Most of the teams in this first group of state rankings writeups didn’t play this past weekend, but some did and one of the biggest wins in school history was recorded by Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco. The Crusaders were not able to move up from No. 11 in the state, but there were some...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
A number of CIF Southern Section D2 and D3 playoff teams are included in this group of teams and some have been given nice bumps, including San Clemente, Yorba Linda and newcomer Bishop Amat. Two other newcomers to this week’s rankings are Clovis and Palos Verdes. TO SEE STATE TOP 50 TEAMS (1-25), CLICK HERE....
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
For the second straight week, we have a new team going into the top five, which this time is Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. The Trailblazers follow Mater Dei and St. John Bosco and then two teams playing each other on Friday — Mission Viejo and Folsom. There were other teams with bigger jumps than Sierra...
Preseason All-State Football Teams
This is the 42nd consecutive year of Cal-Hi Sports compiling a preseason all-state football team. We have first team, second team, and third team. Most of the players already have been written up within our annual tour of the state through preseason teams from CIF sections plus more than one from the Southern Section. Note: […]
Preseason State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
The questions about teams beyond the top two spots of Mater Dei and St. John Bosco will begin to get answered very quickly with big games coming up next week between No. 4 Mission Viejo and No. 5 Santa Margarita plus No. 6 Folsom hosting No. 13 Grant (Sacramento). There are other obvious top teams […]
Preseason All-Sac-Joaquin Sec Team
Folsom and Grant of Sacramento open up the 2025 season in two weeks against each other in a ESPN nationally televised matchup and both teams have several players written up on first team for their section with some others listed on second team. Others with more than one on first team are Rocklin, St. Mary’s...
Class of 27 FB: DBs At Top of Hot 100
It could be argued that the three players who would have been at the top of the state’s Class of 2027 to start the upcoming football season are three who reclassed to the Class of 2026. That doesn’t mean that the ones now near the top, led by Gardena Serra DB Duvay Williams, are not...
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List 2024
It’s been almost two weeks after the Super Bowl, but we are still not completely done with football. Here is a watch list of leading freshmen football players in the state from the 2024 season and so far this spring who are on track to be all-state sophomores next season. The State Freshman Player of...
Salute to Mike Alberghini
The Northern California and state football coaching great from Grant of Sacramento died this week at age 78. His influence was still obvious at Grant this last season when the Pacers won the CIF D2-AA state championship. There may not be a coach in state history who has experienced the highs and lows that former […]
All-State FB 2024: 1st Team Defense
For this side of the ball on the top, overall unit for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Team honors, it wound up being an alignment of four on defensive line, three linebackers and four defensive backs. Go inside this post for writeups of the 11 players on defense plus a punter and three […]
