New teams being placed for various reasons this week are Central Catholic of Modesto, Palma of Salinas, Rio Linda, Paradise, Colfax, Denair, Christian of El Cajon and Eagle Rock. We also have several teams in higher divisions than before, including Tulare and Highland of Palmdale. Keep in mind that any team playing in a CIF...
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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Results from the CIF Central Coast Section help Wilcox of Santa Clara to a brand-new state ranking, but we’ll see if the Chargers can do what league rival Milpitas did last season. This week’s other newcomers are Eastlake of Chula Vista, Moorpark, Palma of Salinas, Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa and Cathedral of Los Angeles....
CIF NorCal Bowl Board No. 6
The fun part of these boards that it’s possible to run them in different combinations to see how they shape up. This week, we went back to using Bellarmine of San Jose as one of the projected three CCS Open Division champions. Next week, maybe we’ll put Sanger in the south and Bakersfield Christian in...
State Division Baseball Rankings
As the various playoffs get going across the state – or are about to end in the CIF Northern Section – here’s a look at those teams that have the best chances to finish high in the Cal-Hi Sports five-division state rankings. Teams slotted in No. 1 positions are Buchanan of Clovis (D1), South Hills […]
Boys Division Ranks & CIF Picks
We have updated rankings in this post plus our breakdowns of each CIF divisional state championship game. Our No. 1 teams are Crespi of Encino (D1), Serra of San Mateo (D2), Ayala of Chino Hills (D3), Harvard-Westlake of North Hollywood (D4) and St. Joseph Notre Dame of Alameda (D5). Go inside to see which three...
Predicted CIF Bowl Game Matchups
Since we have picked a preseason winner for each CIF section playoff in the state, we’ll also take it one step further by going ahead and doing a preseason selection of how those teams might match up in this first year of the “everybody gets a bowl game” format. For a preseason look at the...
Palma Football History Highlights
It took until 1990 for the Chieftains to win their first CIF Central Coast Section title, but all that did was get them going on the most successful non-De La Salle decade in state history. Current teams have to point toward the CCS Open Division, but remain among the section’s best. The school now has […]
Week 9: NorCal CIF Bowl Rankings
This is the expanded version from the list updates that were posted on Monday and is presented for Gold Club members. To join our Gold Club so you can go through these breakdowns every week, CLICK HERE....
