We weren’t completely, 100 percent done with our tour of the state with preseason all-section, all-area teams when we got done with the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valley teams last week before the first games of the 2017 season were played. For that, we need to touch on a few key returnees for the […]
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Preseason All-NCS East Bay
Our final stop for Northern California on our annual tour of the state’s top preseason players and teams based on a selection of key players is the East Bay portion of the CIF North Coast Section. This is the place where De La Salle of Concord has ruled since 1992. That should be the case...
Preseason All-Northern Sec FB Team
It’s all about Sutter this year in the state’s northernmost CIF section. Five Huskies are among those on this year’s preseason all-section squad and they return an exceptional core from team that gave Oakdale a much tougher battle in the CIF NorCal D3-A bowl game than the Mustangs had in the state final. For CIF...
Preseason All-San Diego Sec FB Team
It’s been awhile since El Camino of Oceanside has been among the elite teams of the CIF San Diego Section, but this year could see the Wildcats in that class. They have three preseason all-section players, which is the same total as usual powerhouses like Helix of La Mesa, Mission Hills of San Marcos, Madison...
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
With a team that is the consensus preseason No. 1 team in the nation, you might expect that the outlook for the Orange County region of the CIF Southern Section might be dominated by Mater Dei of Santa Ana. Yep, that’s true. The Monarchs have a whopping 10 players among the 30 on this group....
Preseason All-Central Sec FB Team
Wow, what a great group of QBs there are this year in the CIF Central Section and that’s even with the highest-ranked recruit of them all reported to be out for the year with an injury. The other main takeaway after looking through all the players is how good will Tulare be this season? The...
Preseason All-NCS Football Team
There’s only one from De La Salle on first team and the talent in the section is among its best ever, including the top-ranked running back in the U.S. No one doubts the Spartans, though, are still favored in the first Open Division section playoff. Still, the elite players on some of the other teams […]
Preseason All-CCS Football Team
St. Francis of Mountain View leads the way with two on offense and two on defense. No other school landed more than two, but West Catholic Athletic League rivals Bellarmine, Serra and Valley Christian have a lot of players that easily could have been first team that weren’t picked as high.
Preseason All-Northern Sec FB Team
Pleasant Valley of Chico and Sutter top the charts with five players each on this year’s squad. Pleasant Valley is coming off of one of its greatest seasons ever, but prolific pass-catch combo from Foothill of Palo Cedro could be even tougher to stop.
Preseason All-San Diego Sec FB Team
Last year’s CIF Division III-A state champs from Rancho Bernardo and a state title-winning school from the past, Madison, both place four on this year’s preseason squad. Arch-rivals St. Augustine and Cathedral Catholic both land three along with defending Open Division section champ Helix.
