This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports and is now in its 14th week as part of the 2021-22 school year. Boys and girls basketball players are now included along with football for the third time plus we have a major accomplishment in coaching in water polo....
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State Stat Stars of the Week
Probably not even half of the teams in the state for this spring football season played last week to get things going, but we already have our first new entries into our updated all-time state records with an 81-54 scoring festival that saw Santa Fe Christian defeat Orange Glen in the CIF San Diego Section....
1981, ’94 & ’08 Season Replays (Week 8)
This is how the season looked after the eighth 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. Those coming up included Marina...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Being the fastest-rising member of these rankings may not be a good thing after what happened to Pittsburg in its second game. Still, we have some major movers this week, led by new No. 34 San Clemente, new No. 37 Carlsbad and new No. 40 Palos Verdes. Those getting closer to the top include Notre...
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
After all of the myriad of big matches were played by more than half of the State Top 20 at the Durango Fall Classic last weekend in Las Vegas, the order this week for the top three amazingly remained unchanged between Mater Dei, Santa Margarita and Redondo. Defending CIF Open Division state champ Archbishop Mitty […]
FINAL, Expanded Top 50 (No. 21-50)
Several NorCal teams had to drop a few spots due to 0-5 record at Sac State. Sierra Canyon also comes up into Top 25 for final rankings while Del Oro and San Mateo Serra take drops. All six Trinity League teams are in as is CIF D3-AA champ Paraclete. If you can’t see this post,...
NEW State Top 25 FB Rankings
It wasn’t No. 1 vs. No. 2 the first time that Mater Dei faced St. John Bosco but it will be on Saturday in the CIFSS D1 final. Centennial only drops to No. 3 but Narbonne and De La Salle are up to No. 4 and No. 5. Congrats also to this week’s three newcomers...
FB: Top 10 Rankings Update
Top five from CIF Southern Section Division I playoff grouping holds strong and it probably will stay that way until quarterfinals. Only change is to move up Monte Vista of Danville to No. 10 heading into matchup vs. No. 8 De La Salle.
Bay Area Top 25 Football – Week 8
Here are rankings done by longtime Bay Area analyst Harold Abend and done for use on Antioch High football game broadcasts. Anyone wishing to see writeups and breakdowns of the top teams in the state, sign up for our Gold Club membership. For details, CLICK HERE.
Bay Area Top 25 Football – Week 7
Here are rankings done by longtime Bay Area analyst Harold Abend and done for use on Antioch High football game broadcasts. Anyone wishing to see writeups and breakdowns of the top teams in the state, sign up for our Gold Club membership. For details, CLICK HERE.