Category Archives: Recruiting
Preseason CIFSS All-San Gabriel Valley
This is the final stop in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams in California for the 2024 season. It’s also the fifth one to complete the massive CIF Southern Section. In addition to the traditional San Gabriel Valley, this team also includes the Antelope Valley to the north plus private schools Loyola...
Preseason All-CCS Football Team
Our next to last stop in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams covers the CIF Central Coast Section. It’s been the home of the top NorCal team for 2021, 2022 & 2023 from Serra (San Mateo). The Padres lost a tremendous senior class, which is shown by more players on this team...
Preseason San Fernando/Ventura Team
For our next to last stop for the SoCal region in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams, we head to the San Fernando Valley & Ventura County area of the CIF Southern Section. This team also includes players from Santa Barbara County plus the Santa Clarita Valley but not the Antelope Valley....
Preseason NCS East Bay FB Team
Continuing to bounce around the state, our next stop in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams from around California is the East Bay portion of the CIF North Coast Section. This team also includes players from the very small CIF Oakland Section mixed in. Pittsburg and De La Salle both have the...
Preseason CIFSS Inland Empire Team
After the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section a few days ago, we head back south for our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams from around California. The Inland Empire for these purposes includes the high desert area of San Bernardino County and the Palm Springs region of Riverside County. Once again, Corona Centennial rules supreme...
Preseason All-San Diego Sec FB Team
We head even further south than Long Beach in the next stop in our annual tour of the state through the selection of preseason football honor squads. This is for the CIF San Diego Section, which had three unbeaten teams plus another that had its only loss in overtime in last season’s Open Division playoffs....
All-State Softball Frosh Watch List
As promised, here’s a look at a list of top freshman softball players from the 2024 season from around the state that likely will be making all-state teams down the road. This isn’t an all-state team since the same format as the others can’t be duplicated, but it’s as close as we can get. These...
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
It’s time to again take a tour of the state prior to the start of a football season through the selection of preseason football honor squads. We start again with Orange County of the CIF Southern Section where five of the six teams from the mighty Trinity League reside. Public school Mission Viejo, however, also...
Class of 26 FB: First Hot 100
Mater Dei wide receiver Chris Henry Jr. moves to the top of the state among this class after his transfer from Ohio. Another Monarchs’ transfer, offensive tackle Kodi Greene Jr., is not far behind. This class, however, is also about quarterbacks, led by two of the very best incoming juniors in the nation. FOR A...
Girls BB: More Digging For Diamonds
The second of our annual Girls of Summer basketball features from longtime analyst Harold Abend focuses on two events in Orange County. While it’s impossible to see great players in one place these days with so many events at the same time, one of those seen that had to get a mention for this feature...
