With the regional bowl games set for this weekend, we’re doing one more installment of these rankings to set up the final rankings that will be done after next week’s CIF state championships. It could be a perfect storm for the CIF D2-A state final if Sonora and Rio Hondo Prep are playing each other...
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State Football Players of the Week
This week it’s the final narrowing of the funnel, as traditionally it’s also the last week for the Cal-Hi Sports State Football Player of the Week honors with all of the CIF section championship games. We’re switching to basketball (boys & girls) next week. For our final week, not only did we uncover some hidden […]
State FB Roundup & Final Projections
Here is a one-stop place to find all of this weekend’s CIF section championship scores from across the state with some highlights from many of the games. It’s also where we’ve placed all of the teams the way we see them for this year’s regional bowl game matchups. The CIF section commissioners will meet on […]
Medium/Small School State FB Ranks
This will be the final installment of this feature until the final rankings are compiled in December. Next week, we’ll begin with three weeks of CIF state regional bowl game projections. Teams moving up this week are Bakersfield Christian, Charter Oak, Woodcreek, Cajon, La Habra and Capistrano Valley in medium plus Crespi of Encino, Shafter...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
One of the goals of this feature besides tracking potential entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book is to uncover hidden talent that might otherwise only get local recognition. However, with the field of teams pretty much halved last week with just a couple of exceptions, the narrowing funnel in the final weeks of […]
Prep Notes With A Twist
Here’s a quick look at teams to watch in the most important upcoming Easter-related softball and baseball tournaments, what a California team might have looked like in the World Baseball Classic and a check at whether there’s ever been a No. 1 and No. 2 pick in the NFL Draft from California high schools. We […]
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
With one Boras Classic in the north played, the other one in the south this week could have No. 1 Orange Lutheran and No. 2 Sierra Canyon playing each other in the second round. Buchanan of Clovis has moved up to third this week while San Marcos of the CIF San Diego Section has moved...
Baseball: Preseason State TOP 25
The first three teams have begun 1-0, but schools outside of the CIF Southern Section haven’t started yet for the 2022 season. Call these preseason or the first ones, but for our state rankings (that have been done every season for nearly 40 years) they will serve as a starting point. Harvard-Westlake, Orange Lutheran & […]
Big Mac: Jordan Brown’s All-American Journey
From Woodcreek of Roseville to Prolific Prep of Napa to America’s Most-Celebrated High School All-Star Game, Jordan Brown’s Stock Keeps Rising Story By STEVEN WILSON Jordan Brown’s meteoric rise to basketball notoriety took another leap in January when his name was included on the 2018 McDonald’s All-American roster for the renown All-Star contest March 28 […]
