Preseason No. 1 Corona goes back to the top after Orange Lutheran loses twice in a three-game series with Santa Margarita, which jumps to No. 5 after winning those two games. Unbeaten Granada of Livermore moves to No. 4. The week’s biggest newcomer is St. Augustine of San Diego after a big win over Granite...
Latest News
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Orange Lutheran stays at No. 1 after losing a game but winning a huge Trinity League series vs 2023 State Team of the Year JSerra. Granada of Livermore joins the top five after win over De La Salle (and moving to 7-0). Highest rising newcomers are Granite Hills of El Cajon and San Juan Hills...
Floyd Burnsed: State FB Coach of Year
Acalanes of Lafayette head coach became the oldest known winner of a CIF state football title and has won more than 200 games during the high school portion of a career that spans six decades. We first got to know him from a 19-year stint at Miramonte of Orinda, where he won 10 league titles […]
2023 Football Coaching Highlights
Before we begin with the first of our many state season honors, which will be the 2023 state coaches of the year, we like to update the all-time state coaching leaders list. This is the one that has the names of just more than 140 through all the years of state history who have won […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Key Saturday scores added. Most common result this weekend is “Bye” or “Did Not Play.” There were some huge matchups in the CIF Southern Section D2 playoffs since the losing team is going home for the season and all 16 teams in the bracket (due to competitive equity seeding) are all top 50 teams or […]
Prep Notes With A Twist
We’re doing a combo column this week on our trip to see two of the state’s top three small school football teams face off, an early look at CIF state/regional bowl possibilities for Clovis North and why a win by Southwest High of San Diego caused us to go through our book of all-time win-loss […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
As No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco returned to playing top teams in California with expected results, there was almost a big upset on Friday in Long Beach. No. 6 Poly, however, won in overtime over Millikan. Big winner on Saturday was No. 5 Serra (San Mateo) and another team from […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. This week’s best includes kicker Ryon Sayeri with two 53-yard field goals, a 99-yard touchdown pass play, two...
Girls BB All-State Nominees (Part 1)
Sorry that we were not able to get out the girls version of all-state basketball nominees before the crush of the CIF state championships held on March 10-11 in Sacramento. Still, here they are in the same format as the boys. We will just give people a bit shorter period of time to respond with […]
