This week’s rankings go down the line in the CIF Open Divisions with those 14 teams, seven each in the Southern and Northern Regional playoffs. From there comes the teams that are in the NorCal and SoCal Division I bracket, but not in the exact order of the seedings. The top three teams stay the...
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SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
It’s only two weeks into our player of the week honors for boys and girls hoops (and some of the NorCal schools are playing very limited schedules), but we already have a couple of firsts. We have the first NorCal girls selection that also is based in part on what that girl has done in […]
NFL Draft Highlights (2021)
California ends two-year streak with just one selection in the first round of the NFL Draft as three former prep players are taken for 2021. The highest to go was Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland grad Alijah Vera-Tucker at No. 14 by the New York Jets. Two former Mr. Football State Players of the Year went […]
BIG Changes in CIF 2020-21 School Year
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to progress in a high percentage of counties in the state and as most school districts have announced reopening in August with no students yet back on campus, the California Interscholastic Federation announced its 2020-21 school year calendar on Monday, saying the 10 different sections could set their own calendars […]
Early, Maybe Preseason FB Top 25
How much of a 2020 high school football season in the state to be played remains to be determined and if it starts as scheduled in August is big IF as well. Still, with some other preseason national rankings about to drop, we took the time to compile an early, maybe preseason Top 25. We […]
Girls BB All-State Nominations Part 1
Here’s the girls version of our first run-through of nominees on our board to get us going toward eventual selection for the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams for girls basketball. These Class of 2020 seniors really deserve the recognition in light of things they may be missing in coming weeks due to the Coronavirus […]
Cali Super Bowl Alums 2020
Texas may have Patrick Mahomes quarterbacking the Kansas City Chiefs in this year’s Super Bowl, but California crushes the Lone Star State for having the most Super Bowl high school alums (and easily beats every other state) with 13. That total actually is quite average for California, but there is a stronger representation than usual […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
There’s a new No. 1 of course with St. John Bosco taking over for Mater Dei after last Saturday’s pulsating win over the Monarchs in the CIF Southern Section Division I championship. Others on the rise include Serra of San Mateo and Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills, but we’re not going to go along...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
It’s another big win for Helix of La Mesa and now that the Highlanders are unanimous No. 1 in San Diego they pop up to No. 10 in this week’s state rankings. Mater Dei stays No. 1 with trip this week to Washington D.C. after its bye week while No. 2 St. John Bosco is...