There is a high total of eight new teams breaking into this elite group, led by new No. 37 Warren of Downey and new No. 41 Corona del Mar of Newport Beach. Major movers include Loyola of Los Angeles (No. 33 to No. 28), San Ramon Valley of Danville (No. 34 to No. 30) and...
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Prep Notes With A Twist
Honor Bowl needs to give the CIF Central Section a try…..NorCal Bowl Board for CIF already beginning to take shape and it really will after this weekend….Latest state record file update is for most points by a losing team….Plus, more of the top state stat stars. Note: This is a post for our Gold Club...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
We only dropped Orange Lutheran one spot for losing to No. 4 Corona Centennial in what was a tight game until midway in the fourth quarter. Centennial also may benefit later on in CIFSS D1 playoff seedings due to No. 1 Mater Dei now having a forfeit loss. The one team getting a strong boost...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are six new teams ranked this week among these next 25, including the Lawndale squad led by freshly committed (USC) running back Jordan Wilmore. One team we saw at the Honor Bowl, Archbishop Mitty of San Jose, also gets in. For fastest risers, watch out for new No. 27 Rancho Verde (up eight spots)...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Saturday games at the Honor Bowl in Mountain View sees impressive wins by No. 16 Serra of Gardena and No. 19 Liberty of Brentwood. On Friday, No. 1 Mater Dei shows national audience on ESPNU why not much has changed despite all of those gone from last season with a 42-0 road romp over national […]
Honor Bowl Hits Bay Area: A Primer
There will be five games on Friday and Saturday this weekend at St. Francis High in Mountain View that will represent the first weekend of this year’s two-weekend Honor Bowl. Next week, there will be three games at Cathedral Catholic in San Diego. So what’s the Honor Bowl all about? Since we went to many […]
Week 2 Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
This is the place to go for a quick glance at the top teams in California and for some immediate analysis. No. 2 Corona Centennial falls in a wild finish at the Honor Bowl on Saturday to IMG Academy of Florida while No. 19 Helix tops No. 10 Clayton Valley earlier in the day in […]
Bells beat Del Oro in last 33.7 seconds
Three lead changes in the last seven minutes shows just how close state No. 14 Bellarmine of San Jose and state No. 23 Del Oro of Loomis were to each other in a Friday night matchup. It was an improbable 34-31 win for Bellarmine and a second straight tough loss to a strong opponent for […]
NEW State Top 25 Football
How high to put newcomer Orange Lutheran was the question of the week, which we did at No. 19. This week’s other newcomer is Oaks Christian. Narbonne didn’t drop far due to its loss to Long Beach Poly, but Serra did after its loss to Centennial. Del Oro also stayed in the rankings after a...
Honor Bowl: Centennial Statement
Serra of Gardena can’t stop state powerhouse Corona Centennial in the final game of a doubleheader played Saturday at Oceanside’s John Carroll Stadium. The state No. 2 Huskies roll to a 52-13 win over Serra and make a statement about its chances of once again playing for Pac-5 and CIF Open Division titles. The earlier […]
