While Mater Dei is a solid favorite to win its fourth CIF Open Division state title and the De La Salle-Mission Viejo matchup in D1-AA looks like a toss up, the NorCal team is favored in just about all of the other 14 CIF state finals coming up this weekend at three JC stadiums in […]
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Weekend Regional FB Scoreboard (Friday)
One of the most incredible finishes to a game you’d ever see and three unbeaten teams that all lost were just some of the storylines for the CIF regional championships that were played on Friday night. We’ll have a similar scoreboard on Sunday morning after all of the games played on Saturday for D1-A, D2-A, […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Mater Dei goes back to the No. 1 spot it was in before last year’s CIF Southern Section championships and if recent history is a guide will stay there until St. John Bosco wins the next time in the series between the two schools. Pittsburg and Mission Viejo get big bumps, but are still playing...
Freshman FB Players To Watch (Part 1)
Here’s a first list of those now on our radar screen as ninth graders we’ll likely be following for the next few years. This is not a Class of 2027 recruiting list and another one will be done after the done after the season and after the all-state teams are done. The second ever State...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
For medium schools, Grant of Sacramento only drops one spot after one-point loss to Monterey Trail (which is large schools). Marin Catholic and San Marin also both up one spot and both now in top 10 as buildup for their game next week gets going. For small schools, Sonora not only jumps in as a...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Not only do we have an addition to the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book this week for defense, something this feature tracks, we have a winner from the CIF Central Section on offense who is a coach’s son who threw for more than 400 yards and six touchdowns. That Central Section stop is in Bakersfield […]
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
There are very few changes for the medium schools top 15 since the only team that lost did so to another ranked team by one point. McClymonds of Oakland might get to come up, however, if it wins this week no matter what some of the higher ranked teams do. In small schools, Ontario Christian...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 St. John Bosco, No. 2 Mater Dei & No. 5 Serra (San Mateo) all victorious in Saturday games. On Friday night, the biggest winners were No. 7 Sierra Canyon and No. 10 Orange Lutheran. Both are guaranteed to move up more than one spot next week since No. 4 Long Beach Poly was […]
Preseason Sac-Joaquin Sec FB Team
Perennial powerhouse Folsom is expected to get a big challenge in the SJS this season from Sierra Foothill League rival Granite Bay along with St. Mary’s of Stockton from the south. All three of those teams have more than one preseason all-section honoree. This is the latest stop in our annual tour of the state...
QBs in the State Football Records
It’s hard to beat California quarterbacks in NFL history so doing updates on the most prolific high schoolers for the Cal-Hi Sports state records is always a lot of fun. We’re done heading into the 2023 season. The most yards for a game was 540 from last season, the state passing leader had 4,190 and […]
