Category Archives: State Record Book
All-State FB 2023: 2nd & 3rd Teams
This post including 2nd & 3rd Teams for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams wraps up all of this year’s lists of honorees. There will still be an updated all-state watch list for freshmen to come, but it can’t be done like our other all-state teams. Like the first team overall, the second...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. For boys hoops, there are several milestones reached by top scorers and we have a 500th career coaching...
All-Time State Player Rankings (QBs)
After an NFL playoff weekend earlier this month in which California QBs went 4-0, we thought we’d update our all-time state player rankings for the quarterbacks. These rankings are based strictly on how players have done after high school and not on what they did during high school. The No. 1 spot is the GOAT...
All-State FB 2023: Medium Schools
It can be confusing what’s medium schools vs large schools, especially in the world of competitive equity playoff divisions in which schools don’t know what divisions they will be in until playoffs actually begin, but we rely on our experience of covering the state to keep the format working. CIF D2-AA finalists La Serna of […]
All-State Football 2023: Small Schools
The 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State football honors marches on with the small schools. There are five from first team last year who have repeated for the 2023 season led by a Washington recruit who has posted one of the highest career sack totals in state history. Another repeater, QB Boone Lourd of L.A. Brentwood, […]
All-State Football 2023: Juniors
It’s time for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams to check in with a salute to the outstanding juniors from the Class of 2025. A strong QB class shows one on first team as usual with four on first team multi-purpose, although one multi-purpose player who played receiver-defensive back just had to get...
All-State Football 2023: Sophomores
Welcome to the first selections for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. We may not be the granddaddy of them all (copyright Rose Bowl) but we’re pretty sure there’s been some grandpas who we’ve chosen in the past for these teams. We begin with a look at those getting first & second team...
Mr. Football 2023: Elijah Brown
For the fourth time in the last seven years, a player from Mater Dei of Santa Ana has captured the state’s longest running and perhaps most prestigious high school football honor. Elijah ended his career with several totals that put him ahead of all others who were considered: 42-2 record as a starter for three […]
