Paced by the most disruptive front seven on defense that perhaps no high school team has ever had and an offense that has been getting more dynamic every week since the start of the season, state and national No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana turned its annual regular season showdown game against No. 2 […]
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Section Finals Weekend Scoreboard
Saturday championships have now been added, including big wins for Mission Viejo, St. Bonaventure and Rocklin. On Friday, state No. 2 Mater Dei of Santa Ana proved once again how hard it is for either itself or No. 1 St. John Bosco of Bellflower to beat the other one twice in the same season with […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The biggest mover this week is JSerra as its No. 3 finish in the Trinity League also translates into a jump back to No. 9 position in the state rankings. Rancho Cucamonga’s upset loss and Servite’s lopsided loss also helps several teams move up two or three spots, including San Clemente, Helix, San Ramon Valley...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
We have arrived at the week of the likely first of two massive matchups between Mater Dei of Santa Ana (No. 1) and St. John Bosco of Bellflower (No. 2). There is another potentially even more historic game up north between state-ranked De La Salle and San Ramon Valley. The biggest mover in this week’s...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana wins in the trenches and on the scoreboard with a 17-7 victory over No. 2 St. John Bosco of Bellflower. While that score was on the low side, two other big ones from around the state were not. St. Mary’s of Stockton won its biggest game in years […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
It wasn’t as easy for Mater Dei, but the No. 1 Monarchs and No. 2 St. John Bosco both won on Friday and can now fully focus on playing each other next Friday in Santa Ana. The other big news around the state sees No. 1 rankings shift in the CIF Central Section & CIF […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
There weren’t any big upsets, but several really big wins on Friday night in California prep football, none bigger than No. 1 Mater Dei topping No. 2 St. John Bosco for the second time in a few months. There also was No. 6 Mission Viejo defeating No. 7 Sierra Canyon. Saturday update had No. 8 […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Due to a lot of teams on byes, the only movement in this week’s first 25 teams for these rankings relates to where previous No. 6 Norco fell after its loss to Sierra Canyon. That’s why De La Salle is back in the top 10. The big news is that this year’s first of possibly...
NEW State TOP 25 Boys BB Rankings
With the official announcement last week that CIF regional championships will take place in Southern California this June, we take a look at how that will impact our weekly boys basketball State Top 25 and our final rankings down the line. The nature of the season being in the spring with COVID-19 looming also has...
Football Blasts From The Past
For the next few weeks, we’ll go back in time to approximately the same weekend of the California high school football season from five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years ago. At the end of what would have normally been the end of each of those seasons, we may go back even […]