranked team to play and lose was No. 23 Chaminade, but its loss was to No. 2 Corona Centennial.
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Week 9 State Top 25 Scareboard
With No. 2 Centennial and No. 3 St. John Bosco having already played on Thursday night, No. 1 De La Salle kept pace on Friday. Biggest Friday night house of horrors were experienced by No. 6 Mater Dei falling to bubble team JSerra and No. 19 Westlake going down to St. Bonaventure.
Week 5 State Top 25 Scoreboard
It was a quiet Friday night in SoCal due to many top teams having byes, but in the north it was No. 13 Bellarmine and No. 14 Clayton Valley holding the line against major challengers. No. 1 De La Salle and No. 5 Folsom both post shutouts while No. 2 Corona Centennial wins 69-7.
State Football Record Updates
Two more coaches join the list of those with 200 varsity career wins with another likely this weekend. We also try to figure out if Highlands’ Isaiah Tenette has set a record for single game rushing yards by a quarterback. Finally, could Folsom WR Cole Thompson’s state record for TD catches in a season set […]
Honor Bowl: Centennial Statement
Serra of Gardena can’t stop state powerhouse Corona Centennial in the final game of a doubleheader played Saturday at Oceanside’s John Carroll Stadium. The state No. 2 Huskies roll to a 52-13 win over Serra and make a statement about its chances of once again playing for Pac-5 and CIF Open Division titles. The earlier […]
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...
Class of ’16 NEW FB Player Rankings
To get our 2015 statewide preseason football coverage jump-started, we’re beginning with an update of our own player rankings. For this year’s seniors, it’s a group that seems to be led by a deep cast of wide receivers, but we’re still partial to quarterbacks and have switched to Santa Margarita’s K.J. Costello at the top...
Inside The Boys BB All-State Teams
Helping your team get to the state finals and then having a big game is perhaps the easiest way to gain an all-state honor, but what about the ones who might have made it otherwise? We go over a few of those players, but list more top sophomores and freshmen and reveal perhaps the most...
BB: CIFSS Open Division Pairings
Here’s a quick overview of both the boys and girls brackets as released Friday by the CIF Southern Section office. How many state champions will be in this field? There were four boys and four girls teams from last season that did just that.
Boys BB: Updated ’17 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top college prospects in the sophomore (2017) class since we last updated our player rankings in October. The top two remain the same and two more big men move into the top four of our winter 2017 Cal-Hi Sports...
