In the strangest season in state history, it still reverts to some normalcy for the annual Mr. Football State Player of the Year honor. The winner is Mater Dei of Santa Ana defensive standout Raesjon Davis, who is the third Mr. Football honoree from the school in the last four years. With seniors from the […]
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NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
Over the first weeks of these rankings, we’ve tried to be fair since this spring season is an anomaly in more than one way. Not only did it start when it should have ended, the CIF relaxing its bylaws to allow for club and high school competition to go on simultaneously has caused many of...
Salute to Colt Brennan
Colt Brennan, the former Mater Dei (Santa Ana) quarterback who went on to a stellar career at the University of Hawaii, died at the age of 37 early on the morning of Tuesday, May 11. His father, Terry, made the announcement. Additional media reports indicated that Brennan died at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach. He […]
FINAL Five-Division State FB Ranks
Since there were games going on until last weekend in a couple of places in the state, the final look at state football for this spring according to our long-time format of divisions (honoring all teams from medium to small school levels) couldn’t be done until now. All final No. 1 teams were previously announced,...
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
Lack of action may be a factor in some of the Northern California squads not being real sharp yet as some have only played two games, and some still none, while teams in the CIF Southern, San Diego and Central Sections have played as many as 16 games. No. 1 Mater Dei was especially sharp...
NFL Draft Highlights (2021)
California ends two-year streak with just one selection in the first round of the NFL Draft as three former prep players are taken for 2021. The highest to go was Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland grad Alijah Vera-Tucker at No. 14 by the New York Jets. Two former Mr. Football State Players of the Year went […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Our first week of the NorCal/SoCal Basketball Players of the Week for this season is kicking off a full month after the season should be over and done with. It also marks the first time ever we are presenting players of the week in four different sports in the same week — baseball and softball, […]
Mater Dei State Football Team of Year
The strange, spring season concluded for the Monarchs with a win over St. John Bosco last Saturday as those two schools have now shared top honors in the state for five straight seasons. It’s Mater Dei, though, now on top for three of the last four. The Monarchs will likely continue their dominance for years […]
Girls BB: First Look State TOP 25
Trying to do a first state ranking with a huge portion of Northern California still not in action, with some still finalizing schedules is difficult to say the least. But we wanted to take a stab at it before two of the top teams in Northern California square off on Wednesday when Archbishop Mitty (San […]
Ms. BB Candidate: Bonkers for Brooke
This is one of two inside looks at the leading seniors from the Class of 2021 who would have to be the top senior contenders to be Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year. They will be teammates soon at Stanford, which will be playing in the Final Four on Friday in San Antonio. Go […]
