With Servite of Anaheim jumping to No. 20 after a win over previous No. 8 Los Alamitos, the powerful Trinity League now has all six teams in the first 20. The others are ranked No. 1, No. 2, No. 6, No. 7 and No. 15. In two of this week’s top games, it will be...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
As St. John Bosco and Mater Dei head out for out-of-state contests this week, Centennial of Corona stays in the third spot after losing by just 28-14 to the Monarchs. The rest of the top 10 also is the same, but there are some teams getting big jumps, none more than new No. 22 Cathedral...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
There were several season-opening matchups of teams that were in our preseason State TOP 50 rankings on Friday and the higher ranked team won in every game except one. This trend was led by Mater Dei’s victory over Corona Centennial. There also was Sierra Canyon over JSerra, Orange Lutheran over Serra (Gardena), Carlsbad over Inglewood, […]
NBA Finals Alums: NorCal Flavored
One of the two Northern California alums in this year’s NBA Finals has been called “the missing link” for his team to go all the way. The other has become a key starter and was even the leading scorer in an Eastern Conference finals’ game for his team. How do Aaron Gordon and Gabe Vincent […]
Girls BB: All-State Underclass 2023
Just a few days after our final all-state teams for boys basketball were released, it’s time to get going with the girls. These teams also are well into the fourth decade of being selected. We begin with the honorees for the 2022-23 season with the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Schools...
Girls BB: State Ranks By Divisions
There also will be final divisional state rankings this season for the girls, but just like the boys we can’t get them started until the CIF does its divisional placements and then there’s not enough time to get them done until the first round of the regional playoffs begin. It’s a two-week sprint to the […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The CIF Southern Section playoffs are under way and there were no surprises in Open Division pool play matchups, nor was there any surprises in the two games that CIFSS Division 1 top seed Rosary played last week. As for the other CIF sections, the playoffs are beginning this week and the CIF North Coast...
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List
Here is a watch list of leading freshmen football players in the state from the 2022 season who are on track to be all-state sophomores next season. We had a State Freshman Player of the Year named a month ago, but we still do not believe it would be legitimate to do an actual all-state...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
Scrambling to get state rankings done after the MLK weekend has always been a challenge, and in fact there were a slew of games on MLK Day on Monday that were impactful. The CIF Southern Section did pick up a couple of teams by snagging this week’s two of this week’s newcomers, both from Los...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 Mater Dei & No. 2 St. John Bosco both opened their CIF Southern Section D1 title bids with easy wins. Mission Viejo and Los Alamitos were the other big winners in that bracket. The big stunner of the night was in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section where unbeaten No. 11 St. Mary’s of Stockton […]
