There’s a new member of the top five as Folsom is elevated after impressive 40-0 win over previously unbeaten Del Oro. Liberty of Brentwood and Central of Fresno also switch spots in the top 10. This group also has three newcomers moving up from 26-50, led by Rancho Verde of Moreno Valley plus Central Catholic...
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State Stat Stars of the Week
We didn’t have any QBs with eight TD passes this week, but we have two that threw for seven and another player who scored seven. We also have a state record-tying 99-yard TD run, a player with 408 yards rushing and six scores and another player who had 331 yards rushing on just 11 carries....
Wrapping Up The Preseason
Prior to the actual start of the CIF football season across the state on Aug. 18, we had done just about all of our preseason all-area, all-section teams. There were some regions of the CIF Southern Section that weren’t done in time and now to be fair to everyone here is one final preseason squad...
FB: State Record Updates (Part 2)
After completing state record updates for team winning streaks, losing streaks, team scoring and league win streaks, we’re jumping ahead to single season passing records for quarterbacks. We now have every reported QB in state history with 40 TD passes or more for one season and every reported QB in state history with 3,400 or […]
All-State Baseball Nominees (Part 2)
It’s time to start getting really serious about the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state baseball honors, which are now just a few days from the first teams being released. This list of nominees is once again grouped according to CIF sections, but has been updated from Part 1. We thank everyone who contributed information. It...
NEW State Top 50 Ranks (26-50)
Eight is great for both Bishop Amat of La Puente and Serra of San Mateo as both of those teams are given eight-spot bumps in this week’s rankings. There are some showdown games this week among this group of squads as well, highlighted by No. 28 Paraclete vs. No. 30 Sierra Canyon (two CIF state...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Teams on the rise include Valley Christian of San Jose, which is up to No. 26 but has to play another fast-riser on Saturday in San Mateo, and Bishop Amat of La Puente, which is up to No. 34 after toppling previous No. 21 Serra of Gardena. Clovis West of Fresno also gets bumped up...
Preseason All-San Gabriel Valley
Dual-threat quarterbacks weren’t hard to choose from in this region because with the multi-purpose category we simply picked all of them. From a team-leading standpoint, both Bishop Amat (La Puente) and Cathedral (Los Angeles) lead with three players selected. Where to put Cathedral in these preseason all-area teams from the CIF Southern Section is a...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
We are presenting these rankings after most of the major pre-Easter spring break tournaments are done, including the National Classic, Boras Classic for Northern California, the Mike Morrow Lions tourney in San Diego, the Fresno Easter Classic and even the IMG Classic in Florida. All of those created results of course that greatly impacted the...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
One of this week’s honorees, Gianna “Gigi” Mancha from Central of Fresno generates national headlines by striking out 21 batters (every out) in a seven-inning no-hitter against Clovis West. We have details in her writeup about where that ranks in state history. Our other selections this week are from La Puente, Cerritos and Santa Cruz.
