Category Archives: Football Blog
Manteca gets comeback win vs Oakdale
State No. 22 Buffaloes complete unbeaten regular season with a victory over their longtime rivals from the same league. This is the first game story that has been turned in by our intern, who hopes to make a career out of sportswriting and media. Note: We hope you enjoy this free post on CalHiSports.com. After […]
Updated State Unbeaten FB Teams
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 Oct. 24-25. As of now, the number of undefeated […]
New SJS Bowl Games Plan Approved
By a near unanimous vote of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Board of Managers on Wednesday, the section approved an immediately effective football playoff system in which the lower seeded teams will be playing in just one additional “bowl game” and will not be in games against the top seeded teams. It’s the first such plan […]
Carson Palmer 1995 Favorites
Thirty years ago in 1995, sophomore Carson Palmer was getting ready to play in his first game as a high school QB at Santa Margarita of Rancho Santa Margarita. He went on to win a Heisman Trophy and pass for 46,247 yards and 294 touchdowns over a 14-year NFL career. He’s now about to be […]
Lions All-Star FB 2025 Fact Sheet
It’s just one year before the Central California Lions All-Star Football Game reaches the big 5-0, but before that the 49th annual all-star game was set to be played on Saturday night, June 21 at 7 pm at Wayne Schneider Stadium in Tracy.
Salute to Mike Alberghini
The Northern California and state football coaching great from Grant of Sacramento died this week at age 78. His influence was still obvious at Grant this last season when the Pacers won the CIF D2-AA state championship. There may not be a coach in state history who has experienced the highs and lows that former […]
All-State FB Patch List For Juniors
Congratulations to the following players listed in alphabetical order who have been selected to either first team, second team or third team on the 2024 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Junior Football Teams for the fall season. These players and their families can now order an official all-state football patch plus you’ll get a certificate through our […]
All-State FB Patch List For Sophomores
Congratulations to the following players listed in alphabetical order who have been selected to either first team, second team or third team on the 2024 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore Football Teams for the fall season. These players and their families can now order an official all-state football patch plus you’ll get a certificate through our […]
State Defensive Player of the Year: Marco Jones
A Defensive Player of the Year for the state from the East Bay portion of the CIF North Coast Section is nothing new, but all of those who’ve gained this honor in the past were all from De La Salle. We’re pretty sure that even many Spartan fans would agree about the talent, skill and […]
