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NEW State Top 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

There were a bunch of showdowns last week, but the only change in the top 10 of this week’s rankings sees Cathedral Catholic grabbing the 10th spot. Sierra Canyon enjoys the biggest ascent, going to No. 18 after its triumph over previous No. 10 Grace Brethren. We also have both Pittsburg and Liberty of Brentwood...

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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard

Saturday score added. The highest ranked team to lose didn’t lose on Friday but in a Thursday night contest in Orange County that saw No. 5 JSerra fall to No. 16 Servite. Then on Friday the biggest winners included No. 13 Cathedral Catholic roaring back in the fourth quarter to beat its arch-rivals from St. […]

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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard

The shocker of Friday night was in San Diego County where Helix of La Mesa knocked off No. 5 Cathedral Catholic just one week after the Dons had edged No. 8 Corona Centennial. At Trinity League vs. USA event on Saturday, No. 1 Mater Dei topped St. Frances Academy of Maryland in a contrived No. […]

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State’s All-Time NFL Starting QBs (Updated)

There ended up being 12 quarterbacks from California high schools who started at least once in the NFL last season. We lost one to a horrific leg injury — La Mesa Helix grad Alex Smith of the Washington Redskins — and one of those who started last year has since retired. We don’t know why […]

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Preseason All-State Football Teams

Now that all of the 13 preseason all-section or all-area teams from around the state are complete, we’ve gone through all of them and have chosen preseason all-state teams. This is the 32nd year of doing at least one preseason all-state team. This time, we’ve done three. You’ll need a Gold Club membership to see […]

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Preseason San Diego Sec FB Team

Cathedral Catholic is the defending Open Division champion and probably should be regarded as the favorite to start 2019, but arch-rival St. Augustine actually has more players on this year’s preseason squad of honors candidates with four. Other schools with multiple players written up include Lincoln of San Diego and Mission Hills of San Marcos....

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State’s Top 25 NBA Player Rankings

After conclusion of the 2019 NBA playoffs, we present our picks of the top 25 players from California high schools. This list had to be revised quite a bit from the first time we did it after Kahwi Leonard of M.L. King (Riverside) led the Toronto Raptors to the NBA title. Kahwi of course also […]

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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)

The highest riser among this group of teams is Helix of La Mesa, which is living up to preseason acclaim in the playoffs after laying an egg in its last regular season game. The Highlanders jumped up this week to No. 38 from No. 50 after big win over Eastlake. Both Sierra Canyon and Grace...

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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...

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Preseason State 50 Football Ranks (2)

Jesuit of Carmichael and Liberty of Brentwood could have all-time best teams this season and highlight this group of squads that have been ranked from No. 16 to No. 34 in the state in the preseason. We also have our preseason No. 1 teams from the CIF San Diego Section and CIF Central Coast Section […]

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