For the first time since October of 2008, De La Salle of Concord is not No. 1 among teams from the S.F. Bay Area. After their loss to St. Francis of Mountain View, the Spartans also have dropped out of the first 10, and they also are playing a team this week that is ranked...
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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
As No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco were obliterating two more highly ranked teams from other states on Friday night, there was an earthquake in the Bay Area since No. 4 De La Salle of Concord was upset for the first time in 30 years by a Bay Area team (or […]
All-State Softball: First Team
It’s much later than usual after a season that was much later than usual, but it’s now time to salute these 30 elite California players after not being able to do the same for 2020. This 38th edition had many challenges, mainly working on it after the football season had begun, but at least it’s […]
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
Our third stop in our tour of the state with these preseason all-area honors is for the Orange County region of the CIF Southern Section. It is being presented on purpose right after the Long Beach-South Bay-San Gabriel Valley region since this is the one dominated by mythical national title contender Mater Dei of Santa...
Class of 23 FB: Preseason Hot 100
Here is our first deep dive into the top 100 ranked football recruits from California for the Class of 2023. These juniors have all played fewer games than any other previous classes due to the pandemic and only in the last few months have been able to get busy attending various showcase events plus 7-on-7s....
All-State FB 2020-21: First Team
Here are the absolute headliners for the 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. Go inside this post for writeups of the 11 players on offense plus a kicker, then 11 on defense plus a punter and then six multi-purpose players who have been selected First Team Overall. This is the group that is being […]
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Rankings
The result this week that caused the most changes actually just happened on Monday night as previous No. 5 Mater Dei Catholic lost to league rival Eastlake in the CIF San Diego Section. With playoffs about to start in the CIF Southern Section, the biggest question may be whether its D2 bracket is even stronger...
All-State FB 2020-21: Sophomores
The 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams may be as late as they can be, but they were always going to be done. This year’s series of teams begins with a look at the best of the best among sophomores. Mater Dei and St. John Bosco are represented by two players, but the school...
NEW State TOP 35 Softball Ranks
Huntington Beach gets a giant push and moves to No. 5 in this week’s rankings with just one loss (and that was by one run to No. 2 Norco). Being in the same league as No. 1 Los Alamitos doesn’t hurt, either. Villa Park and Westlake (Westlake Village) also still at No. 3 and No....
State Stat Stars of the Week
It’s another week with the best single-game totals from football, baseball and softball. We’ll be adding basketball (boys & girls) once football starts to wind down. Football’s best includes more from Kimball of Tracy’s 62-56 win over Patterson (this time focusing on Patterson’s running back) plus Malachi Nelson’s 13-for-13 passing for more than 300 yards...
