Category Archives: CIF State Championships
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
We begin this week with some explanations from the CIF and our own thoughts on Sunday’s release of pairings for both the NorCal and SoCal regional playoffs. We also have a big change at the top as Sierra Canyon has to move up to No. 1 after beating previous No. 1 Ontario Christian in the...
CIFSS Boys: Sierra Canyon separates
The Open Division championship played on Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Ontario wasn’t quite what what the state No. 1 Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth boys have been doing for the last few weeks. The win over Mission League rival Harvard-Westlake of Studio City was similar, though, to its recent defensive-oriented wins over other […]
Norman Powell joins Kawhi as All-Star
This weekend’s appearance by future Hall of Famer Kawhi Leonard in the NBA All-Star Game will mark the seventh time he’s been chosen to be in the event. California also will be repped by a first time All-Star with Norman Powell from Lincoln of San Diego. We thought it was good time to recall Norman’s […]
Tony Franks: State FB Coach of Year
St. Mary’s of Stockton program leader for 27 years had a team in 2025 that knew how to come from behind to win playoff games and capped it off with its first CIF state title. He’s the first State Coach of the Year from Stockton since 1943 and he’s the sixth from the CIF Sac-Joaquin […]
More State Football Coaches of Year
La Habra’s Frank Mazzotta captured his eighth CIFSS title to tie some legends on an Orange County all-time list and now has been named the state medium schools honoree. For small schools, Rio Hondo Prep’s Mark Carson gets the nod for winning three straight CIFSS titles despite the team having to play in higher and […]
FINAL State TOP 75 FB Rankings (1-25)
Our final state rankings for each season take some extra time as we go over everything seen and reported since these won’t ever change and will be the rankings that go into our archives of final state rankings for every season since 1975. After the CIF state final results, Mission Viejo gets a bump to...
FINAL State TOP 75 FB Ranks (26-75)
As is our custom, we expand the final rankings out to 75 teams instead of just doing a bubble list. CIF state title game results also helped some other teams come up at the end, including Serra of San Mateo, Clovis and Los Gatos. We also had to figure out where best to place CIF...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We begin this edition of this week’s honor roll with big news from Long Beach on Thursday as the state’s longest league win streak in girls basketball came to a close. Not only that, but Long Beach Poly’s loss to Lakewood snapped a streak that was only eight wins away from breaking the state record....
