Can a lineman who primarily only plays on offense ever be named State Player of the Year? For the 2016 season, the answer is an emphatic YES. St. John Bosco’s senior leader off of its CIF Open Division state title team is indeed the Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State Player of the Year. It’s not […]
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FINAL, Expanded Top 50 (No. 1-20)
More reasons given for De La Salle staying fourth and St. Mary’s staying sixth. In other final moves, Helix flip-flops with Folsom at No. 11, Vista Murrieta and CIF state champ Madison both come up five spots and Calabasas ends up at No. 20. If you can’t see this post, it’s easy to become a...
St. John Bosco State Team of Year
It’s not the same as when there was no Open Division of the CIF state bowl games, but the Braves still officially get added to the list of all-time great teams in California that dates back more than 100 years.
Saturday Bowls: Bosco, then the rest
It’s a dominant showing for state No. 1 St. John Bosco of Bellflower, which wins its second CIF Open Division state title in four years with 56-33 win over two-time defending champion De La Salle of Concord. The nature of the win also displays the wide gap between SoCal’s top three teams this season — […]
CIFSS D1: Bosco Back in Business
In the latest state No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in the CIF Southern Section’s Major Division title game, No. 2 St. John Bosco wears down top-ranked Mater Dei of Santa Ana, 42-28, to win the section D1 title. It will be an easy call to pit current state No. 2 St. John Bosco vs. perennial […]
NEW State Top 25 FB Rankings
Bosco-Mater Dei week is finally here. The two nationally ranked powerhouses play Friday and as we’ve said a million times we’ve been waiting for it to perhaps finally move the Monarchs in front of the Braves. The major move in this week’s rankings was to find a newcomer at No. 25 and the one we...
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 […]
NEW State Top 25 Football
While candidate for Game of the Years has materialized for this weekend between Centennial and St. John Bosco, we’re focused as well on other positions for this week’s rankings. The biggest shakeups took place in San Diego where previously unbeaten Mission Hills was blasted by St. Augustine. That pushed both the Saints and Loyola of...
NEW State Top 25 Football
While we’re one week closer to probable blockbuster matchup between Corona Centennial and St. John Bosco, other showdowns start this week with unbeatens Foothill of Pleasanton and Antioch hooking up. Since the winner of that game likely plays No. 1 De La Salle after that, Antioch was jumped to No. 13 in this week’s rankings....
Week 7 State Rankings Updates
After previous No. 5 Alemany’s loss to Bishop Amat, putting all of the Mission League teams into some kind of order was very difficult but had to be done. One of this week’s newcomers, Milpitas, may be in the State 25 for the first time ever. In the CIF state bowl game rankings, meanwhile, all […]
