When the state has one of its strongest national player of the year candidates in many years, it’s fairly obvious who should be Mr. Football for the 2017 season. The Mater Dei quarterback was the clear leader of the nation’s No. 1 team but we still had another finalist with 72 touchdowns and another who […]
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NEW Boys BB State Top 20
There is a change in the top five after Bishop Montgomery’s impressive win over Sierra Canyon, but still not at the top. We continue to reward teams that are playing tough schedules, but we’re getting to the point in the season where we are starting to seriously consider unbeaten teams or those with one tough...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
After all of the major holiday tournaments, there are of course a lot of changes in the rankings and many factors at play in determining this week’s new order. This includes who-beat-who, stinker losses, who played national level competition for two straight weeks and who did not plus transfers becoming eligible this week and upcoming...
Ms. Volleyball POY & All-State Team
It’s not easy this time as Santa Margarita setter supreme Devon Chang is named Ms. Volleyball for California in a close call over three other top contenders. We also have a State Coach of the Year, first team all-state, second team all-state and have updated our Ms. Volleyball State Player of the Year list back […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
As the major holiday tournaments come to a close, we ring in the New Year with our updated our boys basketball state rankings. The results of those tournaments were about as random and unpredictable as we can remember in quite some years. After all of that, there are five newcomers for this week’s but Mater...
FINAL State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
We explain why De La Salle only dropped from No. 3 to No. 4 and why Helix ended up at No. 10 after those two teams lost in the CIF state title games. This part of the final rankings only includes one new team, St. Mary’s of Stockton, which was selected for Cajon of San...
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 […]
Mater Dei: 126th State Team of Year
With the CIF Open Division state championship eliminating all rankings debate, adding the annual champion to the all-time State Team of the Year list is just one of the added bonuses. We have a feeling that CIF Southern Section teams Mater Dei and St. John Bosco might be trading this selection between each other for […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
As the major holiday tournaments heat up, we are updating our boys basketball rankings from the preseason order. Our next update will be January 2 after those tournaments provide us key results. Mater Dei of Santa Ana holds on to the top spot but has a slew of tough upcoming games. Rancho Christian also makes […]
