Whenever there’s been a highly regarded quarterback coming out of Southern California, the phrase “best since John Elway” has been quoted often. Elway, who is from Granada Hills and is rightly referred to as one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history, played at the high school level in 1978 and 1979, although his senior […]
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Football Coaching Milestones 2017
Highlights include Kevin Rooney from Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks winning his 300th game, Bruce Rollinson from Mater Dei of Santa Ana going 15-0 with his team ending No. 1 in the nation and the final seasons in remarkable careers for Bob Johnson (Mission Viejo) and Mark Louriero (Escalon). All coaches with 200 reported wins...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
This week’s CIF Southern Section Division I semifinals will mark the first time since state rankings were begun in California in 1975 that the top four ranked teams are playing each other with No. 1 Mater Dei playing No. 4 Mission Viejo and No. 2 St. John Bosco playing No. 3 Corona Centennial. Go inside...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
This week’s scoreboard comes to you from Madera, where we had to be on Friday night after being involved in an accident on Highway 99 on our way to Tulare. Don’t have any bumps or bruises, but car likely totaled. So, switching gears, were there any top teams on Friday that had their paths disrupted […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
It’s the week of the CIF Southern Section Division I quarterfinals so naturally there are several teams in the rankings that had to drop a few spots this week to account for those matchups, including Pittsburg, Narbonne and Oakdale. Long Beach Poly and Orange Lutheran are the two teams among that group that were jumped...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Biggest changes for next week’s rankings won’t come from Trinity League openers, but more due to previous No. 19 Upland beating No. 8 Rancho Cucamonga in a Baseline League matchup. Two other big winners were Pittsburg and Oakdale. No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco also set up their first of two […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
With all of the byes and with No. 7 Folsom, No. 9 Chaminade and No. 10 Calabasas all winning in showdown games against other ranked opponents, there weren’t any changes at the top of this week’s rankings until we got down to No. 15. Upland was the biggest mover, going up from No. 24 to...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Chaminade and Calabasas are now both in the top 10 and both have big tests Thursday this week with the Eagles facing Serra of Gardena and the Coyotes meeting Valencia. Others getting bumps this week include Mission Hills, San Ramon Valley and Central of Fresno. Newcomers to the first 25 are Upland and San Diego...
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (1-15)
Mater Dei’s potential offensive firepower is too much and gives the Monarchs a tiny edge in a close call over league rival and defending CIF Open Division champ St. John Bosco for the preseason No. 1 slot. Our first inclination two weeks ago also was to have Centennial of Corona third, De La Salle fourth […]
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
With a team that is the consensus preseason No. 1 team in the nation, you might expect that the outlook for the Orange County region of the CIF Southern Section might be dominated by Mater Dei of Santa Ana. Yep, that’s true. The Monarchs have a whopping 10 players among the 30 on this group....
