We roll on with the selection process for the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams with this third set of all-state nominees. This first group of players who were placed on our board were from the CIF Central Coast Section, CIF North Coast Section, CIF Northern Section, CIF Sac-Joaquin Section plus San Francisco & […]
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Mr. Football State POY Finalists
Yes, we know one of these players already has been honored as the Gatorade National Player of the Year. But it’s still an honor in and of itself to be considered a finalist to be Mr. Football for the state of California and for the 2017 season we are going with five. Two have the […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Coming on the strongest in this week’s post featuring teams in this range of the state rankings is new No. 27 Cajon of San Bernardino and new No. 34 Manteca. The Buffaloes were not even in the State Top 50 at all last week while Cajon has moved up from No. 34. This week, we...
A few more State Stat Stars of Week
We aren’t doing a column this week, but wanted to record more of these totals onto the site from last week’s football games. This list doesn’t include any SoCal/NorCal players of the week and for those from the CIF Central Section see separate post on this blog. Even more players are mentioned in our various […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Possibly two of our six picks for this week also are getting added to the all-time state record book. Clark Phillips of La Habra is going in as a state record co-holder with three interception return TDs. Isaah Crocker from Inderkum of Sacramento may go in with a 99-yard missed field goal return TD. Others […]
Stat Stars, Record Updates & More
Recently choosing players of the week who both have brothers at Washington State got us inspired to take a look at the best set of quarterback brothers in state history. For high school stats, you can’t beat the Clausens (Jimmy, Casey & Rick). But for overall football accomplishments, it may be hard to beat the...
2016-17 All-State Grid Hoopers
To kick off our end-of-school year content of honoring the best multi-sport and overall athletes of the year, we begin with a look at the state’s best football-basketball combo athletes on our 31st annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. We have even more listed as Grid-Hoop athletes of distinction and some of these players are […]
State Coach of Year: Craig Campbell
It all came together for this year’s girls basketball team at Clovis West of Fresno and with one of the most balanced starting fives you’ll ever see, it also is the perfect time to choose the Golden Eagles’ Craig Campbell as the Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of the Year for the 2016-17 season. There was […]
More State Girls Players of the Year
We also choose honorees for juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. The most difficult this year might have been for the ninth graders. We also could have had co-players of the year in a couple of places. There are three players of the year from the CIF Southern Section with two from […]
State Coach of the Year: Mark Lehman
Longtime leader of boys and girls teams at Cajon of San Bernardino landed CIF Division II state title and gets the nod as state’s leading coach in girls hoops for the 2015-16 season. He’s also the first-ever State Coach of the Year in girls basketball from the Inland Empire.