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Defense State POY: Jaden Walk-Green

By Mark Tennis | Published January 9, 2026

Jaden Walk-Green of No. 6 Corona Centennial is shown scoring on an interception return during win in September vs Bingham of Utah. Photo: cen10.football / Instagram.com.


Just a junior, the Corona Centennial defensive back is going to make us work to add another category to our state records: most interception returns for a touchdown in a season. Walk-Green had five of those pick six TDs for the state No. 2 Huskies this season, led the state in interceptions with 10, led the team in tackles and created a new term: the pick seven. That’s because after Jaden would get a pick six, he would stay on the field and kick the extra point.
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Attn: Senior FB Players

By Mark Tennis | Published January 8, 2026


If there was one thing that the late, legendary football coach Terry Donahue understood it was recruiting players to colleges and how a graduating senior may be unknown but still very much interested in maximizing opportunities to play at the next level.

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That’s partly why 13 years ago Coach Donahue founded the Terry Donahue California Football Showcase, which says it is for graduating high school seniors and plus community college student-athletes to have an opportunity to display their skills to NCAA Division II, III, and NAIA football programs in a one-day (absolutely free) skills combine.

This year’s California Football Showcase will take place on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Great Park, Irvine. The event also has partnered this year with The Moving In Right Direction and AIGA Foundations. It is once again free of charge.

Donahue was the head coach at UCLA from 1976 to 1995 and remains the winningest football coach in school history with 151 career wins. He also was general manager of the San Francisco 49ers from 2001 to 2005. He remained very active in the sport until his death in 2021 at age 77 due to cancer. He also was easily able to put himself into the shoes of the very players that the California Football Showcase aims to help. Donahue was not recruited much as an undersized player from Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks, but attended San Jose State as a walk-on, then went to L.A. Valley College and then walked-on as a player at UCLA.

This type of event also is even more critical for high school seniors in just that last two years due to the increased use of D1 colleges of the transfer portal. Those colleges simply don’t recruit nearly as many high school players as they did in the past. It all trickles down.

The event will feature student-athletes from all over California and brings together NCAA Division II, III, and NAIA college/universities from across the country, as well as California community college programs. Players will showcase their skills during a series of tests and drills that will best display each player’s talent at their respective positions. The CA Showcase will be organized and managed by former college and professional football players and coaches associated with Coach Donahue throughout his career.

Following the activities, players and coaches from the colleges/universities will meet in an adjacent facility to discuss scholarship and financial aid opportunities. Admission in the area will be restricted to student-athletes, participating coaches and volunteers, visiting high school and college/university coaches and/or administrators, and the media.

Clovis Girls BB Wins Jamboree Crown

By Harold Abend | Published January 1, 2026

Nihoa Dunn (left) of Hawaii was named the Jim Capoot Memorial Award winner at the 2025 West Coast Jamboree. At right is David “Scoop” Jackson MVP award winner Sadie Sin of Platinum Division champion Clovis. Photo: Harold Abend.


State Top 20 team tops Hawaii team in prestigious Bay Area tourney’s Platinum Division title game behind MVP Sadie Sin. The Cougars also avenged an earlier loss in the semifinals. Their league rivals from Central East won the third-place game with Villa Park taking the consolation crown.

For the first time in 25 years in the history of the West Coast Jamboree girls basketball tournament, which has been contested since 2000, and in an exciting finish, a team from the CIF Central Section has captured the tournament’s top division. That team is Clovis after the Cougars pulled out a Platinum Division 56-53 victory on Tuesday night over Hawaii Kamehameha Kapalana of Honolulu.

Sadie Sin, a senior point guard who in mid-November committed to Long Beach State, was selected as the Platinum Division winner of the David “Scoop” Jackson Most Valuable Player Award named in honor of the late founder of the West Coast Jamboree.

Sin scored the game’s first nine points and finished with 19 points (one three-pointer, five rebounds, five assists and three steals). She was also was 8-of-9 from the free-throw line, including hitting two that helped secure the win with less than 20 seconds remaining with Kamehameha having to foul and Clovis holding a razor thin 52-51 lead.

Senior Yazmin Aguilera was the only other Clovis player to reach double-figure scoring and finished with 10 points, including two three-pointers and two free throws with two seconds left and the Cougars holding a 54-53 lead.

