For the first time in this honors’ program history, we’ve chosen two players from great games played on a Saturday who then had their teams play against each other on a Monday. That can only happen on MLK weekend. For the boys, we were more normal going with hair-raising scoring outputs from players representing regions […]
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State Stat Stars of the Week
In the midst of senior quarterbacks like Jayden Daniels (Cajon), Trent Tompkins (Fresno Central) and Nathan Lamb (Tulare) continuing to add to their totals, junior QB Jackson Pavitt of Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) steals the show by going 24 of 25 for 382 yards in a playoff game. We also go over why Fontana Kaiser’s...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Four was a magic number for several teams that went up four positions in this week’s rankings, including Long Beach Poly, Monterey Trail of Elk Grove, Lawndale and Heritage of Menifee. There were two teams, however, that got seven-spot jumps — new No. 33 Wilcox of Santa Clara and new No. 43 Murrieta Valley of...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
One of the most inspirational NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week we’ve ever written up is this week’s NorCal choice for defense and to see why Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman’s Dino Kahaulelio inspires his teammates you’ll have to read on. We also have perhaps the first-ever player in the state who’s ever thrown for eight TDs […]
Preseason Redwood Empire FB Team
Because of competitive equity factors and the addition of schools from Napa County, it was more complicated choosing players from this region of the state, which is part of the CIF North Coast Section. Still, Marin Catholic (Kentfield) once again leads the way with seven first team selections. The Wildcats are followed by Rancho Cotate...
Girls BB: All-State 2nd, 3rd
Here’s where to go to check out all of the writeups for those who are second team overall and third team overall on the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. While we don’t agree that a team that didn’t win the CIF Open Division state title should be No. 1 in the nation, […]
FINAL All-State Girls BB Nominee List
It’s time to start the final process of choosing the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State girls basketball teams. This is an updated version from the first version of all-state nominees that was posted two weeks ago. Many names have been added and other updates completed. We’ll begin releasing the all-state underclass teams first and will...
Girls BB Open Division Projections
After all CIF section girls basketball champions are crowned by Saturday night, it’ll only take a few minutes before many in the media and some coaches will start to think about Sunday when the CIF state office will release its pairings for the upcoming Northern California and Southern California regional playoffs. We start thinking seriously […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
With this week’s playoffs now going on in all sections of the state and for all teams in the state rankings, it’s hard to believe the CIF Southern Section Open Division is already down to just four teams in the hunt for the championship. Including the four teams that lost in last Saturday’s quarterfinals, all...
