Category Archives: football
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
In the only matchup of Friday night between two top 10 teams, No. 4 Centennial (Corona) rolls in the second half for a win against No. 10 Norco. The most shocking score was up north as No. 11 Folsom didn’t just lose to No. 16 Rocklin but was overwhelmed, 40-7. Saturday score, notes & updates […]
Top Medium/Small School Teams
Matching our previously released State TOP 50 rankings order, Warren of Downey lands at No. 1 in this look at teams representing schools that are determined to be medium-sized in scope, competition and traditional playoff divisions. For the small schools, the first No. 1 team of the 2021 season is St. Genevieve of Panorama City. […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports and is now in its sixth week as part of the 2021-22 school year. We’ve already featured the 27-catch game by L.A. Franklin’s Hector Ceballos, but there were some other receiving totals that also have already been added to our...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This week we remind readers that besides looking for diamonds in the rough and unknown talent, we also use this feature for honoring and acknowledging entries in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book and this week we have a player who qualifies in both categories. For our Record Book entry, we start not far from […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The first five are all now from the CIF Southern Section as Mission Viejo moves up from No. 6 following Folsom’s loss to De La Salle. The new No. 1 for NorCal is Serra of San Mateo, but the Padres and St. Francis of Mountain View (team with win vs. DLS) are in the same...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There is only one new team this week, an unbeaten team from the CIF North Coast Section that is next on the schedule for De La Salle, but several have received major bumps. Included in that group is Serra of Gardena (No. 36 to No. 29), Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista (No. 41 to...
Inside State Football Records
An amazing number of current college football quarterbacks, two of them who are among the front-runners for the Heisman Trophy, threw for more than 10,000 yards as high school quarterbacks in California. We go over all them and not just the ones at Alabama, Ole Miss and Georgia. It’s also a good time to remind […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Friday night’s biggest clash was at Folsom where the host Bulldogs ran into a De La Salle buzz-saw that will reshape the race for the CIF NorCal Open Division berth. On Saturday, No. 7 Serra of San Mateo rolled over Archbishop Riordan. More updates through Saturday also have been added. Note: Look for a brand […]
Seven schools, 300 wins
Aptos High’s Randy Blankenship will officially join the state’s 300 club among football coaches with 300 varsity wins when his team collects its next triumph. It will be a group of just 12 in more than 100 years. He’ll be the first to do it from stops at more than two schools and for him […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports and is now in its fifth week as part of the 2021-22 school year. There were three QBs who hit 400 passing yards or more, two sophomores and a senior who has been State Junior and State Sophomore of the...
