Going by a points system based on final state top 20 rankings since the 1999-2000 school year and matching previous posts for schools of the century (so far) plus girls basketball, softball and baseball, here’s the list for football. With no 2020 season counted, the No. 1 position for De La Salle of Concord should...
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All-Time SoCal Unbeaten FB Teams
Thanks to mountains of information on California high school football that can’t be found anywhere else, here is an honor roll list according to Cal-Hi Sports of every reported unbeaten team from schools currently in the CIF Central Section, CIF L.A. City Section, CIF Southern Section and CIF San Diego Section. Including the Central Section,...
Public School No. 1 Teams In State
Centennial of Corona would be No. 1 in this category for the last four straight California high school football seasons and is the last public school to be State Team of the Year (11 years ago). Folsom would be No. 1 twice since 2010 and would be runner-up to Centennial the past two seasons. We’ve...
Carson Palmer’s SoCal Legacy
Whenever there’s been a highly regarded quarterback coming out of Southern California, the phrase “best since John Elway” has been quoted often. Elway, who is from Granada Hills and is rightly referred to as one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history, played at the high school level in 1978 and 1979, although his senior […]
Football Coaching Milestones 2017
Highlights include Kevin Rooney from Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks winning his 300th game, Bruce Rollinson from Mater Dei of Santa Ana going 15-0 with his team ending No. 1 in the nation and the final seasons in remarkable careers for Bob Johnson (Mission Viejo) and Mark Louriero (Escalon). All coaches with 200 reported wins...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
There are upsets and then there’s the way that previously unbeaten and state No. 7 Upland lost to No. 23 Oaks Christian in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 semifinals. Would you believe on a 95-yard interception return TD with 9.8 seconds left? The historical CIFSS D1 semifinals, meanwhile, weren’t nearly as dramatic as No. […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
With all of the byes and with No. 7 Folsom, No. 9 Chaminade and No. 10 Calabasas all winning in showdown games against other ranked opponents, there weren’t any changes at the top of this week’s rankings until we got down to No. 15. Upland was the biggest mover, going up from No. 24 to...
Griffin on a Mission for Diablos
One of the top players who will be on the field for Friday’s showdown between state No. 5 Mission Viejo and state No. 6 Long Beach Poly will be receiver/corner Olaijah Griffin. The UCLA commit will be tested on both sides of the ball by the talented Jackrabbits but he should be up to the […]
