We’re doing softball first this week since we had CIF Southern Section playoff brackets out on Saturday and we had to wait until they were put out for baseball on Monday. Top eight teams remain same, led by No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View. Mater Dei Catholic returns to the first 25 while the...
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State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We begin in the Ventura County town of Fillmore where QB Anthony Tafoya made history in a game in which he could have easily done even more. NorCal QBs Kenyon Nelson (Stockton Lincoln) & Luke Baker (San Ramon Valley) also...
More Baseball Coaches of Year
In addition to overall State Coach of the Year Benji Medure of Huntington Beach, we have additional state coaching honors for the 2022 season heading out to Tony Nieto from Tesoro of Las Flores (medium schools) and Kurt Takahashi from Bradshaw Christian of Sacramento (small schools).
More Baseball State Teams of Year
In addition to overall No. 1 and State Team of the Year Concord De La Salle, others that can say they are mythical state champions for 2022 are McClatchy of Sacramento (D2), Tesoro of Las Flores (D3), Estancia of Costa Mesa (D4) and St. Bernard’s of Eureka (D5).
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Two of this week’s selections are out to super-hot starts in the categories of touchdown passes and touchdown catches. For TD passes, Norco’s Shane Illingworth threw for seven TDs in one game for the second time already this season, while for TD catches Lane Thrap from St. Bernard’s of Eureka already has 12 for the […]
Updated All-State FB Noms (Part 3)
These are updated nominations lists from the CIF Southern Section that we will be using for selection of the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. First of these teams to be announced on Friday. New photos have been added as well. It’s still not too late for anyone to send in a nomination. Thanks...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
In a wild-and-wacky week in which five different quarterbacks in the state (three from the same CIF section) threw for eight TDs in one game, we go with one of them as the SoCal Offensive POW. We also have a highly recruited defensive end who recovered two fumbles for touchdowns and a kicker with a […]
Stat Stars, State Records & More
Starting this weekend just about every football team in the state will be playing league games for the next few weeks. It’s a good time therefore to rank the state’s top 10 best leagues (No. 1 is obvious) and go over some of the state’s longest current league winning streaks. Check this week’s column for...
Preseason All-State FB Teams (2nd)
More players gain the nod among this group from De La Salle of Concord, Centennial of Corona, St. John Bosco of Bellflower, Bishop Amat of La Puente, Long Beach Poly and Serra of Gardena. Campolindo of Moraga and Los Osos of Rancho Cucamonga also are among those with multiple preseason all-state picks. For the preseason...
All-State Boys BB: Underclass
The day has arrived when honors begin to be announced for the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. We begin with the best of among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth leads the way with three honorees.
