At this stage of the season, we like to talk about the funnel narrowing when it comes to the Players of the Week features and rankings. That’s because the field basically gets cut in half every round (except in some Open and D1 divisions) as the playoffs drive toward CIF section championships and the CIF...
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NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Our special two-week edition of the boys basketball state rankings this week shows nice bumps upward for CIF Southern Section open contenders Santa Margarita and Corona Centennial, plus CIF Central Section front-runner St. Joseph of Santa Maria, which knocked off previous NorCal No. 1 Salesian. There are big matchups as early as Tuesday, led by...
Halted Seasons & Honored Coaches
We’ll let you know why it is easier for schools like Valley of Sacramento and Florin of Sacramento to cancel their football seasons coming from a big school district like Elk Grove Unified. We also are going to be highlighting coaching milestone wins and coaching honors much more this season than in the past. This […]
Preseason NCS East Bay FB Team
Continuing to bounce around the state, our next stop in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams from around California is the East Bay portion of the CIF North Coast Section. This team also includes players from the very small CIF Oakland Section mixed in. Pittsburg and De La Salle both have the...
FINAL All-State FB Noms (NorCal)
Here is the third of three lists of players considered as final nominees for the various 2023 season all-state football teams. These are all from CIF Northern California sections (excluding Central Section). These lists have been updated from the first lists compiled from about one month ago. Thanks for all of the nominations and input....
All-State Softball Nominees (NorCal)
Here’s a first list of nominees on our board for the annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball teams. We have been doing all-state teams in California for more than 40 years and it’s more than 35 for softball. Here are players we’ve come up with from CIF sections in Northern California (with the Central Section in […]
Boys BB: Saluting Section Champions
State No. 1 team Centennial of Corona wins on a dunk at the buzzer in CIF Southern Section Open Division championship. We also have roundups of other games at the Honda Center in Anaheim and from the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Every section champion also deserves to get a mention so that’s what this […]
Preseason All-NCS/East Bay FB Team
For this next stop in our tour of the state through preseason all-section, all-area or all-county football teams we hit the first one for the San Francisco Bay Area. This one covers the East Bay portion of the CIF North Coast Section (with the Redwood Empire done separately). We also include the CIF Oakland Section...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
As the CIF Southern Section moves into its semifinal round early this week, some section playoffs in the state are just getting started. State No. 1 Orange Lutheran didn’t get out of the quarterfinals in the CIFSS so a new No. 1 had to be found and it will be Buchanan of Clovis. St. Francis...
Biggest Upset Openers Since 2000
This was supposed to have been the opening weekend of the 2020 high school football season in California (at least in those areas of the state not greatly impacted by poor air quality from the many fires). With that in mind, here’s a year-by-year look going back to the 2000 season of the most surprising...
