Top-ranked St. John Bosco turns to its running game to down No. 5 Long Beach Poly 33-21 to advance to its second consecutive CIF Southern Section Pac-5 title game. The Braves will face state No. 4 Corona Centennial next Saturday night in a rematch of last year’s SoCal Open Division regional bowl game.
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Week 12 State Rankings Updates
The CCS Open Division pairings creates changes in the north for the bowl games and focuses more on what could be a very close decision for Division II. The rest of the bowl game rankings stay status quo. Newcomers to the State 25, meanwhile, are Tesoro, Valley Christian of San Jose and Edison of Fresno.
Mr. Football State POY Tracker
As the regular season ends, there are two clearly out in front to be the 2014 Mr. Football State Player of the Year and we may get to see both of them on back-to-back nights at the CIF state bowl games. We write up 13 others considered in our top 15 and mention 15 more […]
No. 1 Bosco Tops No. 3 Mater Dei
Miscues proved costly for the state’s No. 3 ranked team as Santa Ana Mater Dei loses Trinity League showdown to Bellflower St. John Bosco, the state’s top-ranked club. Three big fumble recoveries by Bosco’s defense proves to be the difference.
No. 1 Bosco Goes Down in Vegas
Comeback bid for state No. 1 St. John Bosco of Bellflower comes up just short in 34-31 road loss to Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas. Gaels’ victory could mean there will be a new No. 1 team in the state next week, but importance of game won’t be known for weeks to come.
How big is Bosco vs. Bishop Gorman?
ESPN’s decision announced on Tuesday to move Friday’s game in Las Vegas from ESPNU to a more attractive slot on ESPN reflects the No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in some national rankings. How big the game is, however, depends just as much about what happens to the Braves afterward than it does about what […]
Preseason FB: 2014 All-State teams
All of the preseason all-region and section teams are reviewed to produce our 29th annual Cal-Hi Sports preseason all-state football team. Although two of these all-region teams have yet to be published (some programs don’t begin playing until September 5), we still wanted to release this year’s 90-man preseason all-state team before week zero gets […]
Preseason All-Long Beach/South Bay
The South Bay/Long Beach region is traditionally one of California’s most condensed for individual talent and this season is no different. Similar to last season, three programs (St. John Bosco, Long Beach Poly, Gardena Serra) figure to reign supreme as the vast region’s top teams and those three dominate this preseason honors squad with 13 […]
