Category Archives: State Record Book
25 Years Ago: September 11, 2001
High school football teams on that horrible week 25 years ago today adapted and reflected and many of them will never forget what happened since several of them had former players who were killed. We take a look back through magazine articles we edited that year for Student Sports Magazine. We had a writer at […]
The 10,000-Yard, 100-TD Club
It takes playing very early in one’s high school varsity career and being very good for a quarterback to either pass for 10,000 yards in a career or pass for 100 career touchdowns. As a celebration to updating all of our state passing records, here’s an all-time list of all of those quarterbacks who have […]
State Records, Stat Stars & More
Here’s where to go for updates to the exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state records, where we’ll post individual stat star highlights plus perhaps some comments or two on the hottest topics sweeping through social media. We’re starting with a look at the top 20 still active winningest football coaches, led by Jim Benkert of Simi Valley...
State Football Players of the Week
After the first full week of games for schools all across the state, our first honorees for 2026 season come from Culver City, West Hills and San Diego for Southern California. For Northern California, we have winners from Sutter, Antioch (a freshman) and Morgan Hill. Go inside for a free look at what these players […]
State Records, Stat Stars & More
Here’s where to go for updates to the exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state records, where we’ll post individual stat star highlights plus perhaps some comments or two on the hottest topics sweeping through social media. This week, we talk about the school with the best football record so far in the 2020s, several QBs with 400...
These Schools Know How to Win
All of our state football records for categories such as schools with the most all-time wins, schools with the best all-time records, schools with multiple CIF state championships and other categories have been updated prior to the start of the 2026 season. Bakersfield and Long Beach Poly finally got another school to join them with...
Asterisk Talley: State Athlete of the Year
Since she competed as a Chowchilla High girls golfer during the 2025-26 school year, golfing phenom Asterisk Talley is eligible to be the Girls State Athlete of the Year. Who knows what’s in store for the current senior for the 2026-27 year, but if she’s eligible why wouldn’t the top-ranked amateur female golfer in the […]
More State Girls Athletes of Year
To go with overall honoree Asterisk Talley of Chowchilla (a D3 junior), we have others selected as the best among girls athletes for seniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D4 and D5) for the 2025-26 school year. We have two-sport athletes for seniors/D1 and for D2 and a four-sport athlete for D4. […]
More State Boys Athletes of Year
To go with overall honoree Wes Burford of Oakdale, others have been honored this week as the best among boys athletes for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the 2025-26 school year. For the full story on our 2025-26 Boys State Athlete of the Year, CLICK HERE. […]
