After the Chino Hills boys basketball team from 2016 made history last week with a second and third player going among the top six in the NBA Draft, we decided to look up examples from the NFL and MLB for high school teams with the most pro players on the same teams. We believe the...
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Salute to Jim Bonds
Former Hart High of Newhall all-state football player & current St. Francis of La Canada head coach Jim Bonds lost his battle to cancer on Wednesday morning (Oct. 28). He was only 51 years old. According to media reports and Twitter, Bonds died in the early morning at UCLA Medical Center only hours after the […]
Top 15 State FB Coaching Changes
One of our tasks to complete before California football teams hopefully start practicing next month is to send out questionnaires to the head coach for many of the top large, medium and small school programs. It’s surprising when updating those email lists how many head coaches resign or retire. Here’s a list of those we […]
World Series: 2 Rays, 6 Dodgers & More
A late change to the Tampa Bay Rays’ roster gives them a second player from a California high school, which historically is a low total but not so much in recent years. There are a lot more from the Los Angeles Dodgers. We also have many more World Series facts & figures relating to California […]
1981, ’94, ’08 Season Replays (Week 5)
This is how the season looked after the fifth week during our week-by-week replay for three of the most exciting, unpredictable football seasons we’ve covered in our 40-plus years: 1981, 1994 and 2008. No. 1 teams remained Edison of Huntington Beach, Bishop Amat of La Puente and Long Beach Poly. The Jackrabbits had just won...
State Players on MLB Opening Rosters
Major League Baseball returns this week in stadiums around the country but without fans. Each team has announced its Opening Day rosters, which is a great point to salute all of those from California who will be part of it. Hart of Newhall has been the state leader with the most MLB alums the last […]
Senior Salutes No. 2 (Baseball/Softball)
As a consequence of the 2020 high school baseball and softball seasons being canceled after not even one-third of scheduled games were played in the state, we cannot produce all-state teams in those sports for 2020. We do not want to forget about those seniors from the Class of 2020, however, who were going to […]
World Series: Hart & Florida shine
While there is one California school with two players in this year’s historic World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians, it’s not a good year for the Golden State overall with the lowest total of alumni players since 1999. Florida and Texas both have more this time and Florida with 13 may have […]
MLB: How Great Is Hart’s Super Six?
In a year that began with four Hart High of Newhall grads already in the big leagues, the call-ups continued late in the season and by September there were six. That’s an incredible total, but it has been matched it looks like at least twice by the same L.A. school that also probably has more […]
Baseball Expanded State 20 Ranks
This is the expanded version for Gold Club members with breakdowns and writeups for each team plus dozens of teams on the bubble. If you can’t see this post, check out joining our Gold Club team today. For sign up info, CLICK HERE....
