California leads the nation with five high school football alums taken in this year’s first round. The first two both hail from the Ventura/L.A. County region with Kayvon Thibodeaux from Oaks Christian going at No. 5 and then Drake London of Moorpark not far behind at No. 8. We have writeups of all 22 players […]
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Class of 2019 Football: Bon Voyage
Many from California’s Class of 2019 in high school football have already completed one spring semester of college in preparation for being true freshman contributors at their various colleges. Still, as the complete class departs, we want to wish them all the best of luck in fulfilling their dreams. We also take one final look...
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 […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Corona Centennial edges in front of De La Salle for the third spot this week and it will likely stay that way until the CIF Southern Section D1 semifinals. Buchanan of Clovis, the team partly responsible for the switch, also gets a reward from No. 20 up to No. 17 in anticipation of its showdown...
FB Preseason: Class of ’19 Top 100
As the 2018 football season is now less than two months from being here, we are kick-starting our exclusive statewide preseason coverage of the state’s best teams and top players. We begin by updating our Class of 2019 top 100 player rankings, which seems to be a battle at the No. 1 position between Oaks...
More State Football Players of 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.
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Mater Dei and De La Salle will head into this year’s CIF Open Division final on Dec. 16 at No. 1 and No. 3 in the state. This week’s biggest movers include Oaks Christian, up from No. 11 to No. 8, Paraclete, up from No. 19 to No. 12, and Helix, up from No. 20...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Matchup between No. 2 St. John Bosco and No. 6 Chaminade is close for awhile, but Braves wore down the Eagles 31-17. NorCal No. 1 De La Salle had similar game with NorCal No. 3 St. Francis of Mountain View but dominant defense helped Spartans pull away 31-7 in second half. One of biggest upsets […]
FB Preseason: Meet Class of 2019
If you thought Najee Harris got a lot of attention over the last two years, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. J.T. Daniels not only will be likely setting a lot of records over the course of this season and next at Mater Dei of Santa Ana but will be in the hype capital of the...
All-State Football: Sophomores
It’s time to begin announcing the 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams and we’re starting with this Gold Club exclusive highlighting sophomores from the 2016 season. Sure, this is a group led by QBs J.T. Daniels (Mater Dei) and Hank Bachmeier (Murrieta Valley) but the real strength may be up front on defense with...
