Have we ever had one week in the history of this feature (more than 10 years on this site) in which two of our honorees both threw back-to-back no-hitters? We’re not sure. All four of this week’s featured players did some amazing things and we’re pleased to bring their stories to a bigger audience. They […]
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More State Football Coaches of Year
For taking a brand new school to records of 12-1 and 14-1 in just its second and third varsity seasons, Chris Bean from Twelve Bridges of Lincoln gains top state medium schools honor. For small schools, a coach who went 12-0 in his first season in 2009 at Carmel, Golden Anderson, and who just went […]
FINAL Divisional State FB Rankings
When the very first Cal-Hi Sports state football rankings were compiled in the late 1970s by founder Nelson Tennis, they were done in five divisions (Class AAAA, etc.). We don’t do these anymore during the season, but to keep the archives going so that we have a version of them for every season we have...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
With our regional projections completed & games coming up this weekend, here’s a look at an updated set of Medium/Small Schools State Rankings. Newbury Park has already clinched a No. 1 finish for medium. The new No. 1 for small schools is Rio Hondo Prep of Arcadia. The CIF itself made Rio Hondo’s move to...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Two new teams in this week’s medium schools top 15 are Soquel and Bonita of La Verne. Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa also gets a two-spot bump. For small schools, there are no changes at all with the top three still shown as Bradshaw Christian, Carmel and Sonora. Bradshaw had a big win over another...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Any kind of rankings in any CIF section of the state broken up into any kind of divisions is going extinct like the dodo bird due to competitive equity playoff divisions. Not for us, however. We will continue to put the spotlight on schools that are medium or small based on a lot of our […]
Preseason All-CCS Football Team
Our next to last stop in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams covers the CIF Central Coast Section. It’s been the home of the top NorCal team for 2021, 2022 & 2023 from Serra (San Mateo). The Padres lost a tremendous senior class, which is shown by more players on this team...
2023-24 Grid-Hoop All-State Team
To continue our end-of-school year content of honoring the best multi-sport and overall athletes of the year (boys and girls), we take a deep look at the state’s 15 best football-basketball combo athletes on our 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. Leading the 15-man group is player of the year Caden Pinnick from Del […]
All-State Baseball Nominees (NorCal)
We’re a little later than usual, but we’re now beginning the post-season honors process for all-state baseball. This will be the 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams. State Coaches of the Year and State Players of the Year will be coming soon. We start the cycle with a first list of nominees on our […]
