With the CCS now done with its regular season and with its new three-pronged Open Division pairings in the books, it’s time for the NCS to do something similar. Go inside for our proposal for a two-pronged NCS Open Division. This will finally give more bigger schools the opportunity to show what they can do […]
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Big Little Game No Longer The Pitts
For Antioch, star back Najee Harris and teammates break an eight-year losing streak to arch-rival Pittsburg with 44-42 victory. The Panthers (10-0) also earned the No. 2 seed in the CIF North Coast Section Division I playoffs and have cracked the State Top 25 for the first time this century. We shouldn’t have to tell […]
NEW S.F. Bay Area FB Ranks (Week 9)
If you were wondering why an unbeaten Antioch team with one of the nation’s top running backs is not ranked higher, we have the answer. In this week’s rankings, Bellarmine also bumps back up to No. 4 while Oak Grove and Moreau Catholic jump in as newcomers.
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Once again for this season, only one is named from each region for offense, defense and special teams and we’re going to do our best to spread it around as much as possible. This week’s honors go to players from Stockton, Pittsburg, Sacramento, San Marino, San Diego and Los Angeles.
Preseason S.F. Bay Area FB Rankings
These rankings match our own Cal-Hi Sports Preseason Top 50 state rankings that were done approximately 10 days ago. These include all Central Coast Section schools but no North Coast Section schools north of the Santa Rosa Metro area. CCS schools do not start playing until next weekend. Most NCS schools are beginning this weekend.
Spring Football Begins
For us, it starts with Sunday’s Nike events for Northern California, which will be held at San Leandro’s Burrell Field and adjoining fields. Go inside for top players expected to attend and a lineup of features we’ll have in the next four to five weeks.
NEW Bay Area 25 Football Rankings
Sacred Heart Prep and Bellarmine are now in the No. 3 and No. 4 positions after De La Salle and Clayton Valley. It’s also a good week for NCS finalist Pittsburg to go way up plus there’s the weirdness of ranking teams that played in CCS consolation games.
New State 25 FB Ranks (Expanded)
Every team in this post gets broken down from weekend result to next opponent. We also have added more images than ever before. If you are not a Gold Club member and cannot see this post, please consider signing up today. For details, CLICK HERE.
Preseason FB: All-NCS/East Bay
This is the 10th preseason all-section or all-area football team we have compiled and covers schools from the East Bay region of the CIF North Coast Section, which is Contra Costa and Alameda counties, plus players from the CIF Oakland Section. This is the one, of course, dominated since the mid-1980s by Concord De La […]
Preseason FB Duel: Pitt vs. Foothill (P)
This is the eighth in a series of posts comparing two local rivals who both may be toward the top of the preseason state football rankings. These two teams actually aren’t playing each other in the regular season so the duel for us is which one has the best chance of being No. 2 in […]
