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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

The Trinity League now has four of the state’s top seven ranked teams due to a jump by JSerra of San Juan Capistrano after a big win over Chaminade of West Hills. It’s also five in the top 15 with Santa Margarita moving up, too. San Ramon Valley of Danville also is a newcomer to...

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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard

It’s another week with numerous Saturday matchups, including those involving No. 2 Mater Dei, No. 3 Centennial of Corona and No. 4 Serra of San Mateo. All three were winners with history made in the MD and Serra victories and perhaps a heart palpitation or two for Centennial fans. In Friday night’s most significant games, […]

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State FB Playoffs: Early Season Primer

It’s never too early to start thinking about CIF state football championships, especially when just about every year there are changes in some of the CIF section playoff formats that are sure to impact what happens when the regional games are selected. The biggest changes this year are in the CCS and in the Sac-Joaquin. […]

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Preseason All-East Bay Football Team

After our Preseason State TOP 50 team rankings and all athletes of the year for 2022-23 are done, we’re back to this annual tour of the state through preseason all-area or all-section football teams. This one also includes the CIF Oakland Section to go with all of the schools in the East Bay region of...

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Preseason State TOP 50 Ranks (11-30)

We’re slotting the top two teams to start from San Diego as the leaders for this next group of teams. The top three teams from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section also are in this group plus the top two from the CIF Central Section, including 2022 CIF D1-A state champ Liberty of Bakersfield. This is the […]

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Bosco Romp Tops CIF Saturday Finals

Liberty of Bakersfield and Granite Hills of El Cajon also earn CIF state titles in Saturday games at Saddleback College. St. John Bosco’s 45-0 victory over Serra of San Mateo is the powerhouse program’s fourth in the Open Division since 2013 and it’s the sixth straight season (in seven years) in which either the Braves […]

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Saturday CIF Regional Scoreboard

The Weekend State TOP 25 Scoreboard is being replaced this weekend by two scoreboards that will present details and quick reactions from the Saturday and Friday CIF regional championships. The big winners on Saturday were Pittsburg (D1-A), Liberty of Bakersfield (D1-A), San Ramon Valley of Danville (D2-A) and Granite Hills of El Cajon (D2-A). Note: […]

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NEW State TOP 25 FB Rankings (1-25)

The last time that St. John Bosco was No. 1 in the state was at the start of the 2021 COVID spring season and the Braves are now back following their big win over Mater Dei last Friday. How long will MD stay at No. 2 until it gets it back? This week’s rankings prior...

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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco set up their rematch of MD’s 17-7 win from early October with supremely impressive outings in their CIF Southern Section D1 semifinal victories. Serra (San Mateo) moves up to No. 3 and Folsom joins the top 5 with both teams solid favorites in their section...

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NEW NorCal/SoCal CIF Bowl Projections

Really the only scenario in which Serra of San Mateo possibly could have been passed up for the NorCal Open Division slot has ended so the Padres will simply have to win out in the CCS to get another shot at probably either Mater Dei or St. John Bosco. This week’s board also has six...

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