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Cali Super Bowl Alums 2025

If you want some proof that even a team that has won back-to-back Super Bowls has a lot of turnover on its roster on a yearly basis, look no further than this year’s Kansas City Chiefs. The team last year only had one player from a California high school, but this year there are seven. […]

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All-State FB 2024: Medium Schools

Covering all of the state record implications in boys basketball of a 102-point game by one player and a new career scoring record has caused the work on our annual all-state football teams, now in the 47th season, to be behind the usual schedule. Still, we have medium schools teams now done and will be […]

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All-State Football 2024: Small Schools

It’s time to honor the best of the best among small schools for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State football honors. We have a first team of 30 players as usual but expanded the second team to list the same number of multi-purpose players as on offense and defense. There’s just so many of those […]

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All-State Football 2024: Juniors

Here’s the next group of players for our 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. After the sophomores led things off, we move on to the best of the best for juniors. Quarterbacks, quarterbacks and quarterbacks galore are everywhere in this group with two of the very best in the nation leading way — Mr....

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All-State Football 2024: Sophomores

Welcome to the first selections for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. These are the longest running all-state teams in California by a wide margin. We start as always with a look at those getting first, second and third team honors among sophomores. Perennial powerhouse St. John Bosco had a very young team...

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Mr. Football 2024: Brady Smigiel

Much improved rushing totals plus only three interceptions compared to 49 TD passes all helped Newbury Park junior Brady Smigiel to capture the state’s longest running and perhaps most prestigious high school football honor. It was a very difficult selection and we spell it all out. Smigiel, who led the Panthers to the CIF Southern […]

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More State Football Players of the Year

Check inside this post for the honorees who have been chosen among juniors, sophomores, freshmen, medium schools and small schools. And since Mr. Football is a junior and from a medium school, we also have additional honorees this time for large schools and seniors. To see who has been named Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State […]

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FINAL All-State FB Noms (CIFSS)

We continue toward selection of the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams by updating lists of nominees based on input received from the first lists. More info also has come in from other sources. These players are all from the CIF Southern Section. Final nominees from NorCal sections have already been...

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FINAL All-State Noms (Central-LA-SD)

We continue toward selection of the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams by updating lists of nominees based on input received from the first lists. More info also has come in from other sources. These players are all from the CIF Central, L.A. City & San Diego Section. Final nominees from...

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FINAL All-State FB Nominees (NorCal)

The next step toward selection of the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams is updated lists of nominees based on input received from the first lists. More info also has come in from other sources. These players are all from the CIF sections in Northern California (except the Central Section). The...

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