After Sin staked Cal-Hi Sports No. 19 ranked Clovis (9-6) to a 9-0 lead, the Cougars stretched it to 23-7 at the end of the first quarter and the first of four 19-point leads at 36-17 at the half.

The last of the 19-point leads came at 42-23 in the early third quarter, but the relentless defense of Kamehameha, which had come from 10 down at the half in its semifinal 50-43 win over Central East of Fresno, never quit. In fact, the Warriors from the Rainbow State held Clovis to no field goals and only seven free throws in the fourth quarter after closing to 49-36 at the end of the third.

While Sin and Aquilera were the only double-figure scorers, Clovis head coach Cooper Steele got contributions from six other players, particularly in the first three quarters when the Cougars were building their lead. Senior Milly Rojas added seven points (one three-pointer) and junior Amieya Walters chipped in with six points, including a three-pointer.

Kamehameha (15-5) got a huge game from 6-foot-1 senior power forward/center and reining Hawaii Gatorade Player of the Year Nihoa Dunn. Dunn, who led Iolani to its first state championship last season since 2013, finished with a double-double 26 points and 11 rebounds, including 17 in the second half when she was unstoppable in the paint, but Kamehameha dug too big a hole and despite her efforts the team fell just short. For her overall efforts, Dunn was named the recipient of the Jim Capoot Memorial Award for sportsmanship and inspirational play.

Sophomore guard Andrea Porreca added 13 points (three three-pointers) but only five players scored and the other three only able to muster 14 points.

While Kamehameha made a big comeback against Central East to get to the championship game, Clovis avenged a 59-56 loss to Priory of Portola Valley three weeks ago with a 44-30 semifinal victory in a game the Cougars only trailed twice in the first quarter by one point each time in a game where the final margin of victory was their biggest lead of the game. In a low scoring defensive battle, it was Sin leading the way with 11 points. Sophomore Jada Walton and senior Jaylyn Jasso added nine and seven points, respectively.

The third-place game saw Central East (8-6) post a 49-44 victory over Priory. Sophomore post Za Murphy led the way with 16 points, and Savana Chris added 14 points including four three-pointers and Leilah Haynes had 11 points with one three-pointer.

Priory (6-4) got 18 points from junior Sasha Johnson and 11 points with three three-pointers from senior Adelaide Chan.

After losing its opening round game to Kamehameha, 63-37, Villa Park (14-3) rebounded to best Oakland Tech 56-50, and then in the Consolation Championship took down Valencia 67-62 in an all Southern California match-up. Bailey Roczey and Lauren Wolfe each had 16 points and Olivia Sturdivant added 15 points.

In the Diamond Division, the second of the Jamboree’s elite divisions along with the Platinum, it was host Clayton Valley of Concord (6-4) overpowering Caruthers (7-4), 63-44.

Harold Abend is the associate editor of CalHiSports.com and the vice president of the California Prep Sportswriters Association. He can be reached at marketingharoldabend@gmail.com. Don’t forget to follow him on Twitter: @HaroldAbend

Can Now Call Crowe Jr. Mr. 4K

By Mark Tennis | Published December 29, 2025

Inglewood’s Jason Crowe Jr. goes past 4,000 career points at the King Cotton Holiday Classic in Arkansas. Since breaking state record in early December, he’s had three 50-point games, including one on Monday of this week.

Jason Crowe Jr. has had high games of 56 and 54 points since breaking state career scoring record. Photo: BallisLife.com.


There’s now another state record that Inglewood’s Jason Crowe Jr. can perhaps establish this season in addition to the big one he already broke back on December 9 when he became California’s all-time career scoring leader.

Crowe Jr. headed to the King Cotton Classic in Arkansas that began last Saturday and continued on Monday of this week with 3,957 career points. He is running past the previous state record of 3,659 points set last season by Tounde Yessofou from St. Joseph of Santa Maria. J2 didn’t hit 4,000 points on Saturday with 34 points but the Sentinels got a 74-66 win vs Benton of Arkansas.

That meant that Crowe Jr. needed just nine points on Monday night and he got those and plenty, plenty more with 54 points to lead Inglewood past St. Michael’s of Austin, Texas, 92-80. He and his teammates are playing Faith Family of Texas on Tuesday for the tourney title.

