For this final boys sports honor roll for the 2020-21 school year, the headline announcement centers on a track-football standout who already has begun the 2021-22 school year with a bang. Meet Domani Jackson from Mater Dei of Santa Ana, who has been named State Athlete of the Year for his junior year accomplishments. His […]
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All-State FB 2020-21: Juniors
Following the release of our all-state sophomores yesterday, it’s time to announce those who are all-state juniors for the 2020-21 season. State Junior of the Year Noah Fifita from Servite of Anaheim went on first team for multi-purpose due to all of his rushing TDs as a QB. That led to Gardena Serra’s Maalik Murphy...
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
Over the first weeks of these rankings, we’ve tried to be fair since this spring season is an anomaly in more than one way. Not only did it start when it should have ended, the CIF relaxing its bylaws to allow for club and high school competition to go on simultaneously has caused many of...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Two teams that will be trying to knock off higher ranked opponents this week — new No. 34 Chaminade of West Hills and new No. 40 Vista Murrieta of Murrieta — get the biggest bumps among those featured in this group. We also have to welcome three other newcomers besides Norco — Otay Ranch of...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
It’s always great when a team we think is going to be good finally gets to play in this strange spring season and does well. Congrats this week to No. 32 Liberty (Bakersfield) and good luck we hope to No. 40 Cosumnes Oaks (Elk Grove). Carlsbad also makes a huge move among this group from...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
With just about every team in the state finally in action, we had lots of performances to choose from. Our honorees this week took us to some familiar places — Gardena, Solana Beach and Valencia in the south, and Concord, Gilroy and Santa Rosa in the north. We hope you enjoy this free story on […]
Counting Numbers In State’s Counties
Tuesdays have been when the California Department of Public Health updates its county map with its colored tiers, but this week it took on added significance as high school athletic leaders also checked to see if case rates for COVID-19 had reached 14 or lower per 100,000. Based on last Friday’s health guidelines update, that’s […]
1981, ’94, ’08 Season Replays (Week 5)
This is how the season looked after the fifth week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. No. 1 teams remained Edison of Huntington Beach, Bishop Amat of La Puente and Long Beach Poly. The Jackrabbits had just won...
Girls BB: Division State Ranks (3rd)
Of the five No. 1 teams that we started out last week with, four of them took home regional titles and are headed to Sacramento for the CIF state finals. Congrats to Serra of Gardena (D1), Redondo Union of Redondo Beach (D2), West Campus of Sacramento (D3) and Sierra Pacific of Hanford (D5). The new...
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (1-15)
Mater Dei’s potential offensive firepower is too much and gives the Monarchs a tiny edge in a close call over league rival and defending CIF Open Division champ St. John Bosco for the preseason No. 1 slot. Our first inclination two weeks ago also was to have Centennial of Corona third, De La Salle fourth […]
