It’s safe to say that many of these players would be first team in some years at some positions. It’s certainly not easy going through all of the state’s many outstanding athletes and breaking it down for actual lineups that could take the field. And then after compiling the second team, we add even more...
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CIF Friday State Finals
Cathedral Catholic of San Diego almost pulls off an upset with a perfect game plan, but falls to Folsom 21-14 in overtime in the Division 1-AA state championship at Cerritos College. In the Division 2-AA state title game, Grace Brethren of Simi Valley erases memories of a loss in the state finals last season in […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Rankings
Since this will be the next-to-last State Top 50 football rankings and we have a majority of teams listed as season complete, we’ll do this week’s feature in one post instead of two. Next week’s final State Top 50 will be two and with more extensive breakdowns of each team. For this week, the CIF...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Cajon of San Bernardino joins the top 10 after rolling past Murrieta Valley in matchup of 10,000-yard quarterbacks. Cathedral Catholic’s big win over Serra of Gardena also causes a lot of changes, including the Dons’ own rise up to No. 20 plus Torrey Pines going up to No. 15 and La Costa Canyon to No....
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are five newcomers in this group, led by new No. 41 Alemany of Mission Hills under new head coach Casey Clausen. There are also solid jumps for No. 30 La Costa Canyon of Carlsbad (up 16 positions) and No. 31 Central Catholic of Modesto (up eight). For teams ranked No. 1 to No. 25...
All-State Football: Sophomores
It’s time to begin announcing the 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams and we’re starting with this Gold Club exclusive highlighting sophomores from the 2016 season. Sure, this is a group led by QBs J.T. Daniels (Mater Dei) and Hank Bachmeier (Murrieta Valley) but the real strength may be up front on defense with...
FB: Final State Top 10 Update
We’ll have an expanded final package out to 50 teams done on Wednesday (Gold Club), but begin by finalizing top 10. Toughest choice was how high to put CIFSS D1 semifinalist Rancho Cucamonga.
Friday Bowls: San Diego Sweep
Cathedral Catholic stuns St. Mary’s of Stockton 38-35 in overtime to win school’s second CIF state title and complete perfect season. The Dons overcame 28-14 deficit in the second half and win title in higher division (I-AA) than in 2008. Cathedral Catholic’s win also gave the CIF San Diego Section a 2-0 record on the […]
Week 9 Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Mater Dei comes back from 21-12 deficit in third quarter to beat St. John Bosco 26-21 and will have to be a unanimous state No. 1 next week. But will the Braves drop at all past No. 3? They were, in fact, the only State Top 25 team to lose on Friday.
