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MD-Bosco & Centennial Highlights

For perhaps the first time in our history (which goes back 45 plus years), we were able to see the top three ranked teams in the state in the regular season on the same weekend. The top two of them, of course, played each other on Friday night in Bellflower. But on Thursday night it […]

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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard

Now updated with Saturday results, the No. 1 vs No. 2 matchup between Mater Dei & St. John Bosco on Friday sent shockwaves throughout Southern California not because the No. 2 Braves won, but how they thoroughly dominated the Monarchs. Friday’s other big game was up north as two huge streaks by No. 11 De […]

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Prep Notes With A Twist

We’re doing a combo column this week on our trip to see two of the state’s top three small school football teams face off, an early look at CIF state/regional bowl possibilities for Clovis North and why a win by Southwest High of San Diego caused us to go through our book of all-time win-loss […]

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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard

As No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco returned to playing top teams in California with expected results, there was almost a big upset on Friday in Long Beach. No. 6 Poly, however, won in overtime over Millikan. Big winner on Saturday was No. 5 Serra (San Mateo) and another team from […]

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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard

Saturday updates added. On Friday, leading California teams continue to win against top teams from other states, although No. 1 Mater Dei got a scare in Baltimore and No. 3 Corona Centennial needed a touchdown with 31.5 seconds left to beat the No. 1 team in Arizona. Other big winners on Friday included De La […]

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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard

No. 1 St. John Bosco loses on Saturday night in Hawaii. The No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 were on byes, so the big winner of the weekend was No. 5 Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth plus the team that took down No. 6 JSerra of San Juan Capistrano. De La Salle of Concord and […]

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Honor Bowl Saturday in El Dorado Hills

We were able to catch all three games played at Oak Ridge High School. The host Trojans, ranked in the top 25 of our State TOP 50, won in their game over Clayton Valley of Concord. In the other games, Rocklin topped Manteca and Clovis East rolled in the second half for triumph vs Provo […]

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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard

No. 2 Mater Dei, No. 23 Oak Ridge & plus St. Bonaventure and Rocklin all won on Saturday. No. 3 Centennial of Corona and No. 6 Orange Lutheran fall in out-of-state games on Friday to top national teams. Also, Long Beach Poly game at Serra (Gardena) called at halftime by local police. Plus, Servite knocks […]

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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard

It’s another week with numerous Saturday matchups, including those involving No. 2 Mater Dei, No. 3 Centennial of Corona and No. 4 Serra of San Mateo. All three were winners with history made in the MD and Serra victories and perhaps a heart palpitation or two for Centennial fans. In Friday night’s most significant games, […]

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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard

No. 1 St. John Bosco, No. 2 Mater Dei & No. 5 Serra (San Mateo) all victorious in Saturday games. On Friday night, the biggest winners were No. 7 Sierra Canyon and No. 10 Orange Lutheran. Both are guaranteed to move up more than one spot next week since No. 4 Long Beach Poly was […]

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