Author Archives: Mark Tennis
Preseason All-Northern Sec FB Team
For our this stop in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams from all corners of California, we go to the far north, which has been dealing with the massive Park Fire in recent weeks. There was an unbeaten CIF state champion from there last season in a lower division, but the top...
WRs & More In All-Time State Records
All of our exclusive state football records in all categories team and individual are updated and ready to go for the 2024 season. Will there be any single-game totals in the first week of games that will be worthy of a future entry? Go inside to see new entrants from last season in the wide […]
Preseason San Fernando/Ventura Team
For our next to last stop for the SoCal region in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams, we head to the San Fernando Valley & Ventura County area of the CIF Southern Section. This team also includes players from Santa Barbara County plus the Santa Clarita Valley but not the Antelope Valley....
Preseason State TOP 50 Ranks (31-50)
A team with a QB committed to UCLA begins this group of ranked squads. Early big games such as Helix of La Mesa vs St. Francis of Mountain View and Newbury Park hosting Long Beach Millikan also were attractive enough to us to put both teams in these rankings. We do look at others doing […]
Preseason State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-10)
It’s now up to nine straight seasons that either Mater Dei of Santa Ana or St. John Bosco of Bellflower has started out No. 1 in the state and for 2024 that means the Monarchs are in that position. They are the defending CIF Open Division state champions and they also have a lot more […]
Preseason CIFSS Inland Empire Team
After the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section a few days ago, we head back south for our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams from around California. The Inland Empire for these purposes includes the high desert area of San Bernardino County and the Palm Springs region of Riverside County. Once again, Corona Centennial rules supreme...
Ryder Dodd: State Athlete of Year
The school year for 2024-25 has begun in many places, but the final honor for the 2023-24 school year just had to wait until the final day of the Paris Olympics since we knew our winner for the Class of 2024 was still playing for the USA national men’s water polo team. The Americans, with […]
More State Girls Athletes of Year
To go with overall honoree Sadie Engelhardt, since she was a junior during 2023-24, we have others selected as the best among girls athletes for seniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the school year. We thought three were clearly at the top and picked these in a […]
RBs in the All-Time State Records
There are only a handful of returning runningbacks in the state this season who already have their names in the state record lists that were started and have been maintained by Cal-Hi Sports for four decades. Will the CIF Central Section have most of the record-breakers once again? All major categories are now updated and […]
