After the win by No. 1 Santa Margarita over No. 2 St. John Bosco, this week’s rankings sees a shift with Sierra Canyon going up to No. 2 with the Braves dropping to No. 3. Bishop Amat gets a boost to No. 17 after knocking off unbeaten Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) and Chaparral of Temecula...
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Preseason State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
The era of Mater Dei and St. John Bosco dominating the state ended last season, but that’s only because another Trinity League team stepped up to win the CIF Open Division state title. The state still looks like it will be led again by the top six to seven teams in the CIF Southern Section, […]
All-State Football 2025: Sophomores
It’s time to get started doing the honors for the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. These are the longest running all-state teams in California by a wide margin. As usual, we begin with those getting first, second and third team honors among sophomores. Servite of Anaheim, St. John Bosco of Bellflower, Lutheran of...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The first six in the CIF Southern Section and for the state get shuffled again as previous No. 3 Mater Dei has to fall to No. 6 after taking 7-6 loss to new No. 5 Santa Margarita. St. John Bosco and Centennial remain 1-2 with Sierra Canyon moving up to No. 3. Carlsbad also is...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
As expected, St. John Bosco returns to the No. 1 ranking and we also drop previous No. 1 Mater Dei behind the team the Monarchs lost to. Mission Hills of San Marcos (up three spots) and Damien of La Verne (up four spots) also gain a lot of ground. New teams to this group from...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Folsom joins top five and will look to stay there for matchup against probable No. 4 Mission Viejo in two weeks. Mater Dei, St. John Bosco and Corona Centennial are still 1-2-3. We also have Orange Lutheran getting a jump from No. 9 to No. 7 after its win over a top Florida school. More...
NFL Draft: Two Friars in the Top 10
Former Servite of Anaheim teammates Mason Graham and Tetairoa McMillan made history in Thursday’s first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. They were selected at No. 5 overall and No. 8 and have become the highest drafted teammates in the first round from the same California high school team in the same draft. We have […]
State Softball/Baseball Players of Week
For our second week of honoring baseball and softball players this season, we don’t have any records to track for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, which is one of the purposes of this feature. However, there was no shortage of some hidden gems, a couple of diamonds in the rough, and even a former […]
Freshman FB Players to Watch (Part 1)
Here’s a first list of those now on our radar screen as ninth graders we’ll likely be following for the next few years. This is not a Class of 2028 recruiting list and another one will be done after after the season and after the all-state teams are released. The third ever State Freshman Player...
State Super 70: No. 46 to No. 70
We are on a trip overseas this week so there will be no games attended on Friday night and there will be no weekly state rankings for one week. For this week on Friday, we’re running the first and second parts of our updated look at the greatest teams in state history in a reverse...


