This week’s two biggest movers among this group are Buchanan of Clovis (up to No. 15) and Cathedral Catholic of San Diego (up to No. 16). Cathedral Catholic also was at the center of big news on Tuesday in San Diego as state-ranked Lincoln issued some strong words in saying it would not play the...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are four newcomers this week and all four had big wins — Upland, Liberty of Bakersfield, El Camino of Oceanside and Edison of Stockton. It also was a week with some major movers with a lot of teams still sitting at 0-0. That list is led by new No. 26 Orange Lutheran and new...
Preseason STATE TOP 50 (Part 2)
This group of potentially great teams from California starts with a look at two of the Lincoln high schools — from San Diego and Stockton — placed right next to each other. There are other schools in this mix who may have a bit more to replace than those in the first 25 and some […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This is another week of top standouts in California from football, baseball and softball. We’re still deciding how to do boys and girls basketball, but will be adding those into the honor roll mix next week for at least one week until football is done. Football’s best includes two QBs from nearby schools both throwing...
All-Time All-Section/All-County Teams (Boys Basketball Part 2)
We present this all-time all-L.A. County team with a heavy heart since learning on Saturday that one of the all-time greats, guard Paul Westphal, had died at age 70 from brain cancer. As mentioned in our first part of this series, for boys basketball, we have to present L.A. County as a separate county or...
Boys BB: State 30 Greatest Teams (1-15)
It had to be one of the undefeated teams from McClymonds of Oakland between 1958 and 1962 or one of the two unbeatens from Compton (1968, 1969) sitting at the top of these rankings. We also felt strongly about putting the two 35-0 teams from the CIF state championship era (which began in 1980) way...
Single-Game Offense Records Updated
All individual single-game offensive categories for the state football record book files have now been updated heading into the 2020 season. In addition to updating all single-game totals for rushing, passing and receiving, we’ve also tried to list every 99-yard touchdown run or 99-yard touchdown pass in state history. There’s a good chance we didn’t...
State’s All-Time NBA 1st Round Picks
At some point there will be an NBA Draft this summer and there’s growing consensus that two of the very top choices will be former Chino Hills High teammates Onyeka Okongwu and LaMelo Ball. As a prelude to that draft and to match a list we did a few weeks ago that featured every first-round...
State FB Record Updates & Stat Stars
Congratulations to this year’s regular season state stat champions, which couldn’t be officially figured out until this week since it was just after last week that the regular season was complete everywhere in the state. The top reported finishers are Cael Patterson of Escondido Orange Glen (touchdowns scored & rushing yards), Davon Booth of El […]