Category Archives: State Record Book
All-Time SoCal Unbeaten FB Teams
Any team that can finish 5-0 for the upcoming spring 2021 season will be added to this all-time state/regional list. We posted it last summer and are re-posting it now so fans can get this look at history. This honor roll list according to Cal-Hi Sports is of every reported unbeaten team from schools currently...
All-Time NorCal Unbeaten FB Teams
Thanks to mountains of information on California high school football that can’t be found anywhere else, here is an honor roll list according to Cal-Hi Sports of every reported unbeaten team from schools currently in the CIF Northern Section, CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, CIF North Coast Section, CIF Central Coast Section plus San Francisco and Oakland....
Spring 2021 FB & State Records
To say it is going to be complicated regarding the addition of any teams or players to the all-time state football records during and after the upcoming (and very shortened) 2021 spring football season is an understatement. But given what these student-athletes and coaches have gone through to give them the chance to play, we’ll […]
State’s All-Time 100 Greatest Athletes (Women)
With the men’s list getting an update after Tom Brady’s latest Super Bowl win, it’s also past due to complete one for the women. Based on CIF sanctioned sports only, we have Billie Jean King of Long Beach Poly in the top position not just for what she did on the court in tennis, but...
Schools Named For Presidents
As one school district in San Francisco foolishly decides whether to even have high schools named for George Washington or Abraham Lincoln, it’s nonetheless been many years since a California high school has been named for a former U.S. President. For Presidents Day 2021, here’s a look at schools in the state with those names. […]
State’s All-Time 100 Greatest Athletes (Men)
After Tom Brady of Serra High (San Mateo) earned a seventh Super Bowl title last week, we were inspired to write up our own rankings of the all-time greatest 100 athletes from California high schools. Based on CIF sanctioned sports only, we have Brady at No. 3 behind only Jackie Robinson and Bill Russell. McClymonds...
101 Pts One Half: Super Effort or Stunt?
Super Bowl Sunday this year also marked the same day 31 years ago that an All-American girls basketball player from California went for an unbelievable 101 points in a single half of one game. Lisa Leslie from Morningside of Inglewood would go on to become one the best in the history of the women’s game,...
Softball: Team State Records Launch
We now have a fifth sport with updated state records added to the CalHiSports.com website. It’s softball and we begin with a look at all of the state records in team categories, including pitching, hitting, win streaks, section titles, league titles and all-time wins. Plus, there are game records (two teams). We’ll be adding all […]
Up Close with No. 1 Coaching Leader
It’s been two seasons since Santa Ana Mater Dei’s Kevin Kiernan became the winningest coach in California girls basketball history. Up next will be 900 wins and perhaps 1,000 — counting wins he had in boys basketball earlier in his career. Go inside to see what career Kiernan began doing, what prominent prep sportswriter used […]
All-Time All-Section/All-County Teams (Boys Basketball Part 4)
This is the final installment of a series checking out the all-time best players from California’s CIF sections plus select counties and regions in boys basketball. We’re ending with the CIF North Coast Section, CIF San Francisco Section and the Inland Empire area of the CIF Southern Section. All three teams feature at least one...
