There are six newcomers this week, led by new No. 33 St. Paul of Santa Fe Springs after its big win over previous No. 28 Culver City. Three others still playing and going for section titles this week are Loyola of Los Angeles, San Joaquin Memorial of Fresno and Oceanside. We’ve also now reached that...
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NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
Our new boys hoops rankings see our top two ranked teams lose in MLK Day showcase games in Massachusetts in back-to-back games, but it doesn’t impact the top of the state pecking order. Other weekend showcase results from around the state do change things and we have three newcomers in our special edition MLK rankings,...
Inside the All-State Football Teams
Leading off this final post for our 2017 All-State Football Teams, presented by Blast Athletics, is an announcement of Sacramento Foothill’s T.J. Pesefua as the most inspirational player of the year. That part of this post is free for all to see, but Gold Club items include list of top freshmen to watch; a writeup...
More State Schools of the Year
Snakebit School of the Year had to be Mater Dei of Santa Ana because with just a couple of wins in big games at the end in a couple of sports and the Monarchs would have been tops in the overall quite easily. They’re still getting recognition as Division I State School of the Year. […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Lights, camera, action for son of major Hollywood director who pitches a no-hitter in one of the toughest leagues in the nation. This week’s three other honorees are from Escondido, San Jose and Palo Cedro. Folsom football fans also will recall with painful memories what our baseball player of the week can do on the […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
One of the leaders of No. 1 team in the state that hasn’t given up a touchdown in six weeks gets one of this week’s honor slots. Additional selections have gone to players from Buena Park, Nipomo, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Palo Alto.
Week 9 State Top 25 Scareboard
With No. 2 Centennial and No. 3 St. John Bosco having already played on Thursday night, No. 1 De La Salle kept pace on Friday. Biggest Friday night house of horrors were experienced by No. 6 Mater Dei falling to bubble team JSerra and No. 19 Westlake going down to St. Bonaventure.
Preseason All-Section, All-Area (Part 7)
Many teams have begun playing, but we still have a few more of these teams to finish in a continuing look at top players to watch from each of the state’s CIF sections plus well-known regions inside the CIF Southern Section and CIF North Coast Section. For this seventh and final part, we choose the...
Preseason All-State FB Teams (1st)
Using the same 30-man format as the all-state teams we’ve chosen for many years – offense, defense, multi-purpose with kicker and punter – here is a look at what we’ve come up with to start the 2015 season. Returning State Junior of the Year Javon McKinley and returning State Sophomore of the Year Darnay Holmes...
