Category Archives: Annual all-state teams
FINAL All-State FB Nominees (NorCal)
Here is a second, updated list of nominees for the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams. Thanks to those who sent in nominations after the first list was posted. We still accept them right up until the moment a team is released. These players are from the CIF sections in Northern California (except the...
All-State FB Nominees (Central-LA-SD)
Here is our last of three posts of first draft nomination lists for the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams. This is just the first step in a process and players will be added for a second, updated list. The players in this post are from the Central, LA City & San Diego Sections. […]
All-State Football Nominees (CIFSS)
Selecting players for the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams is a process for us that includes extensive lists of nominees. This is just the first step in a process and players will be added for a second, updated list. Here is the second of three lists of players considered as nominees for the […]
All-State Football Nominees (NorCal)
We are underway toward the choosing the players for the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams. This is just the first step in a process and players will be added for a second, updated list. This is the first of three lists of players considered as nominees for the various 2025 season squads. These […]
FB: All-State Medium/Small Primer
All-State Football Medium and Small teams from Cal-Hi Sports have now been extended back to the 1950 season with new honor squads added from the 1984 season going backward based on research. Unlike the retroactive overall all-state teams, not as many of these players are well-known figures and figuring out what classification each belong to […]
TOP 25 For First 25 Years (1-10)
Instead of doing a new set of state rankings this week while traveling, we are presenting our picks for the top 25 players from California high school football for the first 25 years of the current century. Many of them we’ve seen play in person. The No. 1 spot has gone to a current NFL […]
Preseason All-State Football Teams
This is the 42nd consecutive year of Cal-Hi Sports compiling a preseason all-state football team. We have first team, second team, and third team. Most of the players already have been written up within our annual tour of the state through preseason teams from CIF sections plus more than one from the Southern Section. Note: […]
Rohan Hartigan: Most Inspirational
In the midst of our end-of-school-year honors, we have added one for a baseball player as the 2024-25 Most Inspirational Player of the Year. The graduated senior from University High of San Francisco came back from a near-death medical emergency from two years ago to go 7-0 with a 1.28 ERA. No one would have […]
2024-25 Grid-Hoop All-State Team
To continue our end-of-school year content of honoring the best multi-sport and overall athletes of the year (boys and girls), we take our annual look at the state’s 15 best football-basketball combo athletes. They will comprise our 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. Leading the 15-man group is player of the year Kaleb Edwards […]
More 2024-25 Grid-Hoopers We Loved
In addition to the first 15 all-state grid-hoop players, there were many others uncovered in our research that we found who embodied the best of grid-hoop success. Several of those mentioned in this honor roll helped their teams at Carmel, Arcata and St. Vincent de Paul win CIF state football titles. FOR THIS YEAR’S ALL-STATE...



