CIF Open Division state championship also should match a newly devised CIF Southern Section champion – let’s call it D1A – against the No. 1 ranked section champ from the north. As the state’s top two teams for seven of the last eight years battle it out this weekend, go through this column and let […]
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All-State FB 2022: 1st Team Offense
These are the best of the best for the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. Go inside this post for writeups of the 11 players on offense plus a kicker and three of six multi-purpose players who have been selected First Team Overall. These players are being honored regardless of school size or year […]
Football State Team of the Year 2022
Here is the official updated list of the California high school football state teams of the year that goes back for more than 120 years. St. John Bosco of Bellflower puts its name on the list for the fourth time, and now we can say that the arms race between the Braves and Mater Dei […]
Preseason All-Long Beach/South Bay
In the carving up of the massive CIF Southern Section into different sections for this tour of the state through various preseason all-county, all-area and all-section football teams, this is the one that combines the Long Beach area and the South Bay. In other words, national powerhouse St. John Bosco’s region. Serra of Gardena and...
All-State Football 2021: Juniors
Following the release of our all-state sophomores last week, it’s time to announce those who are all-state juniors for the 2021 fall season. State Junior of the Year Makai Lemon and teammate QB Malachi Nelson of Los Alamitos were no doubt no-brainers for first team. Folsom is the only school that has two on first...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
This will be the last week with minimal changes among the state’s top teams as games against each other in section playoffs will really get going this week. For this week, the St. Francis (MV) win over Serra (San Mateo) has given one-spot upward moves for many teams. Inglewood & Corona del Mar, meanwhile, are...
State FB TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 2 Mater Dei gets four TD passes from its freshman QB in 34-17 win over No. 1 St. John Bosco on Saturday night. The highest-ranked team to lose on the weekend was No. 5 Mission Viejo, which fell to South Coast League rival San Clemente (No. 12). Sierra Canyon, Cathedral Catholic and Folsom also […]
