Two teams with more than one CIF state title appearance — Clayton Valley of Concord and Helix of La Mesa — both make huge upward moves in this week’s rankings for schools in this group. This week’s newcomers are Bishop Diego of Santa Barbara, Liberty of Bakersfield, St. Francis of La Canada and Granite Bay....
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
One of this week’s two newcomers, Murrieta Valley of Murrieta, has to jump to No. 41 despite three losses. Beating previous No. 16 Vista Murrieta was just that big. Also new this week is 9-0 Yorba Linda. Major movers include Edison of Huntington Beach and Jesuit of Carmichael. Go inside for breakdowns of all of...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Once again this week we remind readers that besides looking for hidden talent that doesn’t get a lot of ink, we use this feature for finding entries in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book. This week we have both categories covered. We start in San Mateo and then go to Brentwood and Patterson in Northern […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
St. John Bosco remains No. 2 in the State Top 50 for a rather simple reason: 10 straight wins over No. 3 Servite. The Friars are going to have to win on the field to get past the Braves or Mater Dei. De La Salle also doesn’t drop from No. 10 after loss to nationally...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are four newcomers this week and all four had big wins — Upland, Liberty of Bakersfield, El Camino of Oceanside and Edison of Stockton. It also was a week with some major movers with a lot of teams still sitting at 0-0. That list is led by new No. 26 Orange Lutheran and new...
State FB TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
With just two weeks to go for the vast majority of teams in the state for this very different spring season, we’ll treat Friday and Saturday nights like we do for the fall with the compilation of a weekend scoreboard involving the state’s top-ranked teams. Two expected showdowns on Friday fizzled for different reasons, then […]
Boys/Girls BB Blasts From The Past
We presented Blasts From The Past every week in the fall for football, and will now look at doing the same for boys and girls basketball when those teams should be playing this winter. These are highlights from around the state from 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years ago. From 15 […]
2008, ’81 & ’94 Season Replays Week 10
This is how the season looked after the 10th week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. No. 1 teams remained Edison of Huntington Beach, Bishop Amat of La Puente and Long Beach Poly (but spoiler alert one of...
1981, ’94, ’08 Season Replays (Week 5)
This is how the season looked after the fifth week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. No. 1 teams remained Edison of Huntington Beach, Bishop Amat of La Puente and Long Beach Poly. The Jackrabbits had just won...
2008, ’94, ’81 Season Replays (Week 3)
This is how the season looked after the third week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. There were two new No. 1 teams following this week’s games in those seasons: Edison of Huntington Beach (1981) and Long Beach...