The outing of 54 points is the third time since Jason broke Tounde’s record of scoring 50 points or more. The highest was 56 points vs Eagle Academy of New York, which was followed by 52 vs Upsring of Germany. After Monday’s game, Crowe Jr. was averaging 44.6 points per game and his career total stood at 4,045 points.

The current state record of 45.7 ppg for one season was set in 1991 by Mike Fisher from Southwestern of San Marino, a very, very small school team at the time. A better comparison is the 44.3 ppg scoring average that Glendora’s Tracy Murray had for his senior year in 1989.

Along with managing editor Ronnie Flores, we will continue to closely monitor J2’s senior season on this site and on our social media platforms.

Ontario Chr girls dominant in tourney

By Harold Abend | Published December 7, 2025

You can’t get much bigger in girls hoops than Ontario Christian’s Tati Griffin & Kaleena Smith. The duo led Knights to a major tourney title win. Photo: Harold Abend.


State’s preseason No. 1 girls hoops team looks like a national No. 1 team the way that it rolled to the Troy Warrior Way Hoops Classic title on Saturday. Preseason state No. 2 Sierra Canyon also was in the event, but is still missing State Junior of the Year Jerzy Robinson.

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Just how good are the Ontario Christian of Ontario girls?

After their showing in dominating and winning the Troy Warrior Way Hoops Classic early season tournament held in Fullerton on December 2-6 that ended on Saturday night, the Knight girls are looking pretty darn good.

With Cal-Hi Sports State Sophomore of the Year and Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year finalist Kaleena Smith, and State Freshman of the Year Tati Griffin, who looks pretty much recovered from a summer injury, both looking in mid-season form plus others, it’s looking like the Knights are absolutely deserving of not only the Cal-Hi Sports preseason No. 1 ranking, but they have a legitimate claim and argument to be ranked No. 1 nationally as well.

The Troy Classic was looking like it was set up to be a potential match-up in the championship game between Ontario Christian and preseason No. 2 ranked Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth, placed in opposite brackets of the eight-team Hess Division, but along the way upset central really made itself known.

Besides those two two-ranked teams, the field also included preseason No. 8 Sage Hill of Newport Beach in the same bracket as Sierra Canyon, and preseason No. 10 Fairmont Prep of Anaheim in the same bracket as Ontario Christian, as well as preseason No. 12 Moreno Valley on the Ontario Christian side.

Ontario Christian made fast work of up-and-coming Oak Park in a somewhat surprising 106-39 opening round victory. The Knights followed that up with an 89-43 win over Moreno Valley and then posted a 88-41 win versus Fairmont Prep, all very impressive results.

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It was on the Sierra Canyon side that things went awry.

JSerra of San Capistrano, by virtue of an 18-11 season last year, only came into the game with a spot on the bubble of the preseason state rankings. However, head Coach Rachael Ziemann and her Lions put themselves on the map early with a 60-54 victory over Sage Hill with a balanced scoring attack of 6-foot-2 junior wing Vivian Grenald with 17 points, 6-foot-2 junior wing Kayla Rice with 14 points, flashy junior point guard Rose Santos and junior guard Shae Talleur with 13 points apiece.

Topping that win, JSerra came back and followed that with a huge 67-63 upset victory over a Sierra Canyon team that is visibly missing Cal-Hi Sports State Junior of the Year Jerzy Robinson, who has been out around three months with a bad ankle. In that game, Grenald led the way with 20 points and Santos with 18 points, including five big free-throws down the stretch. JSerra finished pool play with 70-51 win over San Clemente behind 28 points from Grenald and 22 points from Rice.

Having won its first three games, that set up a championship final match-up between JSerra and Ontario Christian, but in this contest the state’s top team wasn’t interested in any of the previous results or upsets and came out on fire in an 86-58 victory that was not anywhere near as close as the score indicates.

Ontario Christian (9-0) bolted out to a 5-0 lead, led 35-8 after one quarter and 60-19 at the half before head coach Aundre Cummings took his foot off the gas pedal and the their credit JSerra never quit despite the outcome obviously being over early.

Ontario Christian ended up converting 13 three-pointers with 12 coming in the first half. The 5-foot-11 Griffin finished with 28 points with six three-pointers, five coming in the first half, plus six rebounds, an assist, steal and a block. She had obviously has been working on her outside shooting, although she did convert on 43 from outside the arc last year. As usual, Smith filled the state sheet. She also finished with 28 points (three three-pointers) plus six steals, four rebounds and four assists.

