There are three newcomers this week, but both San Juan Hills and El Cerrito have been in there before. The other is Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa, which is new for this season but has been in the top 50 many times in its history. We also have nice bumps for Mission Hills of San...
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2023 Football Coaching Highlights
Before we begin with the first of our many state season honors, which will be the 2023 state coaches of the year, we like to update the all-time state coaching leaders list. This is the one that has the names of just more than 140 through all the years of state history who have won […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. For RBs, Juan Esquivez from Orestimba of Newman sets a CIF Sac-Joaquin Section playoff record with 460 yards...
Preseason State TOP 50 Ranks (11-30)
This group starts with Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth, which is continuing to show signs of building the kind of program that wants to go for everything. We also have the top two teams from the CIF San Diego Section that are playing each other in their first game plus we have two teams — Long […]
More Football State Team Records
After just compiling a list of the 100 all-time winningest football schools in California prep history, we switch in this post for an updated look at the schools with best win-loss records (based on winning percentage over 10-plus seasons). The big news here is that Inderkum of Sacramento has now moved into second-place on that...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This week’s highest newcomer is unbeaten La Costa Canyon at No. 43, partly because the Mavericks have a showdown looming against No. 16 Mission Hills. Other newcomers are Sacramento High and Clovis West. We also have Oakdale going up to No. 31 after beatng Manteca and Milpitas going up to No. 38 after beating Wilcox...
More State Record Updates
It’s a good thing Oaks Christian of Westlake Village was on a bye last week. We can’t take any more of this team’s wild-and-wacky offensive shootouts. Three different games involving the Lions already this season have produced some of the highest scores for a losing team in state history. Lakewood’s 80-64 win last week over...
Final, Expanded Top 50 (No. 1-20)
De La Salle may have won the Open Division bowl game once again to help Foothill and Antioch, but some SoCal teams still move up in the final rankings because Bellarmine and Clayton Valley lost. Once more, we have doubled the number of teams ranked for the end of the season, but still wish more...
State Super 50: No. 41 to No. 50
Both teams from famous 1956 CIFSS title game that drew more than 50,000 fans – Anaheim and Downey – are written up among this group. Others who just made the cut include San Diego Morse 1990 and Piedmont 1940. Go inside here also to see list of 40 other all-time great teams from California who...
