It could be a No. 1 vs No. 2 matchup of state-ranked teams coming up on Saturday at the annual Michelle Carew Classic in Anaheim. No. 2 St. Francis strengthened its grip on the top ranking in NorCal with a win last Saturday vs previous No. 3 Hollister. Norco is now back up to No....
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FINAL All-State FB Noms (CIFSS)
Here is the second of three lists of players considered as final nominees for the various 2023 season all-state football teams. These are all from the CIF Southern Section in one place. These lists have been updated from the first lists compiled from about one month ago. Thanks for all of the nominations and input....
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
CIFSS D3 champion St. Bonaventure just misses first group, but leads off this next 25 and moved up four spots. Section champions Los Gatos, La Serna and St. Augustine also move up this week. A group of three newcomers includes CIF North Coast Section D2 champion El Cerrito for the first time this season. The...
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 […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Head-to-head results causes JSerra of San Juan Capistrano to get a solid jump in this week’s rankings after its big win over Orange Lutheran. We also have more modest gains for Helix of La Mesa and Serra of Gardena. Los Alamitos, meanwhile, goes back up into this first group of teams. FOR ARCHIVES OF OUR...
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. Last week alone, we had three QBs come up with seven TD passes in one game. There also...
All State Records Ready For ’23 Season
All of the categories we have for our exclusive state football records are updated and ready to go before the start of the 2023 season. For this post, we go over some of the elite wide receivers added to all-time lists (more than one still playing but at new schools). We didn’t have a longest […]
QBs in the State Football Records
It’s hard to beat California quarterbacks in NFL history so doing updates on the most prolific high schoolers for the Cal-Hi Sports state records is always a lot of fun. We’re done heading into the 2023 season. The most yards for a game was 540 from last season, the state passing leader had 4,190 and […]
Baseball/Softball Coach Milestones 2023
State record coaching lists for baseball and softball have now all been updated through the 2023 season and here’s a look at the most significant milestone wins that were celebrated. For baseball, it’s more about several coaches who are right on the cusp of some huge wins with the coach moving up the most on […]
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
This week’s rankings are posted after key Monday games, including previous No. 11 Moorpark losing its first game to Camarillo, but before Tuesday games, including No. 1 Los Alamitos playing No. 4 Huntington Beach. The top tournament winners are the Oilers (defeated previous No. 4 Oaks Christian at Best of the West in Santa Maria)...