After seeing Mater Dei’s inside defensive tackles duo of Tomuhini Tupui and Semi Taulanga in the team’s first game vs St. John Bosco this season, it was tweeted out and they were told that they were the best pair of defensive tackles that we’d ever seen in 45 years of covering California high school football....
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What We Saw: De La Salle vs Pitt
The Pirates took a 7-3 lead into the fourth quarter, but came out on the short end of a 10-7 loss to De La Salle of Concord in Friday’s CIF North Coast Section Open Division championship. The Spartans (12-0) no doubt clinched the Northern California berth in the CIF Open Division state final to be […]
All-State Boys BB 2024: First Team
Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Trent Perry from CIF Open Champ Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, finalist Mercy Miller of nearby Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and NorCal Player of the Year Aaron Hunkin-Claytor of NorCal open champ Salesian of Richmond are among those near the top of the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys […]
NorCal Tip-Off Classic Recaps
Here’s the results and recaps from the 16th Annual NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Dublin. Nationally-ranked and state No. 4 Roosevelt of Eastvale records a big win over No. 8 Riordan of San Francisco in an early NorCal-SoCal showdown. State No. 13 De La Salle of Concord and No. 16 Branson also pick up key victories […]
All-State Baseball: First Team
One day after the first two days of the 2023 MLB Draft, we’re honored to present this elite first team of 30 players who headline the 41st year of the Cal-Hi Sports all-state baseball teams. State Player of the Year Trent Caraway of JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) is joined by one teammate on this team. […]
CIF Regional Championship Scoreboard
Here are some highlights and a complete look at all of the CIF baseball and softball regional championship games played on Saturday with one that was played on Friday and one game that has had to be delayed until Monday due to rain in the far North Coast region of the state. FOR FEATURE STORY […]
State Schools of the Century (So Far)
We came up with a points system for all of the schools that have been mentioned and honored in our annual State School of the Year selections since the 1999-2000 school year and have put together a top 10 for overall sports excellence so far for the 21st century. It is close at the top […]
State Super 65: No. 31 to No. 40
Leading off this group is our top choice from the CIF San Diego Section, Vista of 1974, but if you talk to a lot of longtime observers from that area you probably will get a different choice as to which should be No. 1. California’s first 15-0 team from Bishop Amat plus a Long Beach...
FB: All-Time Preseason No. 1s
Check here for a look at preseason state No. 1 teams since 1979 and for how each of those teams finished in the final rankings. We begin with a historical look at preseason rankings beginning with Mater Dei for 2017.
