Category Archives: football
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Bosco retakes No. 1 ranking and makes the preseason pick of the Braves not look so bad after win vs No. 2 Mater Dei. Who else had them first at the start? Santa Margarita’s win over JSerra also causes a lot of evaluation and changes. This week’s only newcomer to this group is new No....
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are three new teams called up into this week’s rankings, with Tustin being only one of the three that is featured for the first time this season. The other two are Chaparral of Temecula and Chaminade of West Hills. Teams getting upward bumps include Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills), Oak Hills (Hesperia) and a...
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 […]
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 […]
MD & Bosco Should Go National At End
CIF Open Division state championship also should match a newly devised CIF Southern Section champion – let’s call it D1A – against the No. 1 ranked section champ from the north. As the state’s top two teams for seven of the last eight years battle it out this weekend, go through this column and let […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. Passing leaders this week include a freshman from Cathedral of Los Angeles who completed 17-of-17 passes in one...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Citrus Valley of Redlands returns to the medium top 15 after knocking off Beaumont and gets No. 10 Cajon next. Leuzinger of Lawndale hasn’t played in three weeks but still has a resume strong enough to go back up as well. For small schools, there are no new teams in the top 15. Two teams...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This is another week in which not only do we fulfill one of the purposes of this feature, and that’s to uncover hidden gems that might otherwise only get local attention, but we also use it to track potential entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book. Both bases are covered but the record entry […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
We have arrived at the week of the likely first of two massive matchups between Mater Dei of Santa Ana (No. 1) and St. John Bosco of Bellflower (No. 2). There is another potentially even more historic game up north between state-ranked De La Salle and San Ramon Valley. The biggest mover in this week’s...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are two newcomers and one of them will be playing on Friday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The other didn’t just go into the top 50, but went in with a big jump into the top 40. We also have a big jump for Vista Murrieta after its win over Chaparral with more...
