Head-to-head results causes JSerra of San Juan Capistrano to get a solid jump in this week’s rankings after its big win over Orange Lutheran. We also have more modest gains for Helix of La Mesa and Serra of Gardena. Los Alamitos, meanwhile, goes back up into this first group of teams. FOR ARCHIVES OF OUR...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
There’s a new No. 1 according to the system we’ve used in the last eight years of the Mater Dei-St. John Bosco era of domination as MD takes over for the Braves after their loss in Hawaii. The other big news is Clovis North of Fresno zooming up to No. 10 and generating buzz about...
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...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
As St. John Bosco and Mater Dei head out for out-of-state contests this week, Centennial of Corona stays in the third spot after losing by just 28-14 to the Monarchs. The rest of the top 10 also is the same, but there are some teams getting big jumps, none more than new No. 22 Cathedral...
Preseason State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-10)
For the eighth straight year since Mater Dei of Santa Ana and St. John Bosco have gone on their current run of dominance atop California (and really the nation), the winning team from the season before gets to start out No. 1 for the following season. That means until they play again it will be […]
Girls of Summer: Final stops of tour
The actual player rankings derived from these trips to see some of the most promising girls basketball players in the state this summer are still to come. Here’s a recap of where we went with a focus on the final two destinations for events in Seal Beach and Ladera Ranch in Southern California. Several returnees...
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 […]
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
We are once again going to take a tour of the state prior to the start of the 2023 football season through the selection of preseason football honor squads. We begin with Orange County of the CIF Southern Section where the most talent-laden team of returnees that we’ve ever seen in more than 40 years...
More State Schools of the Year
For boys sports only, De La Salle of Concord is considered tops for the state for 2022-23 with big finishes over the final days of the school year in golf, swimming and track & field. For the girls, Santa Margarita has to be listed alongside its overall State School of the Year selection. Other schools […]
