CIF Open Division state championship also should match a newly devised CIF Southern Section champion – let’s call it D1A – against the No. 1 ranked section champ from the north. As the state’s top two teams for seven of the last eight years battle it out this weekend, go through this column and let […]
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QBs in the State Football Records
It’s hard to beat California quarterbacks in NFL history so doing updates on the most prolific high schoolers for the Cal-Hi Sports state records is always a lot of fun. We’re done heading into the 2023 season. The most yards for a game was 540 from last season, the state passing leader had 4,190 and […]
Class of 23 FB: FINAL Hot 100
With some of these players about to graduate and head to college for their freshman seasons while many others already have had one spring of practices at their college, this is still a good time to take one last look at the Class of 2023 and where the state’s top-ranked prospects will be going for...
Preseason All-State Football Teams
We have first team, second team, third team just missed and a top 12 chart of the leading Mr. Football State Player of the Year candidates. This is the 36th straight year of Cal-Hi Sports compiling a preseason all-state football team. Note: There are no writeups for each player (like there will be for the […]
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
For the second stop in a tour of the state through the selection of preseason football honor squads, we hit Orange County of the CIF Southern Section. Defending CIF Open Division state champ Mater Dei is the dominant program in the county, but there are a bunch of great players ready to roll from schools...
Class of 23 FB: NEW Hot 100
Here’s a new, updated look at the top 100 ranked football recruits from California for the Class of 2023. We’ll be ramping up preseason 2022 football coverage in upcoming weeks, and will start by updating the 2023 class with a first look at 2024 coming next week. There’s not much debate about which player is...
All-State Football 2021: Juniors
Following the release of our all-state sophomores last week, it’s time to announce those who are all-state juniors for the 2021 fall season. State Junior of the Year Makai Lemon and teammate QB Malachi Nelson of Los Alamitos were no doubt no-brainers for first team. Folsom is the only school that has two on first...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
For this week’s CIF state finals it will be No. 1 Mater Dei vs. No. 5 Serra (SM), No. 8 Folsom vs. No. 10 Cathedral Catholic, No. 19 Serra (G) vs. No. 22 Liberty (Bakersfield) and No. 21 Mater Dei Catholic vs. No. 25 Central Catholic. Go inside to see why Cathedral Catholic dropped one...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
It will be No. 1 Mater Dei vs. No. 3 Servite on Saturday night at the Santa Ana Bowl. The big mover of the week, as one would expect, is Rocklin. The 40-7 winner over previous No. 11 Folsom goes up from No. 16 to No. 9. We also have more modest gains for Vista...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
For the first time since October of 2008, De La Salle of Concord is not No. 1 among teams from the S.F. Bay Area. After their loss to St. Francis of Mountain View, the Spartans also have dropped out of the first 10, and they also are playing a team this week that is ranked...
