There are upsets and then there’s the way that previously unbeaten and state No. 7 Upland lost to No. 23 Oaks Christian in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 semifinals. Would you believe on a 95-yard interception return TD with 9.8 seconds left? The historical CIFSS D1 semifinals, meanwhile, weren’t nearly as dramatic as No. […]
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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
With all of the byes and with No. 7 Folsom, No. 9 Chaminade and No. 10 Calabasas all winning in showdown games against other ranked opponents, there weren’t any changes at the top of this week’s rankings until we got down to No. 15. Upland was the biggest mover, going up from No. 24 to...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Chaminade and Calabasas are now both in the top 10 and both have big tests Thursday this week with the Eagles facing Serra of Gardena and the Coyotes meeting Valencia. Others getting bumps this week include Mission Hills, San Ramon Valley and Central of Fresno. Newcomers to the first 25 are Upland and San Diego...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
We honestly didn’t know until after picking this week’s two NorCal/SoCal Offensive Players of the Week that their brothers are teammates on the depth chart of quarterbacks up at Washington State. Ryan Hilinski (Orange Lutheran) and Nathan Gordon (Pacifica Terra Nova) are quarterbacks as well and both are out to strong starts this season. Other […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Trinity League dominance gets more pronounced every week and this time the super league now has all six teams in the top 15. We have Orange Lutheran, Santa Margarita, JSerra and Servite at No. 12 through No. 15 but really any order may make sense. The other big move this week was jumping up CIF...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Preseason No. 13 Murrieta Valley gets shocked 30-28 by Corona Santiago in what would be the state’s biggest upset of the opening Friday night of the 2017 season. The night also saw big wins for No. 3 Corona Centennial, No. 6 Narbonne of Harbor City and No. 7 Chaminade of West Hills. Up north, Del […]
More State Football Players of the Year
Check inside this post for the honorees who have been chosen among juniors, sophomores, medium schools, small schools and for those who play defense. We tried, but couldn’t get any from Northern California for this season.
All-State FB Noms (Central, LA, SD)
Here’s the next set of nominees to get started toward selection of the 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. This second group of players who have been placed on our board of nominees are from the CIF Central Section, CIF L.A. City Section, plus the CIF San Diego Section. Don’t get mad if a […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Oakdale’s Will Semone isn’t close to the state leading rushing total of Riverside Norte Vista’s Eric Melesio, but in four playoff games he’s led the surging Mustangs by rushing for 1,162 yards. Other honored this week are from Bakersfield, Moraga, San Clemente, Harbor City and El Monte.
San Clemente’s Bradford starts at USC
The decision to promote Sam Darnold over Max Browne for the starting quarterback position at USC might surprise some people, or at least those that haven’t been paying close attention to the latest college football lines. The freshman, who is a graduate of San Clemente High, will lead the Trojans as their starting quarterback at […]