Chloe Jenkins, a 6-foot freshman guard, had a double-double after finishing with 18 points with two three-pointers plus 16 rebounds with two steals, two assists and a block. Dani Robinson, a 5-foot-10 junior guard, finished with 14 points (two three-pointers) plus four rebounds.

JSerra (8-2) was led by Grenald with 25 points (one three-pointers) plus eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. Rice added 11 points, four rebound and two assists and Talleur also had 11 points, including three three-pointers.

After bouncing back from the JSerra loss, Sierra Canyon bested Sage Hill 75-59 and then the Trailblazers won the third-place game with an equally impressive 61-43 victory over Fairmont Prep.

Sierra Canyon (5-1) went out to a 5-0 lead and never looked back after leading 16-8 after one quarter, 29-14 at the half and 46-33 before it coasted home.

Junior guard Jordan Malek connected on six three-pointers and led the Trailblazers with 20 points. Senior guard Delaney White added 15 points with three three-pointers and senior forward Payton Montgomery had 11 points.

Fairmont Prep (3-3) was led by 6-foot-3 freshman center Aaliyah Mack with 17 points with two three-pointers and senior guard Adyra Rajan with 12 points, but the Sierra Canyon defense held one of the state’s leading three-point shooter to none for the game.

The Yano Division title game saw host Troy with head coach Kevin Kiernan back at the helm taking on Los Osos of Rancho Cucamonga, but the Warriors couldn’t deliver win No. 906 to the state’s all-time winningest coach after falling 69-51 to Los Osos.

Junior guard Tory Johnson led Los Osos (8-2) with 24 points, all on eight three-pointers. Seniors Tiyana Saunders and Ivana Nwagbo added 17 and 13 points, respectively.

Troy (5-3) was led by senior transfer Mei-ling Perry with 25 points, including two three-pointers.

Archbishop Mitty captures
La Jolla County Day Sweet 16 Invitational

Cal-Hi Sports Preseason No. 4 Archbishop Mitty of San Jose (4-0), with superstar and Iowa-committed senior McKenna Woliczko not scheduled to come back from injury until after the first of January, opened its season by winning the La Jolla County Day Sweet 16 Invitational after an 80-38 victory over San Diego Lincoln, 66-48 versus Francis Parker of San Diego, 56-34 over Mission Hills of San Marcos, and a 76-46 victory in the championship title game over Rancho Christian of Temecula.

Mitty got 34 points (three three-pointers) from 6-foot-2 sophomore star center Maliya Hunter in the title tilt. Junior Ze’ni Patterson added 14 points.

Rancho Christian (5-1) received 14 points freshman Addison Archer and 10 points (two three-pointers) from senior Ebony Tayler-Smith.

Harold Abend is the associate editor of CalHiSports.com and the vice president of the California Prep Sportswriters Association. He can be reached at marketingharoldabend@gmail.com. Don’t forget to follow him on Twitter: @HaroldAbend

Mater Dei Wins Inaugural Girls BB event

By Harold Abend | Published December 1, 2025

Players from state No. 5 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) are shown after their win over Oak Park in title game of their own Thanksgiving weekend tourney. Photo: Harold Abend.


Harmony Golightly is MVP for the Monarchs, but the news is not all good for preseason state No. 5 team as it is revealed that South Carolina-bound Kaeli Wynn will be out for the rest of the season due to an upcoming knee surgery. This early season girls bb update also includes big results from Redondo’s Battle at the Beach.

The championship game of the inaugural Mater Dei Holiday Classic between the host Monarchs and upstart Oak Park was set after each won its first three games of the four-day, eight-team event that began on Tuesday of last week, continued on Wednesday with day of on Thursday for Thanksgiving, and resumed on Friday for game three with the teams then playing on Saturday for seventh, fifth and third place before the 6pm title-game tip-off.

This match-up was looking like it could be a very tough one for shorthanded Mater Dei, and while it was close for a half with the hosts only holding a 31-26 lead after two quarters, the superior depth of the Monarchs took control after halftime and they coasted to a 73-61 victory in a game they led 65-46 before second-year head coach Jody Wynn began to substitute.

