As L.A. City section programs look to recover from the fallout of COVID-19, the talent among the skill positions is recovering nicely, although the trench talent still has a long way to go to match the level of a generation ago. The participation numbers also are up after 16 section programs didn’t field a team in 2020 and there are a...
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Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the Year for boys basketball for the 2021-22 season. We have one selected for each CIF division and had full state playoffs to go through to look for honorees for the first time in two years.
Inside The All-State Football Teams
We begin with a look at top 9th graders who came to our attention during the compilation of this year’s various teams. We also go over why we don’t have a separate tight end position guaranteed to be on every team plus why a third team was added to medium schools. For this year’s First...
All-State FB Nominations (Part 2)
Nominating players like this for the annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams wasn’t possible for the 2020-21 spring season, but the section-by-section lists and then the public adding to them is back. After posting the nominees from the CIF Central Coast, CIF North Coast, SF-Oakland, CIF Northern & CIF Sac-Joaquin Sections earlier this week, here’s […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
For our six stops this week we hit the beaches of Southern California twice before heading to the suburbs of San Diego and Santee. When we head up to Northern California, we start in the Mother Lode Country town of Grass Valley, then head west on Highway 80 to around halfway between San Francisco and […]
Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team
The Narbonne of Harbor City dynasty ended in 2019 right before COVID-19 hit L.A. County hard and negatively impacted the 2020 season for L.A. City section programs. Right now, it’s not about the section’s top teams cracking the weekly state rankings or a bunch of players earning college scholarships. It’s about safely getting back on...
Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team
To the surprise of no one, Narbonne of Harbor City is the overwhelming preseason favorite to win the L.A. City Section Open Division title for the third season in a row. Narbonne also is gunning for its sixth consecutive major division title to match the legendary Wilmington Banning program from 1976-81 for section dominance. The...
All-State Football 2018: Juniors
The Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore Teams were released earlier several days ago to kick off our 40th year of all-state football honors. For the juniors, it was especially tough to find room for all of the state’s highly regarded quarterbacks and wide receivers. Schools with more than one first team all-state junior include Mater Dei...
Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team
Once again Narbonne of Harbor City is the overwhelming preseason favorite to win the second L.A. City Section Open Division title. Narbonne also is gunning for its fifth consecutive major division title and that is reflected in the amount of preseason all-section choices the Gauchos have. There are a whopping eight of them, while Open Division...
Football Individual Records: Single Season TD Passes (Regular)
Welcome to the online Cal-Hi Sports State Record Book & Almanac. These state record lists are for individual all-time leaders for most passing TDs in a regular season (playoffs not included). For more on late Cal-Hi Sports record book founder Nelson Tennis, CLICK HERE. These totals are through all games of the 2022 season. To submit a...
