Mater Dei and De La Salle will head into the CIF Open Division state final at No. 1 and No. 4 in the state. The big news this week among these teams is Newbury Park going from No. 15 up to No. 9. Unlike top seed Murrieta Valley in the CIFSS D2 playoffs, the Panthers...
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Freshman FB Players to Watch (Part 1)
Here’s a first list of those now on our radar screen as ninth graders we’ll likely be following for the next few years. This is not a Class of 2028 recruiting list and another one will be done after after the season and after the all-state teams are released. The third ever State Freshman Player...
What We Saw: De La Salle vs Pitt
The Pirates took a 7-3 lead into the fourth quarter, but came out on the short end of a 10-7 loss to De La Salle of Concord in Friday’s CIF North Coast Section Open Division championship. The Spartans (12-0) no doubt clinched the Northern California berth in the CIF Open Division state final to be […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Mission Viejo does indeed move to No. 2 in place of St. John Bosco after its big loss to No. 1 Mater Dei, although that isn’t going to match computer rankings that will be used for the CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs. De La Salle also joins top five for the first time this season,...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
There is just a flip-flop of the No. 4 and No. 5 teams this week between JSerra and Orange Lutheran, but the Trinity League still has five of the top six spots. And we asked St. John Bosco’s Jason Negro last Saturday how good he thought the league looks this season. The biggest mover of...
What We Saw: Pitt vs Riordan
Two teams chasing a higher level and clearly knowing which teams they’re going to have to likely beat to win a CIF section title met on Friday in Pittsburg. Both the host Pirates and visiting Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco displayed plenty of firepower but need a lot of improvement to meet their goals. A […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
After Santa Margarita’s big win over Corona Centennial, the Trinity League keeps reaching up for new levels of dominance and now has the No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 teams in the state. Orange County also now has No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6. Top-ranked...
Preseason All-State Football Teams
This is the 38th consecutive year of Cal-Hi Sports compiling a preseason all-state football team. We have first team, second team, and third team just missed. Note: There are no writeups for each player (like there will be for the official, end of season all-state first team) but all have writeups within this year’s various […]
Preseason NCS East Bay FB Team
Continuing to bounce around the state, our next stop in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams from around California is the East Bay portion of the CIF North Coast Section. This team also includes players from the very small CIF Oakland Section mixed in. Pittsburg and De La Salle both have the...
