We begin with a look at a 121-game league losing streak on the boys side that was snapped last week in Livermore. We also have more details on the 25 steals for Westlake’s Olivia Elsokary in one game from before Christmas. This time we also have honor roll mentions for grid-hoop standouts like Luke Lemke...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There a lot of changes within this group for this week due to the various top teams already playing each other in the first round of the CIF Southern Section D2 and D3 playoffs. Big movers include Vista Murrieta of Murrieta (up eight spots), Bishop Amat of La Puente (up 11 spots) and Edison of...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
CIF section records often can be determined thanks to our Cal-Hi Sports all-time state record lists because of the insistence many years ago by our founder that these lists be kept with as many names as possible. We had to check them this week for L.A. City Section rushing yards (single game), Sac-Joaquin Section rushing...
All-State Football 2024: Sophomores
Welcome to the first selections for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. These are the longest running all-state teams in California by a wide margin. We start as always with a look at those getting first, second and third team honors among sophomores. Perennial powerhouse St. John Bosco had a very young team...
State Football Players of the Week
As the section playoffs narrow the funnel of those that can be selected, there are still some rather incredible performances from last weekend that deserve major props. One of them will be good enough to go into the state record all-time list for single-game rushing. All of them helped their teams collect playoff wins. The […]
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List 2023
One week after the Super Bowl and two weeks after the last of our annual all-state teams went out, we look to the future. Here is a watch list of leading freshmen football players in the state from the 2023 season who are on track to be all-state sophomores next season. Zach Benitez from Granite...
FINAL All-State FB Noms (NorCal)
Here is the third of three lists of players considered as final nominees for the various 2023 season all-state football teams. These are all from CIF Northern California sections (excluding Central Section). These lists have been updated from the first lists compiled from about one month ago. Thanks for all of the nominations and input....
Weekend Regional FB Scoreboard (Saturday)
It’s a second straight stunning loss for a top San Diego Section team, this time as St. Augustine falls on the final play to St. Bonaventure of Ventura in D1-A South final. Folsom beats Pitt in the NorCal game while Los Gatos and Central Valley Christian won in the 2-A games in completely different ways. […]
Preseason All-CCS Football Team
One of the things that always seems difficult in choosing a preseason team is finding offensive linemen, but in a bit of a twist from most years the Preseason CIF Central Coast Section has a load of them. In fact, as the old expression goes, “they’re coming out of our ears.” In another bit of...
FINAL All-State FB Noms (NorCal)
Here is the first of three updated lists of players considered as nominees for the various 2022 season all-state football teams. These are from Northern California CIF sections (not including Central Section). Thanks to everyone who sent in info about these players compared to the first list of nominees that we compiled. It’s not too...
