This final column offers a roundup of the toughest choices that had to be made for all of the teams announced as part of our 41st annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. We had the impact this year of knowing we were going to officially choose players of the year at each position plus we...
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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
The shocker of Friday night was in San Diego County where Helix of La Mesa knocked off No. 5 Cathedral Catholic just one week after the Dons had edged No. 8 Corona Centennial. At Trinity League vs. USA event on Saturday, No. 1 Mater Dei topped St. Frances Academy of Maryland in a contrived No. […]
Preseason All-State Football Teams
Now that all of the 13 preseason all-section or all-area teams from around the state are complete, we’ve gone through all of them and have chosen preseason all-state teams. This is the 32nd year of doing at least one preseason all-state team. This time, we’ve done three. You’ll need a Gold Club membership to see […]
Preseason San Diego Sec FB Team
Cathedral Catholic is the defending Open Division champion and probably should be regarded as the favorite to start 2019, but arch-rival St. Augustine actually has more players on this year’s preseason squad of honors candidates with four. Other schools with multiple players written up include Lincoln of San Diego and Mission Hills of San Marcos....
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
The highest riser among this group of teams is Helix of La Mesa, which is living up to preseason acclaim in the playoffs after laying an egg in its last regular season game. The Highlanders jumped up this week to No. 38 from No. 50 after big win over Eastlake. Both Sierra Canyon and Grace...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Vista Murrieta and Narbonne move up eight and 10 positions, respectively, after posting major triumphs against San Diego Madison and Serra of Gardena. We also have five other newcomers this week in addition to new No. 24 Villa Park, including Lawndale, Helix of La Mesa, Capistrano Valley, Bishop O’Dowd and California of San Ramon. For...
Preseason San Diego Sec FB Team
There were so many outstanding returning running backs that for this season we had to place four of them on offense with just one wide receiver, although there are those on defense and multi-purpose who can catch the ball as well. Schools with more than one player written up are Helix of La Mesa, Eastlake...
CIF Bowl Boards 9 (North & South)
These are the CIF Bowl Boards that we put together after all of the Friday and Saturday CIF section championship games have been played. Check them out late Saturday or early Sunday and then compare to the actual CIF lineup that will be announced early on Sunday afternoon. Did the ones we do make more...
Inside the All-State FB Team
We don’t wish any bad luck to any players from California leaving for IMG Academy in Florida, but what do you do when you’re picking all-state teams from the last season and you already know someone has left for the next one? Plus, we reveal those freshmen who are on our radar screen already for...
