The biggest changes since the last bowl boards are due to many of the section playoffs in Northern California being impacted by the Camp Fire in Butte County, including the CIF state finals all being pushed back one week. Of course, this is all a minor issue compared to the devastation to families from the...
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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
JSerra does indeed move up after suffering a loss since it was by just 35-28 to a St. John Bosco team that is No. 2 in these state rankings but is No. 1 in some national lists. Other moves completed included St. Francis of Mountain View up to No. 13, Narbonne of Harbor City up...
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 State 50 Football Ranks (1)
Does it really matter whether Mater Dei or St. John Bosco is No. 1 in the state to start the 2018 season? It’s very likely the two superpowers are going to play twice once again — first in the Trinity League and later in the CIF Southern Section Division I final — with the winner […]
Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team
Once again Narbonne of Harbor City is the overwhelming preseason favorite to win the second L.A. City Section Open Division title. Narbonne also is gunning for its fifth consecutive major division title and that is reflected in the amount of preseason all-section choices the Gauchos have. There are a whopping eight of them, while Open Division...
NSD Recap & Final 2018 Player Ranks
Since we just picked the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams and almost all of the top players in the Class of 2018 have now signed their letters of intent, it’s a perfect time to update our Hot 100 player rankings for graduating seniors. These are different than all-state because a player’s recruitment (or lack...
All-State FB 2017: 1st Team Offense
Presented by Blast Athletics, we are proud to present these 11 players plus a kicker and three of six multi-purpose players that have been selected to headline the 39th annual 2017 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Team. This is the elite group without school size or year in school limitations. For this year, we went with […]
Updated All-State FB Noms (Part 2)
These are the updated nominations lists from the CIF Central Section, CIF L.A. City Section & CIF San Diego Section we will be using for selection of the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. It’s still not too late for anyone to send in a nomination but the first teams are just days away...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
One of our honorees this week has already had a huge outing in a CIF section championship game. The other five hope to do the same this week after shining in various semifinals. It’s a group that hails from Redding, San Jose, Stockton, Lancaster, Moreno Valley and Harbor City.
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
There are upsets and then there’s the way that previously unbeaten and state No. 7 Upland lost to No. 23 Oaks Christian in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 semifinals. Would you believe on a 95-yard interception return TD with 9.8 seconds left? The historical CIFSS D1 semifinals, meanwhile, weren’t nearly as dramatic as No. […]