We say Mater Dei is short handed since it is still playing without its best player, 6-foot-2 South Carolina-committed Kaeli Wynn. Wynn, the daughter of Coach Wynn, injured her knee cap last season and missed the final few games. It was thought she might be able to play this season, but according to Coach Wynn she will be having surgery this week and likely will miss the entire season.

Coaches from Oak Park direct their girls during title game of Mater Dei Thanksgiving tourney. Photo: Harold Abend.


With Wynn cheering her teammates on from the bench, the load has had to shift to others, and so far in a 5-0 start for Mater Dei it has worked well, and the win over Oak Park was a perfect example. The leading scorer so far this season is Harmony Golightly, a junior combo guard who according to Mater Dei coaches already has several offers including Auburn. Against Oak Park, she made five three-pointers in the first half, and finished with six en route to a game-high 28 points plus nine rebounds and four assists. Stella Hoss, a 6-foot-2 junior forward who has shown marked improvement from last season, added 14 points and four rebounds. Noelle Mulvanny, a 6-foot senior forward, controlled the paint and finished with a double-double 10 points (one three-pointer), 10 rebounds plus two assists. Freshman Legend Tyler, a 5-foot-11 guard who showed over the summer and fall that she will be a budding star, also added 10 points plus eight rebounds, five assists.

Mater Dei won its first games, 72-33 over Bishop Montgomery of Torrance, 66-52 over Sierra Pacific of Hanford, and 81-53 versus Moreno Valley. Against Sierra Pacific, Golightly had 17 points with two three-pointers, and against Moreno Valley she went for 24 points with four three-pointers. When the tournament MVP was announced there was little doubt it was going to be Golightly, and it was.

Coming into the season, Oak Park, a three-time defending CIF Southern Section champion, had extremely high hopes. Not only did the Eagles have a new head coach with WNBA experience, April Shilling, who added former Windward (Los Angeles) head coach Rachel Schrote to her staff, they also added transfers to four returning starters, most notable former Ventura star and UC Santa Barbara-committed 5-foot-10 senior guard Karisma Lewis, who already was regarded as the top team player in Ventura County and solidified the Eagles as the the top team in the county. The initial result was for the Cal-Hi Sports preseason rankings Oak Park came in at No. 16 after not being ranked in last season’s Final Expanded Rankings.

Oak Park looked very good in winning its first three games, 65-47 over Canyon of Canyon Country, 65-46 over up-and-coming Priory of Portola Valley and 63-51 against Windward of Los Angeles,. However, not having all its transfers eligible, including Diana Sorrondo, a 6-foot-4 Southern Utah-committed center, who transferred from Arroyo Grande where she was the San Luis Obispo County Defensive Player of the Year last season, meant the Eagles while still very formidable, could not match the depth of Mater Dei. Only five players scored for Oak Park but the bulk of the production came from Lewis and last year’s leading scorer Maya Deshautelle. Lewis finished with 25 points (three three-pointers), eight rebounds and four steals, and Deshautelle added 19 points (one three-pointers) and five rebounds. Sophomore guard Ava Rogerson chipped in with 10 points (two three-pointers) but the other two players that scored only tallied six points. Once Shilling has all the transfers cleared and she has time to put the pieces together as the season progresses, look for Oak Park to be a contender.

One of the surprises on the Mater Dei Holiday Classic, and despite taking a loss to Oak Park, was Priory. Head coach Buck Matthews and his Panthers were only one of a handful of teams that ventured to Southern California for preseason tournaments, and as the only NorCal team at the Santa Ana event it did very well and opened the season at 3-1. Priory made its presence known early after knocking off Cal-Hi Sports Preseason No. 14 Windward 60-58 in the opening round. The Panthers ran into Oak Park in their second game and lost by 19 points. However, after Thanksgiving, they came back on Friday to overwhelm Canyon, 63-41, and that set up a third-place showdown with preseason No. 12 Moreno Valley that produced a solid 55-48 victory.

