Bosco retakes No. 1 ranking and makes the preseason pick of the Braves not look so bad after win vs No. 2 Mater Dei. Who else had them first at the start? Santa Margarita’s win over JSerra also causes a lot of evaluation and changes. This week’s only newcomer to this group is new No....
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MD-Bosco & Centennial Highlights
For perhaps the first time in our history (which goes back 45 plus years), we were able to see the top three ranked teams in the state in the regular season on the same weekend. The top two of them, of course, played each other on Friday night in Bellflower. But on Thursday night it […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Now updated with Saturday results, the No. 1 vs No. 2 matchup between Mater Dei & St. John Bosco on Friday sent shockwaves throughout Southern California not because the No. 2 Braves won, but how they thoroughly dominated the Monarchs. Friday’s other big game was up north as two huge streaks by No. 11 De […]
MD & Bosco Should Go National At End
CIF Open Division state championship also should match a newly devised CIF Southern Section champion – let’s call it D1A – against the No. 1 ranked section champ from the north. As the state’s top two teams for seven of the last eight years battle it out this weekend, go through this column and let […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco both win easily in lead up to their game next Friday in Bellflower. All four top 25 teams from San Diego also all roll with one of them making news for its second 99-yard touchdown of the season. In the north, Folsom rocks Rocklin and […]
Enhanced CIF Regional FB Matchups
We take what the CIF has announced on Sunday for next week’s NorCal and SoCal regional championship games and enhance them with which title each team won plus win-loss record plus any notes or comments that we immediately noticed. State title games will be played in Open, D1-AA, D1-A, D2-AA and D2-A the following week […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 2 St. John Bosco wins the rematch against No. 1 Mater Dei, 24-22, to win CIF Southern Section D1 title and snap a 29-game win streak by the Monarchs. Retiring head coach Bruce Rollinson also doesn’t get the ultimate send off. Up north, the top two teams — Serra of San Mateo and Folsom […]
State FB TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 2 Mater Dei gets four TD passes from its freshman QB in 34-17 win over No. 1 St. John Bosco on Saturday night. The highest-ranked team to lose on the weekend was No. 5 Mission Viejo, which fell to South Coast League rival San Clemente (No. 12). Sierra Canyon, Cathedral Catholic and Folsom also […]
Bosco thunders past Mater Dei
There won’t be any disagreements at the top of every national ranking next week after St. John Bosco tops Mater Dei on Saturday night in one of those rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups. The Braves will now be favored to win the CIF Southern Section Division I title and CIF Open Division state […]
