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...
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Football Blasts From The Past
Here’s another look back in time to approximately the same week 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 further such as Long […]
Schools With The Most All-State Players
We’ve done these lists previously for boys hoops, girls hoops, baseball and softball and now we’re finishing with football. With our all-state first team selections going back to 1980 (and not earlier), that also mirrors the start of the head coaching career of Bob Ladouceur at Concord De La Salle so it shouldn’t come as […]
Football Blasts From The Past
Here’s another look back in time to approximately the same week 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 further. For this look […]
Single-Game Defense, Special Teams Records Updated
All individual single-game categories for the state football record book files have now been updated heading into the 2020 season. We had done offense earlier this week and today it’s special teams and defense. This also includes additional categories such as most consecutive PATs made where we have a new record holder in Oxnard Pacifica’s...
Softball: All-Time 30 Greatest Teams (1)
Here’s an updated and expanded version of our ranking of the all-time greatest teams in California high school softball history. This one includes two teams from last season placed fairly high — one in the top five and the other in the top 15. We also have added three more teams from the first 25...
State Super 65: No. 11 to No. 20
This group of teams is now led by 2001 Long Beach Poly, which won its third straight CIFSS top division title and lost its only game to perhaps the greatest team in state history. Others in this group of teams include one more new team each from Mater Dei (2018) and St. John Bosco (2019)...
State Football Teams of the Year
It’s a little different this year since previously we just coronated the CIF Open Division state champion. We still have that for St. John Bosco, which is State Team of the Year for the third time, but we also are adding three more that are not simple coronations but in which two of the three […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Saturday updates added. It seemed like a lot of the most anticipated games in Southern California since the season began took place on Friday with the headliner of course being No. 1 Mater Dei playing No. 2 St. John Bosco. The Monarchs won, but the Braves know they won in the first game between the […]