Former High School Football All-American Jeff Buckey and wife are raising four football standout sons. One is a college graduate still going strong at Stanford, another is at UCLA, another is a preseason all-state first team offensive lineman still in high school and the fourth is only a freshman in high school but clearly is […]
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Preseason Central Section FB Team
The defending D1AA section champion Central East Bengals (known as Central Grizzlies before) are loaded with returning players and have the most written up in this feature. Last year’s D3AA CIF state champions from Frontier of Bakersfield also look formidable and are not far behind. Tulare, Clovis East and Clovis also are among others with...
All-State FB Nominees (Central-LA-SD)
We continue on in the process of choosing the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams. This is the second of three lists of players considered as nominees for the various 2024 season squads. These are from the CIF Central, LA City and San Diego Sections. The NorCal list (except the Central […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This week’s highest ranked newcomer is Liberty of Brentwood. Right behind is another of the state’s Liberty Highs — Liberty of Bakersfield. We also welcome Lakewood, Yorba Linda, Mission Hills of San Marcos and St. Mary’s of Stockton. This group also has two more teams playing each other that are ranked right next to each...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
There is one week to go in the 2024 season in California with the final No. 1 ranking now locked up by Corona. It’s still possible for changes after that, however, and we’ve made one this week with Granada of Livermore moving up to No. 2. Yes, the Matadors needed 14 innings to win their...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Preseason No. 1 Corona goes back to the top after Orange Lutheran loses twice in a three-game series with Santa Margarita, which jumps to No. 5 after winning those two games. Unbeaten Granada of Livermore moves to No. 4. The week’s biggest newcomer is St. Augustine of San Diego after a big win over Granite...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Orange Lutheran stays at No. 1 after losing a game but winning a huge Trinity League series vs 2023 State Team of the Year JSerra. Granada of Livermore joins the top five after win over De La Salle (and moving to 7-0). Highest rising newcomers are Granite Hills of El Cajon and San Juan Hills...
Floyd Burnsed: State FB Coach of Year
Acalanes of Lafayette head coach became the oldest known winner of a CIF state football title and has won more than 200 games during the high school portion of a career that spans six decades. We first got to know him from a 19-year stint at Miramonte of Orinda, where he won 10 league titles […]
2023 Football Coaching Highlights
Before we begin with the first of our many state season honors, which will be the 2023 state coaches of the year, we like to update the all-time state coaching leaders list. This is the one that has the names of just more than 140 through all the years of state history who have won […]
