With many schools already contesting playoff games, it will become more difficult the last couple of weeks of this feature to find worthy candidates. However, for this week’s State Football Players of the Week, we found players worthy of more than local recognition, which is one of the goals of this feature, but we also […]
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Preseason All-State Football Teams
This is the 38th consecutive year of Cal-Hi Sports compiling a preseason all-state football team. We have first team, second team, and third team just missed. Note: There are no writeups for each player (like there will be for the official, end of season all-state first team) but all have writeups within this year’s various […]
Preseason CIFSS All-San Gabriel Valley
This is the final stop in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams in California for the 2024 season. It’s also the fifth one to complete the massive CIF Southern Section. In addition to the traditional San Gabriel Valley, this team also includes the Antelope Valley to the north plus private schools Loyola...
Preseason San Gabriel Valley FB Team
This final stop from the CIF Southern Section and all of Southern California for this preseason includes Loyola of Los Angeles and the Cubs lead the way with four honorees. Bishop Amat of La Puente checks in with three. We also include the Antelope Valley to the north of the SGV and have honorees from...
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List
Here is a watch list of leading freshmen football players in the state from the 2022 season who are on track to be all-state sophomores next season. We had a State Freshman Player of the Year named a month ago, but we still do not believe it would be legitimate to do an actual all-state...
Cali Super Bowl Alums 2022
After the worst year ever for Super Bowl alums in 2021 with six, it’s a much better, more normal showing for the Golden State in 2022 as we counted 14 former California high school players on the most updated active rosters for the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals heading into Sunday’s matchup. It’s one […]
All-State FB Nominations (CIFSS)
Nominating players like this for the annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams wasn’t possible for the 2020-21 spring season, but the section-by-section lists and then the public adding to them is back. After posting the nominees from the nine other CIF sections in two parts, here’s the first run-through for the CIF Southern Section (more […]
Reopening First Before Football (Part 7)
This is going to be a continuing series on this site until a majority of California high school football teams are practicing and getting ready for their first games. Those first practices are scheduled for roughly one month from now. As COVID-19 cases and positivity rates are again trending upward, we highlight this update with […]
NFL Season-Opening Alumni Honor Roll
Long Beach Poly leads the state with five players on NFL 53-man opening rosters with a sixth on injured reserve. No other school has four, but several have three. We have as complete of a list as possible, given the fluid nature of rosters being altered up until the last minute due to late player...
