Author Archives: Mark Tennis
Preseason TOP 5: Baseball, Softball
The earliest ever start to the baseball & softball season in the CIF Southern Section, three weeks before some top teams in other CIF sections in the state are playing their first games, makes it impossible for us to do a true preseason state ranking this year for either baseball or softball. With games beginning […]
Cali Super Bowl Alums 2024
In three of the last four Super Bowls, California has only had seven, five and six players from its high schools in the big game. They are among the lowest totals since we’ve been doing these state-by-state counts since the 1990s and based on our research back to the first Super Bowl in 1967. The […]
All-State FB 2023: 2nd & 3rd Teams
This post including 2nd & 3rd Teams for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams wraps up all of this year’s lists of honorees. There will still be an updated all-state watch list for freshmen to come, but it can’t be done like our other all-state teams. Like the first team overall, the second...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. For boys hoops, there are several milestones reached by top scorers and we have a 500th career coaching...
All-Time State Player Rankings (QBs)
After an NFL playoff weekend earlier this month in which California QBs went 4-0, we thought we’d update our all-time state player rankings for the quarterbacks. These rankings are based strictly on how players have done after high school and not on what they did during high school. The No. 1 spot is the GOAT...
All-State FB 2023: Medium Schools
It can be confusing what’s medium schools vs large schools, especially in the world of competitive equity playoff divisions in which schools don’t know what divisions they will be in until playoffs actually begin, but we rely on our experience of covering the state to keep the format working. CIF D2-AA finalists La Serna of […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. This week’s honor roll covers the past two weeks due to our schedule being different last week with...
