Even though teams from most CIF NorCal sections haven’t played yet, a month has now passed since the first sanctioned game in Southern California and it’s time to release our first regular season boys basketball State Top 25. There are just as many important updates with regards to how the season may play out as...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
What to do in the aftermath of Norco’s win from last Saturday over previous No. 6 Corona Centennial? Should a team like the Cougars jump all the way up into this week’s rankings from the bubble and where should the Huskies drop? We say yes and put the two of them in the No. 15...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
De La Salle and Servite flip-flop at No. 3 and No. 4, but there are no other changes in the top 10 even though both Cathedral Catholic and Sierra Canyon deserve to go up. This week’s two major movers are Rocklin from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and Buchanan from the CIF Central Section. Nice bumps...
State FB TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
For the next few weeks, we’ll treat Friday and Saturday nights like we do for the fall with the compilation of a weekend scoreboard involving the state’s top-ranked teams. The game of Friday night was in Bellflower where No. 1 St. John Bosco was pushed by No. 3 Servite but came out on top, 38-28. […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Two longtime rival schools from San Diego both jump high into the top 25 of our weekly TOP 50 and will be playing each other on March 26. This week’s new order also sees Folsom resume its place among the first 10 after getting a big win over Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills. Top...
Preseason State TOP 50 (Part 1)
These are the ones with more than 45 years of work behind them, but it’s so different for this spring season. Factors such as which teams are playing which teams and building a consensus of those who do local rankings will be more important in compiling these rankings than when it’s known there are going […]
State’s All-Time NFL Starting QBs (Updated)
There were three starting quarterbacks from California high schools among the four that started in last week’s AFC and NFC championship games and it was another strong season for the state in the league in general. The most remarkable story among all of them, of course, was the return of Helix of La Mesa grad...
Football Schools of Century (So Far)
Going by a points system based on final state top 20 rankings since the 1999-2000 school year and matching previous posts for schools of the century (so far) plus girls basketball, softball and baseball, here’s the list for football. With no 2020 season counted, the No. 1 position for De La Salle of Concord should...
Schools With The Most All-State Players
We’ve done these lists previously for boys hoops, girls hoops, baseball and softball and now we’re finishing with football. With our all-state first team selections going back to 1980 (and not earlier), that also mirrors the start of the head coaching career of Bob Ladouceur at Concord De La Salle so it shouldn’t come as […]