We have five newcomers in this week’s rankings and we hope we don’t jinx the highest ranked of those teams, La Costa Canyon of Carlsbad, like we did with the highest newcomer from last week. Also new are Los Gatos, Clovis, El Cerrito and Vista Murrieta of Murrieta. There’s also big rises for Newbury Park,...
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NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
For our final week this season of honoring one girl and one boy each from Southern and Northern California as our basketball players of the week we have some real hidden talent that would only see local honors if not for these awards. Also, in a bit of a twist we personally saw the SoCal […]
FINAL Divisional State FB Rankings
When the very first Cal-Hi Sports state football rankings were compiled in the late 1970s by founder Nelson Tennis, they were done in five divisions (Class AAAA, etc.). Sorry for the delay in getting them out, but here they are for the 2023 season. Already announced as No. 1 teams were Mater Dei of Santa...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Biggest risers are La Serna of Whittier and one of the teams that the Lancers lost to earlier this season (Damien). We also have two newcomers this week, one of which was 10-0 in the regular season before a one-point loss in the playoffs. The other is CIF D2-A state title finalist Central Valley Christian,...
Weekend Regional FB Scoreboard (Saturday)
It’s a second straight stunning loss for a top San Diego Section team, this time as St. Augustine falls on the final play to St. Bonaventure of Ventura in D1-A South final. Folsom beats Pitt in the NorCal game while Los Gatos and Central Valley Christian won in the 2-A games in completely different ways. […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Teams playing each other this weekend now all placed in this range of our overall state rankings include St. Bonaventure vs Warren, La Serna vs Corona del Mar, Los Gatos vs Wilcox and Mission Hills vs St. Augustine. McClymonds of Oakland also returns despite having to take a forfeit win in its section playoffs. FOR...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
For medium schools, Palos Verdes inches up to No. 2, Los Gatos scores late TD to beat Wilcox (large schools) and there’s two newcomers: Cajon of San Bernardino and Arroyo Grande. For small schools, there are no new teams. Sutter and Salesian of Los Angeles both move up one spot. Note that our first CIF...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Here’s the first run-through for these state rankings. We go 15 teams deep for the medium schools plus 12 for small schools. No. 1 teams are listed as Oak Hills of Hesperia for medium and Escalon for small. Grant of Sacramento, Palos Verdes or McClymonds could displace Oak Hills with the teams they are playing […]
Los Gatos Football History Highlights
One of the winningest schools in Northern California history is the Wildcats. They have more than 100 years of archived scores now in their possession thanks to the Cal-Hi Sports card collection compiled by the late Bruce McIntosh. Los Gatos football has 264 of its wins under one coach, but will always be known as […]
MLB Draft: Skenes Skies To Top
Paul Skenes, a graduate from El Toro of Lake Forest, makes history in Sunday’s first round of the MLB Draft by becoming the 18th player from California to be selected in the No. 1 overall position. Skenes was followed by five others in the first round, including a player from Thousand Oaks who was a […]
