Our first five to start the 2016 football season is hugely influenced by previous results because we simply can’t rank Mater Dei of Santa Ana (highest ranked from the state in many national polls) ahead of a St. John Bosco team it has lost to six straight times. That kind of ranking needs to be […]
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State FB Record Updates (Part 1)
Over the next month, through the opening weekend of the 2016 football season and probably beyond, we’re going to be mixing in updates to various state football records with all of the other preseason content. For the first part of this series, we did winning streaks, losing streaks, team scoring and more. Go inside for...
Class of ’18 FB Player Rankings (Summer)
We go with Matt Corral of Oaks Christian at the top, but local rival Cameron Rising of Newbury Park is also in the top 10. The first 35 also continues to show how talented the team at Hawkins of Los Angeles may be this season. No other school in the state has as many players...
Honorable Mention Schools of the Year
To go with our massive State Schools of the Year salute, here are some additional schools that were on our board in the various CIF state divisions and our in our own five-division format that we would consider to be honorable mention.
Football: Preseason Top Five
We usually release all of our preseason overall state football rankings as part of a top 40 or even top 50 package. We’re doing something similar again in August, but this year have decided it’s pointless to wait around to announce the top five. We’ll also get these five going on our ticker and besides,...
FINAL Divisional Softball Rankings
Each of our divisional rankings has been expanded by five teams for the final installment and these will be the ones that go into the state record files. Teams that moved up for the final rankings include Aliso Niguel (D2), Vista del Lago of Folsom (D3), Mission Oak of Tulare (D4), Ripon (D4) and St....
More Softball State Teams of Year
In addition to overall No. 1 and Division II No. 1 Mission Viejo, others that can say they are mythical state champions for 2016 are Mater Dei of Santa Ana (Division I), Grand Terrace (D3), Paraclete of Lancaster (D4) and Rolling Hills Prep (D5).