Roosevelt of Eastvale boys need overtime to win in a No. 1 vs No. 2 state ranking showdown over St. John Bosco in the top division of The Classic at Damien. Other major boys tourney winners include JSerra, Lincoln of Stockton, Folsom and Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach. State No. 3 girls team Etiwanda, meanwhile, […]
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Raul Lara: State Football Coach of Year
First-year head coaches hardly ever get consideration for this honor, but Mater Dei’s Raul Lara isn’t just any first-year head coach. He joined the Monarchs after many years coaching at other schools, including a run of 13 seasons at Long Beach Poly in which he was almost State Coach of the Year before. Lara received […]
More State Football Coaches of Year
For taking a brand new school to records of 12-1 and 14-1 in just its second and third varsity seasons, Chris Bean from Twelve Bridges of Lincoln gains top state medium schools honor. For small schools, a coach who went 12-0 in his first season in 2009 at Carmel, Golden Anderson, and who just went […]
Top Football Duos In State History?
After seeing Mater Dei’s inside defensive tackles duo of Tomuhini Tupui and Semi Taulanga in the team’s first game vs St. John Bosco this season, it was tweeted out and they were told that they were the best pair of defensive tackles that we’d ever seen in 45 years of covering California high school football....
All-State Football Nominees (CIFSS)
The first part of the process of choosing the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams is now complete. This is the third of three lists of players considered as nominees for the various 2024 season squads. These are all from the CIF Southern Section. The first two were for Northern California […]
FINAL Divisional State FB Rankings
When the very first Cal-Hi Sports state football rankings were compiled in the late 1970s by founder Nelson Tennis, they were done in five divisions (Class AAAA, etc.). We don’t do these anymore during the season, but to keep the archives going so that we have a version of them for every season we have...
State Basketball Players of the Week
It’s Christmas week, but there still was plenty of action last week all across the state and worthy candidates for these honors were not hard to find. We’re taking a break for New Year’s for this feature next week and then we’ll be back going week-to-week for the rest of the season. This week’s stops […]
FINAL Medium/Small State FB Ranks
As earlier announced, Newbury Park and St. Vincent de Paul of Petaluma were named teams of the year for medium & small schools just after the CIF state finals. Now, we have expanded, final rankings for both breakdowns. Those moving up the most for medium at the end include Cardinal Newman, Beaumont, San Jacinto and...
FINAL State TOP 75 FB Rankings (1-25)
It’s the eighth time in the last nine seasons that Mater Dei and St. John Bosco finish in the top two slots. The only time they didn’t was 2021 and that No. 2 team, Servite of Anaheim, is going to have two first round NFL draft picks in April. De La Salle also did enough...
FINAL State TOP 75 FB Ranks (26-75)
This group features the other two teams from Orange County’s Alpha League, Los Alamitos and San Clemente, plus we have some other CIF Southern Section squads getting final boosts as a result of Palos Verdes winning the CIF D2-A state title by a large margin vs previously unbeaten Twelve Bridges. The Sea Kings also go...
