Category Archives: Football Scores/Game Writeups
What We Saw: SD Lincoln at Grant
Two schools that one coach called “mirror images” of each other met in a matchup on Friday in Sacramento of highly ranked teams within the CIF San Diego Section & CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. The visitors from Lincoln High of San Diego flexed their muscles with a 49-16 win over Grant. Both teams are to be […]
What We Saw: DLS vs St. Mary’s
Despite scoring on the opening kickoff, NorCal No. 1 and state No. 7 De La Salle needed to survive an incredible last touchdown by St. Mary’s of Stockton with an unsuccessful onside kick by the Rams to post a 38-35 victory. It was the first road game for the Spartans and it was a lack...
What We Saw: Bosco vs Serra
The only player to score more than one touchdown for state No. 2 St. John Bosco of Bellflower on Saturday at Serra of San Mateo (No. 12) in a 56-16 victory was freshman Darren Tubbs in his breakout. The Braves won as expected against a team that played in the last three CIF Open Division...
What We Saw: Pitt vs Riordan
Two teams chasing a higher level and clearly knowing which teams they’re going to have to likely beat to win a CIF section title met on Friday in Pittsburg. Both the host Pirates and visiting Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco displayed plenty of firepower but need a lot of improvement to meet their goals. A […]
What We Saw: State Roundup 9/6
For this week, there wasn’t a game we could get to on Friday night so what we saw comes from hitting the internet for three hours looking for highlights from the very top-ranked teams. State and national No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana and NorCal No. 1 De La Salle of Concord both won […]
What We Saw: De La Salle vs Grant
Big win for the Spartans in their first game Friday at home ended up being a prelude for a bigger one next week against Serra of San Mateo, but for someone who was clued in to both schools in the decade of the 2000s and even back to the 1990s it was a first-time matchup...
Second Half Surge For No. 1 Mater Dei
In the first game of the season on Thursday for state No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana and the first game for new head coach Raul Lara, No. 3 Centennial (Corona) only trailed 22-17 at halftime. Then the vaunted MD defense took over in the second half in a 42-25 win. Not having top […]
Game-Winning All-Star Game TD At 0:04
The 48th annual Lions All-Star Football Game played Saturday night in Tracy was what everyone who is part of any all-star high school event craves the most and that’s a close game decided in the closing seconds. The South won with four seconds left over the North and has now won five of the last […]
Amador’s Wild Ride Ends In 13-11 Win
There are No. 8 seeds that have gone on a shocking series of wins in various playoff brackets over the years, and then there’s what has happened over the last week for the Amador Valley of Pleasanton softball team. The Dons won the CIF NorCal D1 title on Saturday after beginning their week with a […]
