Author Archives: Mark Tennis
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school football and is now in its seventh week as part of the 2021-22 school year. We’ve already featured the eight TD pass game by San Diego Mission Bay’s Clash Orsborn, but there were some other big-time standouts deserving of attention. Also...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
It will be No. 1 Mater Dei vs. No. 3 Servite on Saturday night at the Santa Ana Bowl. The big mover of the week, as one would expect, is Rocklin. The 40-7 winner over previous No. 11 Folsom goes up from No. 16 to No. 9. We also have more modest gains for Vista...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are two newcomers this week and both of them are in for the first time this season — San Joaquin Memorial of Fresno and Villa Park. The biggest movers among this group, meanwhile, are both from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section: Jesuit of Carmichael and Central Catholic of Modesto. Go inside for breakdowns of all...
Najee Harris’ Mr. Football Writeup
For the first time since 1986, a non-senior athlete in 2015 gained acclaim as the Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State Player of the Year. Antioch’s Najee Harris won out due to the season he had, local consensus over another top candidate and how great he looked up close against top competition. Will a non-senior be […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
In the only matchup of Friday night between two top 10 teams, No. 4 Centennial (Corona) rolls in the second half for a win against No. 10 Norco. The most shocking score was up north as No. 11 Folsom didn’t just lose to No. 16 Rocklin but was overwhelmed, 40-7. Saturday score, notes & updates […]
NEW Sac-Joaquin Section TOP 5 List
Last week on the FOX 40 Final Quarter high school football show, hosts Jim Crandell and Kristina Werner revealed a list of the top five high school football players who later made it big in major league baseball in CIF Sac-Joaquin Section history, according to CalHiSports.com.
Top Medium/Small School Teams
Matching our previously released State TOP 50 rankings order, Warren of Downey lands at No. 1 in this look at teams representing schools that are determined to be medium-sized in scope, competition and traditional playoff divisions. For the small schools, the first No. 1 team of the 2021 season is St. Genevieve of Panorama City. […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports and is now in its sixth week as part of the 2021-22 school year. We’ve already featured the 27-catch game by L.A. Franklin’s Hector Ceballos, but there were some other receiving totals that also have already been added to our...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The first five are all now from the CIF Southern Section as Mission Viejo moves up from No. 6 following Folsom’s loss to De La Salle. The new No. 1 for NorCal is Serra of San Mateo, but the Padres and St. Francis of Mountain View (team with win vs. DLS) are in the same...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There is only one new team this week, an unbeaten team from the CIF North Coast Section that is next on the schedule for De La Salle, but several have received major bumps. Included in that group is Serra of Gardena (No. 36 to No. 29), Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista (No. 41 to...
