Sorry for the delay in getting out our reactions and our own story about Saturday’s win at Cal by De La Salle against SoCal superpower Corona Centennial. It shows that for now the Spartans are once again the front-runner for the CIF NorCal Open Division berth for the CIF Open Division state final. They still […]
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Naming Schools Not What It Used To Be
The recent furor over the name of Cesar Chavez as the name of a California high school may not be over, but it seems like it’s going to end with one school switching, one school sort of switching and the other staying put. We have a primer on who are the most popular persons that...
Eli Dukes: Hazardous to Palma’s foes
From attending the football practices his father coached and anxiously waiting this season for his own opportunity to put on the pads due to a pulled hamstring, Eli Dukes from Palma High of Salinas has built his career on competition, hard work and the support of his family. Dukes entered his senior season with 5,683 […]
State Football Players of the Week
This week we return to doing the Cal-Hi Sports State Football Players of the Week with executive editor Mark Tennis on Holiday. We asked for help from statewide media sources and others on X and got several nominations. We also saw one of the award winners live on our trip to Northern California last week. […]
50 Yrs Ago: Bells vs SI Revisted
Fifty years ago this season, one of the most controversial football games ever played in the Bay Area saw Bellarmine of San Jose edge St. Ignatius of San Francisco, 16-15 in overtime, to decide the powerhouse West Catholic Athletic League title. We have a recollection from the current football information director at state No. 1...
State TOP 30 Weekend Scoreboard
The biggest winners on a great night for football across the state included No. 3 Sierra Canyon over No. 7 Orange Lutheran and No. 10 Mission Viejo over No. 11 Pittsburg. We saw No. 6 De La Salle roll past St. Mary’s of Stockton in what was essentially a tune-up for a matchup next week […]
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 start with a look at Manteca High celebrating its 100th season at its first home game last Friday. What other...
State Football Players of the Week
We begin in Huntington Beach for a player who would have tied a state record if all three of his kick return touchdowns in one game were all on punts or all on kickoffs. Our other SoCal honorees this week are from San Diego and Baldwin Park. For Northern California, we have our first-ever winner […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings
Sierra Canyon inches up to No. 3 but Centennial of Corona only goes down to No. 5 after new No. 4 Mater Dei’s win last week over Centennial. There’s not much other movement this week inside the top 25 until No. 18 where Carlsbad moves up as the highest-ranked team in the CIF San Diego...
Mater Dei Defense Steps Up In Big Win
Monarchs hold potent Centennial of Corona offense to one touchdown and pick up key late score of their own in a one-point win in a Friday matchup of two teams both inside of the top five in our state rankings. Mater Dei has nationally ranked Bishop Gorman next while Centennial will play up north vs […]
