Here is a version of a column written last week for the Stockton Record, which is a column that I do every week for that paper. This is not the edited version — which frankly was better and much tighter (thanks sports editor Bob Highfill) — but this version is easier to post on our […]
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Welcome to Re-Designed CalHiSports.com
With two months to go before the end of the current school year and as 2016 basketball season honors are about to be decided, it’s a good time to introduce our users to an improved and we hope more fun version of the CalHiSports.com web site. It’s not that different of a design, but there […]
Hoops: Move Central Sec to North Now
There was a lot of outrage in the CIF Central Section on social media following Wednesday’s CIF Southern California regional basketball championships. It wasn’t because the section’s boys and girls teams went a combined 1-24 in first-round divisional playoff games (the Open Division games won’t be played until Friday). No one in the section disputes […]
Introducing CIF Bowl Board
New video feature explains new CIF state bowl games in a different way. It features Cal-Hi Sports editor Mark Tennis and someone who’s been following the CIF bowl games longer than anyone else, starting from the first mock selection meeting held in 2005 in San Diego.
State’s Greatest Closed High Schools
What do you do when you’re from a school that no longer exists? These schools did exist and some thrived in various sports for many years. Here’s a look back at a few of them.
Why All-Star Football Games Matter
It has the sense of being part of an earlier era before smart phones, before live streaming and before you could watch dozens of sporting events at the same time at home, but there are many reasons why the high school football all-star game not only deserves to continue but deserves to have more fans […]
Inside The Boys BB All-State Teams
Helping your team get to the state finals and then having a big game is perhaps the easiest way to gain an all-state honor, but what about the ones who might have made it otherwise? We go over a few of those players, but list more top sophomores and freshmen and reveal perhaps the most...
Softball: National FAB 50 To Begin
Many longtime followers of Cal-Hi Sports and this web site know that directing national rankings programs for Student Sports, ESPN, FOX and others was part of our job for many years in addition to the statewide coverage. One of the people we worked with for most of that time was Brentt Eads. We both had […]
CIF 13-Division Bowl Plan Passes
There seemed to be doubt among some section commissioners that the CIF’s new 13-division football bowl game plan would pass during Friday’s CIF Federated Council meeting at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose.
Football (All-Time Divisional State Teams of the Year)
Welcome to the online Cal-Hi Sports State Record Book & Almanac. These lists are for the final State Teams of the Year in football according to our traditional five-division format dating back to the 1920s. For final rankings from 2012 to 2014, separate links can be found HERE. For more on late Cal-Hi Sports record book...