The match-up with Moreno Valley saw the teams trade leads with several ties early on that saw Priory take a 17-16 lead after one quarter. It was 19-19 in the early second but from there Priory went on a 16-2 run to take a 35-21 lead at halftime that went 21-2 to make it 40-21 in the early third and Moreno Valley was never able to recover. Moreno Valley clawed its way back to 52-47, but they were not able to get over the hump. Sasha Johnson, a 5-foot-10 junior guard, led the way for Priory with 18 points (three three-pointers), including 10 points and two three-pointers in the big second quarter run. Senior 5-foot-11 guard Ugreat Daniels added 13 points (one three-pointer) and junior guard Gabby Wickham finished with 11 points with one two three-pointers.

Alaysha Mills, a 6-foot power forward, led Moreno Valley with a game-high 21 points with one three-pointer, and senior guard Bella Medina added 13 points with two three-pointers.

Seventh Place: Canyon 57 Bishop Montgomery 31
Fifth Place: Windward 53 Sierra Pacific 48

Battle at the Beach at Redondo Union

Another major tournament contested over the Thanksgiving Holiday was the annual Battle at the Beach at Redondo Union High.

The final came down to Cal-Hi Sports Preseason No. 3 Etiwanda and No. 8 Sage Hill of Newport Beach, and it was all Etiwanda (5-0) in a 81-57 victory. Junior guard Chasity Rice led the way with 28 points (four rebounds, three assists), Florida-committed 5-foot-10 senior wing Arynn Finley was chosen as tournament MVP after finishing with 24 points, three rebounds and four assist, and junior forward Aliyah Phillips added 21 points and five rebounds.

After losing 88-81 in double overtime in the semifinals to Sage Hill (5-1), defending state CIF Division I state champions Carondelet of Concord (4-1), who beat Sage Hill in the D1 state title game, rebounded to win the third-place game with a 54-49 victory over host Redondo Union.

Troy Hoop Classic

The Troy Hoops Classic beginning on December 1 will have the same host school but a new head coach as all-time California wins leader Kevin Kiernan is back at Troy where he won three CIF state championships before moving on to Mater Dei.

The field includes Cal-Hi Sports Preseason No. 1 Ontario Christian in one bracket with No. 2 Sierra Canyon in the other bracket with the two scheduled to meet to decide who is the early season favorite for the state’s top spot if barring a major upset the two will meet in the title game.

NorCal Tip-Off Classic Recaps

By Ronnie Flores | Published November 29, 2025

Here’s the results and recaps from the 18th Annual NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Dublin High School. Preseason Preseason state No. 8 Riordan downs No. 14 La Mirada, while state No. 19 San Gabriel Academy is upset by Destiny Christian of Sacramento.
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Updated State Unbeaten FB Teams

By Mark Tennis | Published November 25, 2025

After last year’s CIF state championships, the only two 11-man football teams in the state that finished unbeaten were Open Division winner Mater Dei of Santa Ana (13-0) and D5-AA winner Carmel (15-0). Here’s an updated list of undefeated teams after games of Friday & Saturday Nov. 21 & Nov. 22. As of now, the number of undefeated teams in the state has been sliced down to just 13. Ten more fell off this list from last weekend.

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Since the CIF started its current format of inviting every CIF section champion into its regional/state championships in 2015, it’s been getting very difficult for teams to finish the season with an unbeaten record.
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Updated State Unbeaten FB Teams

By Mark Tennis | Published November 18, 2025

After last year’s CIF state championships, the only two 11-man football teams in the state that finished unbeaten were Open Division winner Mater Dei of Santa Ana (13-0) and D5-AA winner Carmel (15-0). Here’s an updated list of undefeated teams after games of Friday & Saturday Nov. 14 & Nov. 15. As of now, the number of undefeated teams in the state stands at 22. Eight more fell off this list for this weekend.

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Since the CIF started its current format of inviting every CIF section champion into its regional/state championships in 2015, it’s been getting very difficult for teams to finish the season with an unbeaten record.
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Flag FB: JSerra Wins CIFSS D1 title

By Harold Abend | Published November 12, 2025

JSerra’s girls flag football team accepts CIF Southern Section D1 championship trophy. Photo: @CIFSS / X.com.


Perfect JSerra wins girls flag football CIFSS D1 title

The old cliché “the third time is a charm” worked very well for the JSerra of San Juan Capistrano flag football team, but not so well for Orange Lutheran of Orange after JSerra defeated Orange Lutheran for the third time this season. This time, however, the match-up between two of the nation’s top three teams for the fall flag season (some states play in the winter) and Trinity League powers was for all the marbles.

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