The former Fremont of Oakland boys basketball coach, who won more than 400 games with most of those wins in the glory days of the Oakland Athletic League in the 1960s and 1970s, died this week at age 99. He’ll always have a special place in the history of Cal-Hi Sports and this website for […]
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Salute to Rafer Johnson (1935-2020)
In the 40-plus years of following and covering California high school sports, we’ve met a lot of great people. The greatest athlete we’ve ever met so far (including late Uncle Nelson in that statement) would be Olympic legend Rafer Johnson, who died this week at age 86. There’s a good reason why the only two […]
All-Time Cal-Hi Sports Honor Squads
Cal-Hi Sports has been naming all-state teams in five sports since 1979 and is the most authentic source for California honor squads. We are nearly complete with publishing all the annual all-state teams and honor squads we’ve ever chosen dating back to the first one. We’ll continue to add details and previously published player write-ups to every […]
CIFSS honors for McIntosh, others
Noted historian Bruce McIntosh, currently living in Rio Vista but formerly of San Pedro for decades, will be among those honored Wednesday as one of the CIFSS Hall of Fame and Distinguished Service Award winners at a luncheon in Long Beach.
Football (All-Time Divisional State Teams of the Year)
Welcome to the online Cal-Hi Sports State Record Book & Almanac. These lists are for the final State Teams of the Year in football according to our traditional five-division format dating back to the 1920s. For final rankings from 2012 to 2014, separate links can be found HERE. For more on late Cal-Hi Sports record book...
It’s been 10 years….
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 10 years since we lost the founder of Cal-Hi Sports. In case anyone has forgotten, we’d like to remind everyone what Nelson Tennis did to chronicle the history of California high school athletics.
