Top-ranked Corona Centennial and No. 2 Harvard-Westlake will be tough to beat, while new boys basketball State Top 25 No. 3 West Ranch of Valencia has a chance to make a major statement at the Tarkanian Classic and The Classic at Damien. Preseason No. 3 Modesto Christian’s slow start and uncertainty about players also means...
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NEW State TOP 25 FB Rankings (1-25)
The last time that St. John Bosco was No. 1 in the state was at the start of the 2021 COVID spring season and the Braves are now back following their big win over Mater Dei last Friday. How long will MD stay at No. 2 until it gets it back? This week’s rankings prior...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 2 St. John Bosco wins the rematch against No. 1 Mater Dei, 24-22, to win CIF Southern Section D1 title and snap a 29-game win streak by the Monarchs. Retiring head coach Bruce Rollinson also doesn’t get the ultimate send off. Up north, the top two teams — Serra of San Mateo and Folsom […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. The defense of national No. 1 Mater Dei gets a shout out for shutting out Los Alamitos and ending a streak of 444 straight games in which that hadn’t happened to the Griffins. Go inside to see which team was...
Preseason Girls BB State Ranks (1-20)
One week after our extensive boys basketball preseason state rankings, we do the same for the girls. With some teams starting in the CIF Southern Section on November 14 and some games in the CIF Central Section, adjustments to the original pecking order we planned had to be made to accommodate some of the results […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
CIF section playoffs everywhere now have three weeks to go, but the biggest games are still to come. For this week’s rankings, we just had to include JSerra of San Juan Capistrano as a top 10 team to salute a great comeback season from 2-8 a year ago and to acknowledge a difficult win last...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We begin with the first girl who has scored two times in a game in state history, who is Bella Rasmussen of Laguna Beach. We also have the latest coach to win his 200th varsity game. Plus, there is a...
Mid-Season Breakdowns & State Player of the Year Updates
For teams playing in 10 regular season games with no playoffs, the middle part of the current CIF state high school football season was two weeks ago. But a more natural place to check out what we’ve learned so far, which teams have been the biggest surprises and who looks like the frontrunner to be […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
With many teams on a bye week, the only changes to really ponder were where to put De La Salle after its 24-20 loss to Folsom and which team should go in at No. 25. The answers were No. 9 and West Ranch of Valencia. This is our 44th consecutive year of compiling California state...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Mater Dei & St. John Bosco just one game and two weeks away from their Oct. 7 showdown at the Santa Ana Bowl. Folsom rejoins top five, Chaminade of West Hills moves into top 10, Orange Lutheran goes back to top 15 and both Lincoln (San Diego) and Warren (Downey) are now in top 25....
