CIF state champions St. Francis of Mountain View (up one) and Bishop Diego of Santa Barbara (up seven) both get bumps for the final rankings of the season. Others moving up are Oakdale, Tulare and Jesuit of Carmichael. There also are two new teams in the final State Top 50 and for the final rankings...
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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
As Mater Dei and St. John Bosco head into the CIFSS D1 final in their expected 1-2 positions, De La Salle is now sitting at No. 3. How to handle what Oaks Christian did to previously unbeaten and previous No. 7 Upland also was another tough call this week. Two new teams, meanwhile, moving into...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
A great night of having four interceptions gives the edge to senior Shawn Dourseau from Citrus Hill of Perris. A few more even close to it could edge him close to an all-time state record. This week’s other honorees are from Visalia, Oakdale, Bakersfield, Montebello and Ramona.
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
We finally get some major movement in these rankings with Mission Hills of San Marcos and Central of Fresno going from No. 16 to No. 11 and No. 18 to No. 12, respectively. Both Paraclete of Lancaster and Helix of La Mesa also are now in this higher group and Oakdale has been placed inside...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Bosco stays close enough to Mater Dei and has enough big games coming up to remain No. 2 in the state behind No. 1 Monarchs. JSerra, meanwhile, has to go up to No. 6 from No. 10 heading into this week’s game against Mater Dei. We also have two new teams that have been added...
NEW CIF Sac-Joaquin Sec Top 20
Once again, since the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section is the one for our home base in Stockton, we’ll put together a weekly Top 20 for that section this season. Watch the FOX40 Final Quarter on Fridays at 11 p.m. for all the highlights and to see our latest SJS Top 5 List.
Stat Stars, State Records & More
For this week’s column, we present the idea of splitting away the CIF Open Division state football final from the other divisions as part of the final weekend of the season. We also have suggestions about future high school games hosted by the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium, show you where Heritage of Menifee’s...
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (31-50)
We’re getting started with this two-day extravaganza of preseason state rankings with writeups of those slotted in the No. 31 position down to No. 50. There are more than 1,100 high schools that have football in California so any team in this honor roll is special. Additional teams on the bubble will be added once […]
Lions All-Star FB: South Surges Again
For the second time in three years, the all-stars from the Modesto/Merced/Turlock area of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section go on a 30-point scoring spree to come from behind and beat the North in 44th annual Lions All-Star Football Classic. It’s the fourth win in five years in the series for the South and this time […]