Category Archives: State Record Book
Yessoufou goes to No. 2 in Salesian win
The matchup between Cal-Hi Sports No. 4 St. Joseph of Santa Maria and No. 9 Salesian of Richmond had more than one storyline and some twists and turns in the featured high school game on Saturday at the 10th Annual Crush in the Valley Basketball Showcase at Contra Costa College in San Pablo. We hope […]
Khatchikian Scores 102 For New Record
The state record in boys hoops for most points scored in one game had been sitting at 100 points for 22 years and on Thursday night it fell amazingly to a player from the same school who scored 102. As the exclusive home for state boys basketball records (and the girls too) for many years, […]
Mr. Football 2024: Brady Smigiel
Much improved rushing totals plus only three interceptions compared to 49 TD passes all helped Newbury Park junior Brady Smigiel to capture the state’s longest running and perhaps most prestigious high school football honor. It was a very difficult selection and we spell it all out. Smigiel, who led the Panthers to the CIF Southern […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
The career state scoring record is beginning to come into focus for Santa Maria St. Joseph standout Tounde Yessofou, who already has 29 and 30 points in two games this week. He’s close to moving up to eighth on the all-time state list and recently became the 11th in state history to reach 3,000. Tyran...
State’s All-Time NFL Starting QBs (2024)
Here’s the all-time list of quarterbacks who have started at least one game in the NFL updated through the 2024 season. Rookie sensation Jayden Daniels of the Washington Commanders & Cajon High (San Bernardino) is the major new addition, but we picked up another one on Sunday’s final game of the regular season with Tanner...
2024 Football Coaching Highlights
A few days after we have begun with the first of our many state season honors, which was the 2024 state coaches of the year, we have updated the all-time state coaching leaders list. This is the one that has the names of just more than 140 through all the years of state history who […]
Raul Lara: State Football Coach of Year
First-year head coaches hardly ever get consideration for this honor, but Mater Dei’s Raul Lara isn’t just any first-year head coach. He joined the Monarchs after many years coaching at other schools, including a run of 13 seasons at Long Beach Poly in which he was almost State Coach of the Year before. Lara received […]
More State Football Coaches of Year
For taking a brand new school to records of 12-1 and 14-1 in just its second and third varsity seasons, Chris Bean from Twelve Bridges of Lincoln gains top state medium schools honor. For small schools, a coach who went 12-0 in his first season in 2009 at Carmel, Golden Anderson, and who just went […]
Top Football Duos In State History?
After seeing Mater Dei’s inside defensive tackles duo of Tomuhini Tupui and Semi Taulanga in the team’s first game vs St. John Bosco this season, it was tweeted out and they were told that they were the best pair of defensive tackles that we’d ever seen in 45 years of covering California high school football....