Category Archives: Featured Article
Fathers vs Sons: A Win For Dad
Several father-son head coaching combos we’ve known over the years in California high school football did not want to go through playing each other’s teams, but there was a rare one played on Friday in Turlock in which dad’s team at Downey of Modesto blanked first-year head coach son’s team from Pitman of Turlock. Go […]
Bakersfield’s First Family of Football
Former High School Football All-American Jeff Buckey and wife are raising four football standout sons. One is a college graduate still going strong at Stanford, another is at UCLA, another is a preseason all-state first team offensive lineman still in high school and the fourth is only a freshman in high school but clearly is […]
Teagan O’Dell: State Athlete of Year
Record-breaking, multi-event swimmer Teagan O’Dell from Santa Margarita takes the honor of being the top overall athlete on the girls side for the 2024-25 school year. There have been single-sport swimmers selected for this honor in the past, but Teagan is the first one from Orange County since multi-gold medal winner Janet Evans in 1989. […]
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 […]
McKay Madsen: State Athlete of Year
Clovis North of Fresno’s McKay Madsen completed one of the most rare double-doubles in CIF state track history after enjoying an all-state first team season at running back/linebacker. This year’s State Athlete of the Year for the boys also is a very cool one since he was named for a previous winner. For a look […]
All-State Girls BB 2025: First Team
Out of the thousands who played girls basketball during the 2024-25 season, here’s where the 46th annual all-state teams gets broken down to just 10 players. This includes Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Aliyahna “Puff” Morris plus State Junior of the Year Jerzy Robinson plus two freshmen. Both Etiwanda and Ontario Christian have […]
All-State Boys BB 2025: First Team
Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Brayden Burries from CIF Open Division state champ Roosevelt of Eastvale, State Junior of the Year Tyran Stokes of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and NorCal Player of the Year Tounde Yessoufou of Santa Maria St. Joseph are among those leading the way on the 46th annual Cal-Hi Sports […]
NFL Draft: Two Friars in the Top 10
Former Servite of Anaheim teammates Mason Graham and Tetairoa McMillan made history in Thursday’s first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. They were selected at No. 5 overall and No. 8 and have become the highest drafted teammates in the first round from the same California high school team in the same draft. We have […]
State’s All-Time NBA All-Star Alums
California’s 50th player to appear in an NBA All-Star Game was Klay Thompson in 2015. In honor of that total, we decided to start a new NBA All-Star Alumni list for our exclusive state record book. It has now been updated through the 2025 All-Star Game....
Cali Super Bowl Alums 2025
If you want some proof that even a team that has won back-to-back Super Bowls has a lot of turnover on its roster on a yearly basis, look no further than this year’s Kansas City Chiefs. The team last year only had one player from a California high school, but this year there are seven. […]
