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Mr. Football 2023: Elijah Brown

For the fourth time in the last seven years, a player from Mater Dei of Santa Ana has captured the state’s longest running and perhaps most prestigious high school football honor. Elijah ended his career with several totals that put him ahead of all others who were considered: 42-2 record as a starter for three […]

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CIF State Football Title Game MVPs

We have picked one for every game we’ve seen since the first one of the modern era in 2006, and have chosen one based on posted stats & media coverage for every other state final. Perhaps the hardest one this year was for Woodland Christian in D5-A. We also have one freshman and three sophomores […]

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Mater Dei State Team of Year 2023

Here is the official updated list of the California high school football state teams of the year that goes back for more than 120 years with Mater Dei of Santa Ana now added for 2023. This is the first No. 1 finish for the Monarchs in the state with a different head coach than Bruce […]

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Preseason All-State Football Teams

This is the 37th straight year of Cal-Hi Sports compiling a preseason all-state football team. We have first team, second team, third team just missed and a top 12 chart of the leading Mr. Football State Player of the Year candidates. Note: There are no writeups for each player (like there will be for the […]

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Class of 24 FB: Updated Hot 100

Here’s an updated look at the state’s most heavily recruited players for the Class of 2024 as fall practices begin. We first did this update last spring and usually don’t do another one a few months later, but there were plenty of players who transferred and we had a major reclassification that impacted both the...

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QBs in the State Football Records

It’s hard to beat California quarterbacks in NFL history so doing updates on the most prolific high schoolers for the Cal-Hi Sports state records is always a lot of fun. We’re done heading into the 2023 season. The most yards for a game was 540 from last season, the state passing leader had 4,190 and […]

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More State Schools of the Year

For boys sports only, De La Salle of Concord is considered tops for the state for 2022-23 with big finishes over the final days of the school year in golf, swimming and track & field. For the girls, Santa Margarita has to be listed alongside its overall State School of the Year selection. Other schools […]

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More State Football Players of the Year

Check inside this post for the honorees who have been chosen among juniors, sophomores, freshmen, medium schools and small schools. State No. 2 Mater Dei of Santa Ana has collected two of them. We also have our first-ever State Freshman of the Year. Plus, versatility on both sides of the ball helps the top honorees […]

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Mr. Football State POY Finalists

Some others in the media have already picked a state player of the year or will do it soon. It’s more of a process, however, for the annual Mr. Football statewide selection. It’s been done every year for more than 40 years and it’s been researched over the course of state history back more than […]

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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco set up their rematch of MD’s 17-7 win from early October with supremely impressive outings in their CIF Southern Section D1 semifinal victories. Serra (San Mateo) moves up to No. 3 and Folsom joins the top 5 with both teams solid favorites in their section...

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