Category Archives: football
CIF State FB Previews & Picks
While Mater Dei is a solid favorite to win its fourth CIF Open Division state title and the De La Salle-Mission Viejo matchup in D1-AA looks like a toss up, the NorCal team is favored in just about all of the other 14 CIF state finals coming up this weekend at three JC stadiums in […]
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. This feature is now mostly basketball and there are some big-time scorers, including those from the Santa Clarita...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Heading into this week’s CIF state championships, it will be No. 1 Mater Dei vs No. 4 Serra (San Mateo) plus new No. 6 De La Salle vs new No. 8 Mission Viejo and new No. 7 Folsom vs new No. 23 St. Bonaventure. Grant of Sacramento also goes up five spots. San Clemente also...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Biggest risers are La Serna of Whittier and one of the teams that the Lancers lost to earlier this season (Damien). We also have two newcomers this week, one of which was 10-0 in the regular season before a one-point loss in the playoffs. The other is CIF D2-A state title finalist Central Valley Christian,...
All-State Football Nominees (CIFSS)
Here is the second of three lists of players considered as nominees for the various 2023 season all-state football teams. These are all from the CIF Southern Section. This is the 46th consecutive year of Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams. We welcome additional nominations to be sent in and apologize in advance for missing anyone. […]
Weekend Regional FB Scoreboard (Saturday)
It’s a second straight stunning loss for a top San Diego Section team, this time as St. Augustine falls on the final play to St. Bonaventure of Ventura in D1-A South final. Folsom beats Pitt in the NorCal game while Los Gatos and Central Valley Christian won in the 2-A games in completely different ways. […]
Weekend Regional FB Scoreboard (Friday)
One of the most incredible finishes to a game you’d ever see and three unbeaten teams that all lost were just some of the storylines for the CIF regional championships that were played on Friday night. We’ll have a similar scoreboard on Sunday morning after all of the games played on Saturday for D1-A, D2-A, […]
All-State FB Nominees (Central-LA-SD)
Here is the first of three lists of players considered as nominees for the various 2023 season all-state football teams. These are from the CIF Central, L.A. City and San Diego Sections. This is the 46th consecutive year of Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams. We welcome additional nominations to be sent in and apologize in […]
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. In football this week, we have details on amazing outings for QBs Jaden Mangini, Ryder Lyons and David...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
With so few games being contested in the final week of football playoffs, as has been the tradition with this feature since even before we went to a full slate of CIF regional/state championships, this will be the final week for football players of the week as we switch to basketball. As one would expect, […]
