It’s a little different this year since previously we just coronated the CIF Open Division state champion. We still have that for St. John Bosco, which is State Team of the Year for the third time, but we also are adding three more that are not simple coronations but in which two of the three […]
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NEW Medium/Small School FB Ranks
We have two new No. 1 teams this week as St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs) takes over at the top for medium schools while Sutter does the same for small. The medium pecking order also was pretty much completely overhauled by a lot of higher seeded teams losing in section playoffs. Newcomers for medium include...
NEW NorCal/SoCal Bowl Projections
Every team listed is now officially either a No. 1 seed or high seed in its section playoffs. The big change is putting Camarillo on the board for the CIF Southern Section Division IV playoffs. We also are agreeing with the CIF North Coast Section seeding of Clayton Valley (Concord) at the top of its...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Teams getting more than decent bumps this week are new No. 35 Clayton Valley of Concord, new No. 40 Palos Verdes of PV Estates and new No. 45 McClymonds of Oakland. There are four newcomers, meanwhile, and yes it does matter which team any of the newcomers is playing next. Congrats to Carlsbad, Marin Catholic...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Being the fastest-rising member of these rankings may not be a good thing after what happened to Pittsburg in its second game. Still, we have some major movers this week, led by new No. 34 San Clemente, new No. 37 Carlsbad and new No. 40 Palos Verdes. Those getting closer to the top include Notre...
A History of Baseball In California
Legend has it that a man named Abner Doubleday invented the sport of baseball sometime in the summer of 1839 while living in Cooperstown, New York. The story goes that Doubleday later became a hero of the American Civil War, leaving a double legacy of a veteran and the inventor of one of America’s most […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 3 De La Salle extends NorCal (north of Fresno) dominance with impressive 14-0 shutout of high-octane No. 3 Folsom. It was no trouble for No. 1 and No. 2 Mater Dei & St. John Bosco, and No. 5 Centennial posts strong win over nationally ranked out-of-state foe. The biggest upset is preseason No. 9 […]
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (16-30)
This second group of elite teams leads off with Calabasas, which is continuing to build toward a CIF state title. We also had a hard time coming up with a team to start out highest in the CIF Central Coast Section, so we just stuck two of them in this group right next to each […]
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Are there such things as meaningless losses? When it’s the last week of a team’s regular season and everything appears locked up (such as top seeds for the playoffs), yes that’s pretty much true. That’s mainly why Huntington Beach stays No. 1 this week despite a loss to Newport Harbor. Still, there are changes in...
