It takes us extra time for the final football rankings since all of them are expanded and checked through several times. Here’s the first 25 teams in which the changes are minimal compared to the previous rankings due to various head-to-head results. Liberty of Bakersfield inched upward one spot while CIF San Diego Section Open...
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History-Making CIF Friday FB Finals
De La Salle of Concord is denied in its attempt to break state record for most state titles by a Lincoln of San Diego squad that won its first-ever crown in Friday’s CIF D1-AA championship. In the D2-AA state final, Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista wins its second in a row and prevents McClymonds […]
NEW State TOP 25 FB Rankings (1-25)
It will be No. 1 St. John Bosco facing No. 3 Serra of San Mateo in the CIF Open Division final on Saturday at Saddleback College. The rest of the top 10 this week has been reshuffled with the D1-AA regional results as De La Salle moved up following its win over Folsom and Lincoln...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
As the funnel narrows and there are a limited number of teams still playing, it can sometimes be hard to find performances that can fill all six of the Player of the Week awards. We not only have some very deserving honorees, but a bit of an anomaly as two of the winners will be […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
For the second straight week, we have five new teams going into our rankings of the state’s elite squads. The highest of those is Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. Also up are Granite Bay, Mission Hills of San Marcos, Upland and Downey. Teams on the move the most include Warren of Downey, Mater Dei Catholic...
1st NorCal/SoCal Bowl Projections
There will be tons of movement on both sides of our board from now until that Sunday in four weeks when the CIF announces on which teams will be playing each other in this year’s regional & state title football games. Since we now have pairings and top seeds available in most CIF sections of […]
State Coach of Year: Mike Centrullo
All of the pieces fell into place for this to be the season we can put the spotlight on the coach of record at Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista since the school opened in 2007 and before that at Marian Catholic back to 1999. Centrullo now has nine CIF San Diego Section titles on […]
Softball: Final Division State Ranks
Teams at the end getting big upward moves include Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista (D2), St. Anthony of Long Beach (D3), Ripon (D4) and Fort Bragg (D5). Previously announced teams of the year were St. Francis of Mountain View (D1), Otay Ranch (D2), Sutter (D3), Monterey (D4) and Big Valley Christian of Modesto (D5)....
NEW Softball State Top 25 Rankings
Gahr of Cerritos goes up to No. 4 after beating Los Alamitos and Santiago (Corona) in CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs. The Gladiators play No. 3 Great Oak in semifinals with winner likely to face defending champion and No. 1 Norco in this weekend’s title game. This week’s two highest newcomers are No. 18 St....
Girls BB All-State Nominees Part 1
Like the boys several days ago, we are beginning the process toward selection of the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams in girls basketball with this first list of those honored as nominees. Some of the earliest selections include Cheryl Miller (Riverside Poly 1982), Violet Palmer (Compton 1982) and Lisa Leslie (Inglewood Morningside soph 1988). […]
