We presented Blasts From The Past in the fall for football, and will now look at doing the same for boys and girls basketball when those teams should be playing this winter. These are highlights from around the state from 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years ago. We’ve also added one […]
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Section by Section COVID Updates
The CIF Southern Section got Tuesday going with an announcement that it was canceling its fall sports playoffs and championships to give its leagues and its schools more time to get games in. The CIF Central Section and CIF L.A. City Section made the same moves in the morning as well. The San Diego and […]
All-Time All-State Small Schools Teams
Inspired by the phenomenal success this season of Firebaugh’s Josh Allen with the Buffalo Bills, we’ve come up with an all-time all-state small schools football team. It’s been done based on what’s happened by players after high school and it’s filled with many more stories of those who were under-recruited and mostly unknown in high...
Next Weeks Crucial for #LetThemPlay
Thousands of people gathered at more than 130 different sites located just outside of school campuses throughout the state on Friday to advocate for a safe return to high school sports. It wasn’t promoted or presented as rallies specifically for football, but there was a decided prevalence of football players in jerseys at most of […]
Boys BB Schools of Century (So Far)
Going by a points system based on final state top 20 rankings since the 1999-2000 school year and matching previous posts for schools of the century (so far) plus football, girls basketball, softball and baseball, here’s the final list of this series for boys basketball. The No. 1 total, by a wide margin, was compiled...
Column: Other States and COVID
There are many ways for concerned coaches, parents and players to get California elected leaders to consider health restrictions to be eased during COVID so high school football can perhaps get played in March and April. Comparing what goes on in much different states like Texas, however, doesn’t make much sense because, guess what, politics […]
State’s College FB Award Winners
As the national championship game is set for Monday in Miami and after Antioch’s Najee Harris was named as the Doak Walker Award winner for most outstanding running back, it’s a good time to update and post our historical college football lists from previously published state record books. Go inside to see which national honorees […]
Class of 22 FB: Updated Hot 100
No reason to change anything for the top few positions, but there has been one major transfer and some others who’ve had to be added and/or moved up for doing well in showcase events. Two of the top three remain Mater Dei of Santa Ana teammates Domani Jackson and Raleek Brown. RELATED: How Class of...
Boys/Girls BB Blasts From The Past
We presented Blasts From The Past every week in the fall for football, and will now look at doing the same for boys and girls basketball when those teams should be playing this winter. These are highlights from around the state from 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years ago. From 15 […]
Football Schools of Century (So Far)
Going by a points system based on final state top 20 rankings since the 1999-2000 school year and matching previous posts for schools of the century (so far) plus girls basketball, softball and baseball, here’s the list for football. With no 2020 season counted, the No. 1 position for De La Salle of Concord should...
