As a companion Gold Club special column for this week’s updated release of our massive list containing the name of every quarterback from a California high school who has started a game in the NFL since 1945 (and everyone from the AFL before the merger), we go over those schools with more than one, the...
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All-State Softball: 2nd & 3rd Teams
The 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams selections for softball also includes 30 players named second team overall plus 30 more who are third team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on second team. The third team, however, is only for seniors and only for large schools. For...
FINAL State Divisions Baseball Ranks
It took a bit longer to get out the final divisional rankings this year because we also wanted to run them in conjunction with proposed mythical state playoff brackets. Teams that have come up the most in final rankings are De La Salle and Elk Grove (D1), Palma of Salinas and Arroyo of San Lorenzo...
Boys BB Divisional State Rankings
Heading into this weekend’s CIF state championships, our top-ranked teams are Bishop Montgomery (Open), Roosevelt of Eastvale (D1), Esperanza of Anaheim (D2), Mission of San Francisco (D3), Helix of La Mesa (D4) and Rolling Hills Prep of San Pedro (D5). It’s no guarantee we’re going to predict every one of the No. 1 teams will...
Girls BB Divisional State Rankings
California’s No. 1 teams according to our rankings heading into the CIF state championships continue to be Archbishop Mitty of San Jose (Open), Windward of Los Angeles (D1), Mater Dei of Santa Ana (D2), Campolindo of Moraga (D3), West Campus of Sacramento (D4) and Eastside Prep of East Palo Alto (D5). If you can’t see...
State Super 55: No. 31 to No. 40
Last year’s team at Corona Centennial debuts at No. 31 in the all-time rankings and begs the question of how high would the Huskies have been if they could have won that last game? California’s first 15-0 team from Bishop Amat plus a Long Beach Poly squad that ended its season with a 102-0 win...
State Super 55: No. 41 to No. 55
St. John Bosco’s 2016 CIF state champions, despite two losses, are going onto this list at No. 41. Part of the reason for that is how highly regarded Mater Dei was at the time of Bosco’s avenging win in the CIF Southern Section D1 final. Both teams from famous 1956 CIFSS title game that drew...
FINAL, Expanded Top 50 (No. 1-20)
More reasons given for De La Salle staying fourth and St. Mary’s staying sixth. In other final moves, Helix flip-flops with Folsom at No. 11, Vista Murrieta and CIF state champ Madison both come up five spots and Calabasas ends up at No. 20. If you can’t see this post, it’s easy to become a...
FINAL, Expanded Top 50 (No. 21-50)
Several NorCal teams had to drop a few spots due to 0-5 record at Sac State. Sierra Canyon also comes up into Top 25 for final rankings while Del Oro and San Mateo Serra take drops. All six Trinity League teams are in as is CIF D3-AA champ Paraclete. If you can’t see this post,...
FINAL Five-Division State FB Ranks
We really did try to have CIF state champions No. 1 in all five of these divisions, but weren’t going to switch teams in divisions to do it. Once we established which teams were in which of our five divisions based on section playoff divisions it didn’t seem fair to switch them around later on....
