With the hype building for Bosco vs. Centennial and Mater Dei vs. Rancho Cucamonga, none of that matters for the CIF bowls since the winner of that bracket no matter which team it is will be in Sacramento on Dec. 17 for the CIF Open Division state final. There are new teams this week on...
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Updated Girls VBall State Top 20
It’s down to four teams left in the chase for the first-ever CIF Open Division state title after Tuesday night’s regional semifinals. The big news was in the south where No. 2 seed Mater Dei was upset by Santa Fe Christian of Solana Beach. The Eagles will now play the Eagles of Santa Margarita for […]
Girls BB: Preseason State Top 25
Archbishop Mitty starts in the No. 1 position, but it’s not as clear-cut as in some other recent seasons. Long Beach Poly also was strongly considered for that ranking while Clovis West has its best team ever. Two CIF state champions from last season – Sacred Heart Cathedral (D3) and Cardinal Newman (D4) – also […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
We had not yet picked the sensational Eric Melesio of Riverside Norte Vista and we’ll do that now for SoCal and go over his record-breaking 563-yard rushing outing from last Friday. Others honored for this week are from Antelope, Stockton, Oakland, Huntington Beach and San Marcos.
NEW State Top 25 FB Rankings
Two-time defending CIF Open Division state champ De La Salle inches back up to No. 6 after its 28-0 win over Clayton Valley in NCS Open Division semifinals. We also have four newcomers this week, led by 11-1 Edison of Huntington Beach. The other three are Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills), Valley Christian (San Jose)...
Week 13 Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Freedom top Pittsburg in NCS rematch on Saturday to earn title tilt against De La Salle. On Friday, in matchup between 11-0 top five squads, Mission Viejo has early edge but can’t hold on in 42-26 loss to Rancho Cucamonga. Two other 11-0 teams also are taken out in CIF Southern Section divisional playoffs – […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
Riverside Norte Vista’s Eric Melesio goes past 3,300 yards rushing with another big night while Cade Henjum of Saddleback Valley Christian gets close to 5,000 yards for passing and rushing. The only problem is that Cade’s season is over. Another one of our standouts had 245 yards and four TDs receiving – in one quarter.
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (1-15)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. Bishop Montgomery of Torrance has all five starters returning from a SoCal Open Division finalist team and is the preseason No. 1 team for the 2016-17 season. Sierra Canyon starts out at No. 2 […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (Part 2)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we are doing it with a preseason State 35 ranking of the top boys teams from all across the state. This group is led by Foothills Christian and its fantastic guard Jaylen Hands and includes the rest of teams down to No. 35 Bellarmine...
CIF SoCal Bowl Board No. 6
There are no new teams on the SoCal board this week due to playoff byes and first-round wins (although the blowouts you generally see aren’t nearly as bad with the new competitive equity divisions in the Southern Section). We did move around many teams from Division 3A downward. Those moving up include Christian of El...
