Category Archives: football
NFL Draft: Mater Dei’s Bailey Goes No. 2
One year after Servite of Anaheim had teammates get picked inside the top eight in the first round of the NFL Draft, Trinity League rival Mater Dei of Santa Ana sees one of its own go at No. 2 in the 2026 draft. Rush end David Bailey also was on the same team as a […]
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List 2025
This isn’t quite the same as an all-state team, but we’re once again presenting a list of leading freshman football players in the state from the 2025 season who may be on track to be on the all-state sophomore teams next season. The already announced State Freshman Player of the Year was quarterback Marcus Washington...
Cali Super Bowl Alums 2026
We have one of the highest totals in recent years with 13 players on the roster of either the Seattle Seahawks or New England Patriots. It doesn’t quite lead the nation, however, as Texas checked in with 14. We did beat Florida this time, which has eight, and we have one of the two starting […]
All-State FB 2025: 1st Team Offense
It’s time for the final pieces of the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Team honors to be announced, which is offense, defense and multi-purpose with no restrictions on school size or year in school. Go inside this post for writeups of the 11 players on offense plus a kicker and three of the six […]
All-State FB 2025: 1st Team Defense
Here are the 11 defensive players plus one punter and three of the other six multi-purpose players who have been named First Team Overall on the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. There has to be a minimum of three DLs, LBs and DBs among this group and we went with a 3-4-4. Within […]
All-State FB 2025: 2nd & 3rd Teams
Here is what we consider our final post for the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Team honors. It’s the one that’s for those on 2nd & 3rd Teams. There will still be an all-state watch list for freshmen to come, but it can’t be done like our other all-state teams. Like the first team...
All-State FB 2025: Medium Schools
The 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams now adds the top selections from schools that were deemed medium schools from the 2025 season. Among the schools that have landed more than one player on first or second team are Bakersfield Christian, Ventura, Downey, Tustin, Oak Hills of Hesperia, Barstow and McClymonds of Oakland. It […]
All-State Football 2025: Small Schools
With the sophomores and juniors in the books, we now switch to the best of the best among small schools for the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State football honors. We have a first team of 30 players as usual but once again there’s a few extra on second team multi-purpose to account for the high […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Our special two-week edition of the boys basketball state rankings this week shows nice bumps upward for CIF Southern Section open contenders Santa Margarita and Corona Centennial, plus CIF Central Section front-runner St. Joseph of Santa Maria, which knocked off previous NorCal No. 1 Salesian. There are big matchups as early as Tuesday, led by...
All-State Football 2025: Juniors
The 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams roll on with the top honors for juniors. It’s an interesting group of QBs with two of the very best from the same Orange County-based league. We also have four players on first or second team from Tustin High (also Orange County), which is the same number...
