Santa Margarita completes dominant playoff run with big win vs De La Salle to win its first CIF Open Division state title on Saturday at Saddleback College. The Eagles (11-3) just got better and better and better in every playoff game. It also capped a day in which two other undefeated teams had their seasons […]
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CIF State FB Previews & Picks
We have more historical info in our archives than anyone so we have some tidbits on the teams in these games unmatched by anyone else. For the games played at Saddleback College, we have Santa Margarita, Cathedral Catholic, Central East, St. Mary’s of Stockton and Sonora as winners. It’s hard to pick a winner obviously […]
Weekend Regional FB Scoreboard (Saturday)
After a night of “AA” regional finals, the CIF regional finals were held on Saturday in the “A” divisions, led by NorCal 1-A champion Central East of Fresno and SoCal 1-A champion Pacifica of Oxnard. Both Sonora (14-0) and Rio Hondo Prep (15-0) also won in 2-A region finals as what we’d call legit small […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
With Santa Margarita, Folsom & Pittsburg all winning section titles, there were no changes in this week’s rankings down to No. 13 and No. 14, which are now owned by Cathedral Catholic and Los Alamitos. Pacifica of Oxnard also jumps seven spots this week with Serra of San Mateo going up by six but not...
State Football Players of the Week
This is one of those weeks where we cover all the bases. Not only have we uncovered some hidden talent that might only get local recognition, which is one of the goals of this feature, but we also have entries to track for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, and that’s the other purpose of […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
Cardinal Newman takes down previous No. 17 Grant of Sacramento and has to come in as a newcomer to this week’s rankings. Going by the who-beat-who scenarios also causes a lot of other changes with previous No. 50 Long Beach Poly beating Tustin and previous unranked Bishop Amat topping previous No. 36 Valencia. Pacifica of...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
In weeks in which we are not able to get out to a game, we will be offering a roundup of scores, highlights and previews of which teams are going to be making the biggest rankings moves for the coming week. Saturday winners now updated. For Friday Sept. 5, the SoCal/NorCal showdown between Mission Viejo […]
Preseason Ventura/San Fernando Valley
Our next to last stop on our tour of the state through preseason individual honor teams is for the San Fernando Valley/Ventura County area with a couple of players from Santa Barbara County included. This also wraps all five regions that we break it up for in the massive CIF Southern Section. Sierra Canyon continues...
FINAL State TOP 75 FB Ranks (26-75)
This group features the other two teams from Orange County’s Alpha League, Los Alamitos and San Clemente, plus we have some other CIF Southern Section squads getting final boosts as a result of Palos Verdes winning the CIF D2-A state title by a large margin vs previously unbeaten Twelve Bridges. The Sea Kings also go...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
For the first time in its young history (three years), Twelve Bridges of Lincoln cracks this group with a 13-0 record. The Raging Rhinos will be facing a Wilcox of Santa Clara squad on Saturday that also appears in these rankings. We also have moved up Narbonne of Harbor City prior to its matchup on...
