Mater Dei’s potential offensive firepower is too much and gives the Monarchs a tiny edge in a close call over league rival and defending CIF Open Division champ St. John Bosco for the preseason No. 1 slot. Our first inclination two weeks ago also was to have Centennial of Corona third, De La Salle fourth […]
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Preseason All-Long Beach/South Bay
This is the preseason football team that essentially combines the two coverage areas of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and South Bay Daily Breeze within the CIF Southern Section. Schools in westside of L.A. in the CIFSS also are included in this group. Any player from any school other than St. John Bosco, Long Beach Poly...
Elite 11 QB Re-al Mitchell
If he leads St. John Bosco football team where he hopes to, the versatile quarterback will be a prime candidate to be the school’s second straight Mr. Football State Player of the Year. He’d be the first one in which we had a long conversation with him about the honor and how each race for […]
Mr. Football 2016: Wyatt Davis
Can a lineman who primarily only plays on offense ever be named State Player of the Year? For the 2016 season, the answer is an emphatic YES. St. John Bosco’s senior leader off of its CIF Open Division state title team is indeed the Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State Player of the Year. It’s not […]
CIF State Bowl Champs (All 13)
For a one-stop place for all of the CIF state bowl winners crowned on Friday, Dec. 16 or Saturday, Dec. 17 with an MVP chosen for each game, this is the place to go. First-time champions include San Clemente, Paraclete, Oakdale, Pleasant Valley, Bishop O’Dowd, McClymonds, Rancho Christian and St. Patrick-St. Vincent. No school won […]
St. John Bosco State Team of Year
It’s not the same as when there was no Open Division of the CIF state bowl games, but the Braves still officially get added to the list of all-time great teams in California that dates back more than 100 years.
Saturday Bowls: Bosco, then the rest
It’s a dominant showing for state No. 1 St. John Bosco of Bellflower, which wins its second CIF Open Division state title in four years with 56-33 win over two-time defending champion De La Salle of Concord. The nature of the win also displays the wide gap between SoCal’s top three teams this season — […]
CIFSS D1: Bosco Back in Business
In the latest state No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in the CIF Southern Section’s Major Division title game, No. 2 St. John Bosco wears down top-ranked Mater Dei of Santa Ana, 42-28, to win the section D1 title. It will be an easy call to pit current state No. 2 St. John Bosco vs. perennial […]
Week 3 Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
This is the place to go for a quick glance at the top teams in California and for some immediate analysis. The highest ranked team to lose on Friday was No. 3 St. John Bosco, but that was perhaps to the best team in the nation while No. 1 De La Salle nearly gets stunned […]
