In the last three games of its mythical national title season, the defensive unit at Mater Dei of Santa Ana was even more impressive than the offense so it only makes sense that the leading player off of that unit is the statewide winner. This also is the second straight season the Monarchs have had […]
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State Defensive POY: Henry To’oto’o
Hard-hitting linebacker from De La Salle of Concord becomes the sixth player from that storied program to get top defensive honors for California. Those who saw him play on a broken foot in the CIF Open Division state final may not have seen him at his best, especially when the Spartans shut out CIF Division […]
Mr. Football State POY Finalists
For the second straight year, CIF Open Division two-time state champion Mater Dei (Santa Ana) has to have not one but two finalists who could be Mr. Football for the state of California. At first glance, it also doesn’t appear to be as much of a slam dunk for the winner as last year. This […]
Monarch Reign Extends To Year Two
Mater Dei of Santa Ana collects its second consecutive CIF Open Division state title with 35-21 triumph over one-time nemesis De La Salle of Concord on Saturday night at Cerritos College. It also will give the Monarchs a share of the mythical national title for the second straight year but may not be unanimous like […]
DLS vs. MD: History & More
It’s only been five times that the Spartans and Monarchs have played in a football game entering this weekend’s CIF Open Division state championship at Cerritos College. After suffering four losses in as many years when the two began a series in the late 1990s, last year’s CIF Open Division victory by the Monarchs was […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Many of the state’s best teams had the week off with first-round byes or open dates in CIF sectional playoffs. The major exception, of course, was in the Southern Section where even some top-seeded squads had playoff tests right out of the gate. State No. 1 St. John Bosco wasn’t one of them. The highest […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 3 De La Salle avenges big loss from last season to Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas with a 27-21 win that got very scary in the final minutes. The biggest upset of the night was in Orange County where unranked Villa Park (won’t be unranked next week) knocked off No. 13 Servite of Anaheim. […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Folsom’s freaky 56-point half against Chaminade forces the Bulldogs to have to move up among the top 10 of this week’s rankings and they go from No. 8 to No. 6. They now are behind only the projected top four seeds for the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs along with De La Salle. We...
Another DLS masterpiece vs. Folsom
There was more of a media presence at any De La Salle home football game perhaps ever played at the Concord campus when Folsom and the Spartans met on Friday night. The history that happened between the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in Northern California wasn’t the first loss by DLS to a NorCal […]
History Lesson: DLS vs. Folsom
Historical angles are all over the map as De La Salle of Concord gets set to open its 2018 season at home on Friday in a matchup against Folsom that brings together the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in Northern California and No. 3 vs. No. 4 in the state.
