Making the biggest move among these teams is new No. 26 Oaks Christian, which jumps up from No. 49 after taking down Sierra Canyon. San Joaquin Memorial of Fresno, Granite Bay and Salinas also are among those getting strong bumps. This week’s highest ranked newcomer is Alemany of Mission Hills, but Menlo-Atherton is right behind....
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NEW State TOP FB Ranks (26-50)
Two section champions getting solid bumps among this group of teams are Central Catholic of Modesto (now No. 29) and Bullard of Fresno (unranked previously). Newcomers in addition to the Knights are San Joaquin Memorial of Fresno, Simi Valley and Salinas. Go inside for breakdowns of all of these teams plus more than 20 other...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports and is now in its sixth week as part of the 2021-22 school year. We’ve already featured the 27-catch game by L.A. Franklin’s Hector Ceballos, but there were some other receiving totals that also have already been added to our...
FINAL Five-Division State FB Ranks
Since there were games going on until last weekend in a couple of places in the state, the final look at state football for this spring according to our long-time format of divisions (honoring all teams from medium to small school levels) couldn’t be done until now. All final No. 1 teams were previously announced,...
1994, ’08 & ’81 Season Replays (Week 9)
This is how the season looked after the ninth week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. No. 1 teams remained Edison of Huntington Beach, Bishop Amat of La Puente and Long Beach Poly. A different Edison, from Fresno,...
Reopening First Before Football (Part 5)
This is going to be a continuing series on this site until a majority of California high school football teams are practicing and getting ready for their first games. Over the past two-plus weeks, trends are all going in the right direction with San Diego, Orange and Santa Cruz counties taken off the state watch […]
Preseason All-State Football (Part 1)
How can a preseason all-state team be done in two parts? This is just our way of not completely ignoring those Class of 2021 graduating seniors who may not play for their high school teams once the next season begins. Part 2 will be a revamped version of these teams chosen in early December and […]
2019-20 Grid-Hoop All-State Teams
To kick off our end-of-school year content of honoring the best multi-sport and overall athletes of the year, we begin with a look at the state’s 15 best football-basketball combo athletes on our 34th annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. Leading the group is Bakersfield Christian’s Ben Yurosek. We have even more listed as Grid-Hoop...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
The team climbing up the most among this group is Pittsburg of the CIF North Coast Section after its big road win at St. Mary’s of Stockton. We also have four newcomers that are coming into this week’s rankings — Orange Lutheran, Monterey Trail of Elk Grove, Lincoln of San Diego and Del Oro of...
