The playoffs begin in the CIF Southern Section this weekend and while we want to try and mirror the Open Division seedings in the CIF Southern Section our rankings are not seedings and we use a completely different set of criteria that has less emphasis on some factors the Southern Section and other sections for...
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NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
Trying to do a First Look rankings last week with half the state still not in action was tough to say the least but with the pandemic still having an effect on things and some teams still not in action or with only one or two games under their belts further complicating things, this first...
Girls BB: First Look State TOP 25
Trying to do a first state ranking with a huge portion of Northern California still not in action, with some still finalizing schedules is difficult to say the least. But we wanted to take a stab at it before two of the top teams in Northern California square off on Wednesday when Archbishop Mitty (San […]
NEW State TOP 35 Baseball Ranks
Thousand Oaks stays at No. 1 as a new week begins, but there are many changes after that. Rancho Bernardo of San Diego moves up to No. 2, Ayala of Chino Hills rejoins the top five and there are huge jumps for unbeaten Royal of Simi Valley and Santa Margarita. Newcomers include Bullard of Fresno,...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Newcomers to this week’s elite list of the state’s best teams (with each team written up) are Rocklin and Upland. Long Beach Poly inches up to No. 26 after OT win over previously higher ranked foe while it’s also a bump for St. Mary’s of Stockton as a nod to how it played in a...
Which schools can play each other?
It remains very much up in the air whether there will be very many high school football games in California that will get scheduled for March and April, but with the downward trends in the pandemic it’s still possible to speculate about teams from adjoining counties that at some point might be able to play […]
Boys/Girls BB Blasts From The Past
We presented Blasts From The Past every week in the fall for football, and will now look at doing the same for boys and girls basketball when those teams should be playing this winter. These are highlights from around the state from 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years ago. From 15 […]
Football Blasts From The Past
Here’s another look back in time to approximately the same week of the California high school football season from five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years ago. At the end of what would have normally been the end of each of those seasons, we may go back even further. For this look […]
More Football State Team Records
After just compiling a list of the 100 all-time winningest football schools in California prep history, we switch in this post for an updated look at the schools with best win-loss records (based on winning percentage over 10-plus seasons). The big news here is that Inderkum of Sacramento has now moved into second-place on that...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are only three newcomers this week as many teams that lost to higher-ranked opposition weren’t dropped that far. Those three — Valencia, St. Mary’s of Stockton and McClymonds of Oakland — all face big tests this week so their stays could be short-lived. Those teams moving up the most this week with 10-spot jumps...
