A little more than a third of the players from this region of the state in this feature are from preseason state No. 2 St. John Bosco. Serra of Gardena also has multiple players written up as well as Palos Verdes, Downey and Leuzinger of Lawndale. Note: These preseason all-section or all-area teams are done...
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Class of 27 FB: DBs At Top of Hot 100
It could be argued that the three players who would have been at the top of the state’s Class of 2027 to start the upcoming football season are three who reclassed to the Class of 2026. That doesn’t mean that the ones now near the top, led by Gardena Serra DB Duvay Williams, are not...
Top Football Duos In State History?
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....
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Biggest changes this week are as a result of Inglewood losing by a large margin to Santa Margarita in the CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs and St. Francis of Mountain View falling in its regular season final. That helps Serra of Gardena to move up three spots plus San Juan Hills and Simi Valley joining...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The two big results that shook up this week’s rankings were St. Ignatius of San Francisco posting a 21-20 win over previous No. 9 Serra of San Mateo and Serra of Gardena exploding past previous No. 15 Los Alamitos. Both of those teams were in our top 50 and both need to get bumped up...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
After No. 1 Mater Dei tops Bishop Gorman of Nevada in a national showdown, how will California No. 4 Orange Lutheran do when it plays at Bishop Gorman on Friday? The first 25 of these rankings also show a rise for Sierra Canyon despite its loss to No. 2 St. John Bosco, why we went...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
A tidal wave splash created by the boys at JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) last Friday with their big win over Sierra Canyon pushes them up to No. 6 in this week’s rankings. It’s an eight spot jump. Centennial (Corona) also stays No. 3 after loss to No. 1 Mater Dei. More big upward moves this...
Ryder Dodd: State Athlete of Year
The school year for 2024-25 has begun in many places, but the final honor for the 2023-24 school year just had to wait until the final day of the Paris Olympics since we knew our winner for the Class of 2024 was still playing for the USA national men’s water polo team. The Americans, with […]
Boys BB All-State Nominees (Part 1)
CIF state championships are about to be decided so it is a perfect time to get the process going for the annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams for boys basketball. These honors have been done by us for well more than 40 years. These lists of honorees were first posted on March 2 and are the […]
