Annual honor that goes back for more than 100 years usually has a finalist group of five, six or even seven players. This year, though, it’s a much different dynamic with two of the nation’s top players (both quarterbacks) both in California and both clearly out in front for all postseason accolades. We only realistically […]
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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Saturday results added, including Helix of La Mesa winning CIF San Diego Section Open Division title. After just scraping by in its previous game, No. 6 and two-time defending CIF D1-AA state champion Folsom couldn’t survive a second straight upset bid as the Bulldogs got topped by Monterey Trail of Elk Grove in CIF Sac-Joaquin […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Saturday scores added, including matchup of No. 2 and No. 3 teams in Bay Area. There was one big upset loss on the field on Friday in San Diego and a huge announcement from the CIF L.A. City Section that took state powerhouse Narbonne off the field for the upcoming postseason. Cathedral Catholic, the team […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
It’s another big win for Helix of La Mesa and now that the Highlanders are unanimous No. 1 in San Diego they pop up to No. 10 in this week’s state rankings. Mater Dei stays No. 1 with trip this week to Washington D.C. after its bye week while No. 2 St. John Bosco is...
Mater Dei Cruises With Defense & QB
For anyone hoping that it might be different this year in California prep football — with Mater Dei of Santa Ana and St. John Bosco of Bellflower holding a wide gap in talent, explosiveness and size mixed with elite coaching over any other schools — then you can probably forget it. Mater Dei opened its […]
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (1-15)
First four are the same four it’s been to start (and just about finish) the last few seasons. It’s just the order that might get juggled during the season between Mater Dei of Santa Ana, St. John Bosco of Bellflower, De La Salle of Concord and Centennial of Corona. Our preseason No. 5, Narbonne of […]
Preseason Orange County FB Team
We are kicking off our preseason football coverage for the 2019 season with the first of our annual preseason all-county, all-section or all-region teams that will eventually touch every corner of California. We start with talent-laden Orange County, home to the two-time defending CIF Open Division champion Mater Dei Monarchs. They obviously dominate these selections,...
Class of 2020 FB: Flowe To Top
Upland linebacker Justin Flowe will start the 2019 high school football season in California regarded as the state’s No. 1 college prospect. That’s because of his No. 1, No. 1 and No. 2 placements according to player rankings by the three major recruiting networks. He’s also now on top of the Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100...
Mr. Football State POY Finalists
For the second straight year, CIF Open Division two-time state champion Mater Dei (Santa Ana) has to have not one but two finalists who could be Mr. Football for the state of California. At first glance, it also doesn’t appear to be as much of a slam dunk for the winner as last year. This […]
It’s Official: Mater Dei State TOY
For the third time in its history, but second year in a row, Mater Dei of Santa Ana collects State Team of the Year honor in California prep football. Read more for why this year’s Monarchs reminds us of the school’s and head coach Bruce Rollinson’s very first CIF Southern Section championship squad.
