For the next few weeks, we’ll go back in time to approximately the same weekend of the California high school football season from five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years ago. At the end of what would have normally been the end of each of those seasons, we may go back even […]
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All-Time Single-Year TD, Rushing & Receiving Leaders
All individual single-season offensive categories for the state football record book files have now been updated heading into the 2020 season. There are new players added for most touchdowns (season), most points scored (season), most yards rushing (season), most yards rushing (regular season), most receiving yards (season), most receiving yards (regular season), most TD catches...
More State Football Players of Year
Check inside this post for the honorees who have been chosen among juniors, sophomores, medium schools and small schools. While it was essentially a two-person race for Mr. Football, it was more wide open and more difficult for each of the other player of the year categories. We did go for another Trinity League quarterback […]
NEW NorCal/SoCal Bowl Projections
We have input this week from the CIF itself about this year’s matchups, thanks to a conversation on Tuesday with associate executive director Brian Seymour. New teams on the board include Lincoln of San Diego, Whitney of Rocklin, Bakersfield Christian, San Dimas, El Monte and Bishop. We also have had to move up McClymonds into...
Prep Notes With A Twist
Honor Bowl needs to give the CIF Central Section a try…..NorCal Bowl Board for CIF already beginning to take shape and it really will after this weekend….Latest state record file update is for most points by a losing team….Plus, more of the top state stat stars. Note: This is a post for our Gold Club...
Preseason FB: All-San Fernando & San Gabriel Valley FB Team
For this final stop of our exclusive preseason football tour of the entire state, which has listed players from Humboldt-Del Norte and Yreka in the north to the Imperial Valley in the south, we’re landing in the combined CIF Southern Section valleys of San Fernando, San Gabriel, Santa Clarita and Antelope (plus a couple of...
State Stat Stars of the Week
We didn’t have any QBs with eight TD passes this week, but we have two that threw for seven and another player who scored seven. We also have a state record-tying 99-yard TD run, a player with 408 yards rushing and six scores and another player who had 331 yards rushing on just 11 carries....
Inside The All-State Softball Teams
See why we’ve decided to give a special shout out to El Monte’s Seanna Jimenez, who came close to making one of the all-state teams but had more responsibilities than your average high school senior. We also have more players listed who just missed making it onto the all-state underclass teams, a look at the...
State Stat Stars of the Week
By Harold Abend & Paul Muyskens with contribution by Bob Barnett. Sophomore QB from Carmel passes for 424 yards in one game, but we also have others reported with 573 and 491. One honor roll effort also comes in highest-scoring tie in state history.