Thanks to mountains of information on California high school football that can’t be found anywhere else, here is an honor roll list according to Cal-Hi Sports of every reported unbeaten team from schools currently in the CIF Northern Section, CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, CIF North Coast Section, CIF Central Coast Section plus San Francisco and Oakland....
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Football Schools of Century (So Far)
Going by a points system based on final state top 20 rankings since the 1999-2000 school year and matching previous posts for schools of the century (so far) plus girls basketball, softball and baseball, here’s the list for football. With no 2020 season counted, the No. 1 position for De La Salle of Concord should...
All-Decade All-State Football: Teams
We have a first team and a second team comprised of California’s best players since 2010 season, based mostly on high school accomplishment but without ignoring what they might have done later on. Three from the 2019 season are on first team, one is on second. We also have the best current receiver in the...
Senior-laden DLS State Team of Year
The only blemish was a strange loss in the season opener almost in the middle of the night (due to weather delays) in Texas, but in the end it’s another top finish for the nation’s all-time best football program. How should the Spartans be handled coming into next season, however, with only two returning starters?
New Honor: State Defensive POY
We are adding a new statewide yearly honor to our parade of them at this time of the year and it will salute the most outstanding defensive player of the year in the state. The first honoree is defensive back Iman “Biggie” Marshall of Long Beach Poly. And since Iman comes from a school that’s […]
The Making of Malik
Malik Hutchings, the “little” brother of the 2012 Mr. Football State Player of the Year, is a monster in the middle at Deer Valley of Antioch despite never having played football before this season. And the reason he’s playing now? His father is battling cancer.
FB: A new Hutchings arrives
Malik Hutchings making his own name It’s hard to believe that Deer Valley (Antioch) senior linebacker and tight end Malik Hutchings, the younger brother of 2012 Mr. Football State Player of the Year Michael Hutchings, is only in his fifth game of organized football. That’s right. Not his fifth varsity game, but his fifth game […]
All-State Football: First Team
De La Salle and Narbonne both pocket two choices with Gauchos’ Troy Williams getting coveted quarterback position. We also go with Mater Dei’s Thomas Duarte as a receiver to free up extra slot for multi-purpose player.
Mr. Football 2012: Michael Hutchings
Linebacker for the Spartans also turned heads on special teams and made big plays in the last three CIF Open Division state bowl games. He’s the fourth State Player of the Year from the school.
