Despite the fact all the remaining teams in CIF section playoffs were halved last week with one week to go, we accomplished both goals of this feature, uncovering hidden talent that might only get local recognition, and tracking entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book. This week we visit Madera, Oakland and Winters in […]
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
On the eve of the latest Mater Dei-St. John Bosco battle of No. 1 and No. 2 for the CIF Southern Section D1 championship, we see rises this week for De La Salle up to No. 4, Folsom up to No. 7 and Lincoln of San Diego up to No. 12. We also have both...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There’s just two new teams ranked this week. One of them won its 14th consecutive section title while the other is the first team to go back into the rankings after having its season end more than two weeks ago. We also have big rises for Oak Ridge and Rocklin from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section...
Ontario Christian tops Etiwanda
Preseason state No. 4 Knights take down No. 1 Etiwanda, 74-66, on Saturday night in Studio City to win Harvard-Westlake Invitational. First slate of games shows just how much of an impact incoming freshman Sydney “Bean” Douglas is going to have this season, especially paired with scoring phenom Kaleena Smith. We also had a big […]
What We Saw: De La Salle vs Pitt
The Pirates took a 7-3 lead into the fourth quarter, but came out on the short end of a 10-7 loss to De La Salle of Concord in Friday’s CIF North Coast Section Open Division championship. The Spartans (12-0) no doubt clinched the Northern California berth in the CIF Open Division state final to be […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We have two weeks of highlights to include this week and begin with why a team that ended 0-11 is going into the state record book. We also have a new state record holder for career receptions, another coach who has won 200 games or more (one that we saw win a CIF state title...
State Football Players of the Week
As the section playoffs narrow the funnel of those that can be selected, there are still some rather incredible performances from last weekend that deserve major props. One of them will be good enough to go into the state record all-time list for single-game rushing. All of them helped their teams collect playoff wins. The […]
Preseason Girls BB Ranks (1-15)
We continue to roll out our preseason winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’re doing that today with our annual preseason girls basketball state rankings. Etiwanda has already won two straight CIF Open Division state titles and is loaded for a shot at number three. The Eagles don’t have to look far — about 15 […]
Preseason Girls BB Ranks (16-40)
Here’s the rest of the preseason Top 40 of the best girls basketball teams from all across California. This group is led by the legendary sharpshooters from Pinewood of Los Altos Hills at No. 16 and goes on to No. 40 Lynwood, which has a legendary head coach. We also have added a list of […]
NEW Regional Bowl Game Projections
There’s only one new team on the North side of our board and one switch of teams for a division since we first looked at the scenarios for CIF regional football finals. In the South, the Narbonne situation in the L.A. City Section changed again, we did a geographical switch of teams to set up...
