Amador Valley moves up to No. 2 and may get a game against No. 1 Norco at upcoming Michelle Carew Classic. Also heading back up toward the top are Mission Viejo and Orange Lutheran. This week’s newcomers, meanwhile, are Rio Mesa of Oxnard, Great Oak of Temecula, Poly of Riverside and St. Mary’s of Stockton....
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Girls BB Open Division Picks
This is a combination of how we’d select the eight girls teams for the Northern California and Southern California Open Division regional playoffs with what we think might happen given our history of covering these selections over the years. Check the CIF state web site at approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday to see how it […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
With earlier wins over Sacred Heart Cathedral and Cardinal Newman at almost full strength, we know that the St. Mary’s of Stockton girls will be a force in the NorCal Open Division now that the Rams are getting back to total full strength due to injuries. Still, they are going to have to win twice...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
The CIF Southern Section Open Division could easily be re-named “upset central” with several ranked teams either biting the dust or barely escaping with a win against fellow ranked and non-ranked teams. Because of that, after the first eight spots in this week’s rankings, there has now been some major re-adjustments. A familiar face that...
All-State Football: Juniors
Biggest challenge was at the receiver positions due to the state’s big-time talent at the top of national Class of 2018 rankings plus others who had monster numbers. We went with three WRs on first team, two on second and several others just had to drop to third. St. John Bosco is the only school...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
Stockton is becoming synonymous with knee injuries after State Freshman and State Sophomore of the Year Aquira DeCosta went down with a torn meniscus last week. Earlier in the week at the MLK Showcase, Sierra Smith, DeCosta’s former teammate now at Salesian, went down in a heap and later found out she tore her ACL....
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
After a significant number of the top teams in the state rankings converged on Stockton for the St. Mary’s MLK Showcase, including the top two, there is a bit of a shake-up among the top 10 and even beyond. In some instances, a head-to-head win was used to determine placement but there were also some...
State Football Records Update
Coaching all-time wins list is now current through the end of the 2016 season, including playoffs, and those who made big gains down the stretch included Jim Kunau of Rancho Christian, Bruce Rollinson of Mater Dei and Dan Carmazzi of Sacramento Christian Brothers. More state record lists have been updated for team scoring and losing...
Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
Clovis West still looking strong after Nike TOC win, but Archbishop Mitty, Stockton St. Mary’s and Long Beach Poly are right behind. Moving up into the top eight this week, meanwhile, is Oakland Bishop O’Dowd. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with expanded writeups of the first eight teams plus the next 12 and lists […]
FB: FINAL Sac-Joaquin Top 25
Regardless of heart-breaking loss to Cathedral Catholic, St. Mary’s of Stockton still has to go down as one of the best teams in section history. In the final rankings, Del Oro also has to go back behind Oak Ridge for head-to-head loss.
