Author Archives: Mark Tennis
More State Football Players of the Year
Check inside this post for the honorees who have been chosen among juniors, sophomores, freshmen, medium schools and small schools. And since Mr. Football is a junior and from a medium school, we also have additional honorees this time for large schools and seniors. To see who has been named Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State […]
FINAL All-State FB Noms (CIFSS)
We continue toward selection of the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams by updating lists of nominees based on input received from the first lists. More info also has come in from other sources. These players are all from the CIF Southern Section. Final nominees from NorCal sections have already been...
FINAL All-State Noms (Central-LA-SD)
We continue toward selection of the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams by updating lists of nominees based on input received from the first lists. More info also has come in from other sources. These players are all from the CIF Central, L.A. City & San Diego Section. Final nominees from...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
The career state scoring record is beginning to come into focus for Santa Maria St. Joseph standout Tounde Yessofou, who already has 29 and 30 points in two games this week. He’s close to moving up to eighth on the all-time state list and recently became the 11th in state history to reach 3,000. Tyran...
FINAL All-State FB Nominees (NorCal)
The next step toward selection of the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams is updated lists of nominees based on input received from the first lists. More info also has come in from other sources. These players are all from the CIF sections in Northern California (except the Central Section). The...
State’s All-Time NFL Starting QBs (2024)
Here’s the all-time list of quarterbacks who have started at least one game in the NFL updated through the 2024 season. Rookie sensation Jayden Daniels of the Washington Commanders & Cajon High (San Bernardino) is the major new addition, but we picked up another one on Sunday’s final game of the regular season with Tanner...
2024 Football Coaching Highlights
A few days after we have begun with the first of our many state season honors, which was the 2024 state coaches of the year, we have updated the all-time state coaching leaders list. This is the one that has the names of just more than 140 through all the years of state history who […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
The stars were shining bright at The Classic at Damien as Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth and Jason Crowe Jr. of Inglewood faced each other. They ended up trading the tourney single-game record on separate nights. They weren’t the only ones to get it going in that tourney, either. Brandon Benjamin of Anaheim Canyon had a...
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 […]
