With just a one-point loss to St. John Bosco in the CIFSS D1 semifinals, Centennial of Corona is the 2023 State Public Schools Team of the Year. We also have La Serna of Whittier (medium schools) and Escalon (small schools) collecting final No. 1 honors. Plus, there are separate teams of the year for D3 […]
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NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
With so few games being contested in the final week of football playoffs, as has been the tradition with this feature since even before we went to a full slate of CIF regional/state championships, this will be the final week for football players of the week as we switch to basketball. As one would expect, […]
CIF Regional Bowl Projections
Here’s the second run-through for all of the most likely scenarios for the CIF NorCal and SoCal regional bowl games, which will lead up to the CIF state football championships on Dec. 8-9 at three junior colleges in Southern California. Depending on how everything goes over Friday and Saturday, we may do another one late...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
For medium schools, Palos Verdes inches up to No. 2, Los Gatos scores late TD to beat Wilcox (large schools) and there’s two newcomers: Cajon of San Bernardino and Arroyo Grande. For small schools, there are no new teams. Sutter and Salesian of Los Angeles both move up one spot. Note that our first CIF...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Citrus Valley of Redlands returns to the medium top 15 after knocking off Beaumont and gets No. 10 Cajon next. Leuzinger of Lawndale hasn’t played in three weeks but still has a resume strong enough to go back up as well. For small schools, there are no new teams in the top 15. Two teams...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Here’s the first run-through for these state rankings. We go 15 teams deep for the medium schools plus 12 for small schools. No. 1 teams are listed as Oak Hills of Hesperia for medium and Escalon for small. Grant of Sacramento, Palos Verdes or McClymonds could displace Oak Hills with the teams they are playing […]
Lions All-Star FB: June 24 (Tracy)
Here are some updates regarding the upcoming Lions All-Star Football Game that will be played Saturday, June 24 in Tracy. This is a game that is local to us in Stockton and we help the game in a volunteer capacity as a way of giving back to our local high school sports community. It’s been […]
All-State Football 2022: Small Schools
The top three teams in our final small schools state rankings — Escalon, Sacred Heart Prep and St. Pius X-St. Matthias — all land three players on either first or second team for the annual all-state small schools honors. We also have a rare occasion of an eight-man player on the first team and two […]
More State Football Players of the Year
Check inside this post for the honorees who have been chosen among juniors, sophomores, freshmen, medium schools and small schools. State No. 2 Mater Dei of Santa Ana has collected two of them. We also have our first-ever State Freshman of the Year. Plus, versatility on both sides of the ball helps the top honorees […]