There’s only one newcomer into this week’s rankings and the Rocklin High Thunder did it the best way a team can do it — by beating an opponent already ranked. The other team that made a massive move (up 22 positions) was new No. 27 Rancho Verde of Moreno Valley. The Cougars had to get...
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Closest We’ll Get To All-State Frosh
This isn’t an all-state football team, but here’s a look at some of the most impressive ninth grade players who were on varsity rosters all season that were collected by us in our research for this year’s various all-state teams. Record breakers of the future could be QB AJ Duffy of Rancho Verde, WR Kevin...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
We honestly didn’t know until after picking this week’s two NorCal/SoCal Offensive Players of the Week that their brothers are teammates on the depth chart of quarterbacks up at Washington State. Ryan Hilinski (Orange Lutheran) and Nathan Gordon (Pacifica Terra Nova) are quarterbacks as well and both are out to strong starts this season. Other […]
NEW Sac-Joaquin Sec FB 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. Biggest wins last week were by St. Mary’s of Stockton, Del Oro of Loomis, Granite Bay, Sacramento and Whitney of Rocklin. Watch the FOX40 Final Quarter on […]
FB: Sac-Joaquin Section Top 25 (7)
Due to previous No. 8 Grant losing to Sheldon plus previous No. 9 Rocklin and No. 10 Whitney both getting knocked off by Woodcreek and Roseville, respectively, there are a lot of teams on the move in this week’s rankings. Anyone wishing to see writeups and breakdowns of the top teams in the state, sign […]
FB: Sac-Joaquin Section Top 25 (4)
Elk Grove bounces back from upset loss to Davis by beating previous No. 2 Grant 24-17. With Davis losing to Jesuit, it’s now reached that point in the season when teams can be ranked ahead of a team it has lost to. The Thundering Herd therefore get jumped back up into the top 10. Roseville, […]
FB: Sac-Joaquin Section Top 25 (3)
It’s a second straight week of how to re-shuffle the section rankings after a massive upset, in this case Davis beating previous section No. 3 Elk Grove 16-14. The Blue Devils get rewarded for the win, but so does one team they lost to earlier in the season, Woodcreek of Roseville. Anyone wishing to see […]
All-State Football Nominees (NorCal)
This is the first group of players who have been placed on our board to be considered for the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. These are players from the CIF Central Coast Section, CIF North Coast Section, CIF Northern Section, CIF Sac-Joaquin Section plus San Francisco & Oakland. We welcome additional nominees from […]
CIF Bowl Board Video (No. 2)
In the second installment of new video feature in which we go over our own CIF state football bowl board for both Northern and Southern California, Cal-Hi Sports editor Mark Tennis previews the first tough choice for the CIF and that will be the selection of the two teams that will need to have a […]
Sac-Joaquin Section Top 5 DLs
Last week on the FOX 40 Final Quarter high school football show, hosts Jim Crandell and Kristina Werner revealed a list of the top five defensive linemen this season in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, according to CalHiSports.com.
