Category Archives: football
Tustin Football History Highlights
This upcoming season’s team at Tustin High in Orange County looks loaded. If the algorithms work in their favor and the Tillers land in a winnable CIF Southern Section playoff division (not D1), some history could be achieved. We now have all the history figured out as Tustin’s all-time scores since 1922 have been digitized […]
Class of 27 FB: DBs At Top of Hot 100
It could be argued that the three players who would have been at the top of the state’s Class of 2027 to start the upcoming football season are three who reclassed to the Class of 2026. That doesn’t mean that the ones now near the top, led by Gardena Serra DB Duvay Williams, are not...
Class of 25 FB: FINAL Hot 100
We are beginning to ramp up items for the 2025 football season in California, which will be the 48th that we’ve covered since 1979. We will have an updated look at the Class of 2026 Hot 100 football prospects, but begin with a final compilation for the just graduated Class of 2025. It ended up...
North wins in another Lions’ barnburner
This time, a trick play in the final minutes helped preserve a 42-37 victory when it looked like the South might pull off another win in the final seconds like last year. Zakery Willson from Sierra of Manteca gained MVP honors with three TD passes and one TD run. This event will reach 50 years […]
Lion All-Star Dedicates Play to Friend
Argonaut of Jackson dual-threat QB Seth Mitchell suffered the loss of best friend Dylan Yoacham in 2022 and has dedicated his football performances since then to Dylan’s memory. He will play for the North team next Saturday in the 49th edition of the Central California Lions All-Star Classic to be played in Tracy. We hope […]
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 […]
All-Time NFL 1st Round Draft Picks
After three were chosen in the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, led by top overall picks Mason Graham and Tetairoa McMillan both of Anaheim Servite, we have added that group to our all-time list of first-rounders that goes all the way back to the first draft in 1936. We also continue to track the...
Lions All-Star FB Updates & Rosters
The 49th annual Lions All-Star Football Game will be held on June 21 at Tracy High’s Wayne Schneider Stadium. It’s our local game where we live and work and we support it with media relations and getting the word out about all related events and updates. Here’s a look at this year’s rosters, coaches and […]
Manteca’s Slikker Ticks Off The Boxes
Can junior Nate Slikker of the Buffaloes hit? Check. Can he pitch at an elite level? Check. Could he also be a D1 football player if that was his first choice as a sport to play in college? Check. We have an inside look at the intriguing two-sport standout. We hope you like this free […]
