Releasing these teams on the same day as first team overall can tend to lessen the attention that these players receive, but we do it so people know right away which ones came the closest to first team. Still, these second team players are great in their own right and we know it’s almost a...
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NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
There weren’t a lot of changes in this week’s rankings but with more showcases the next two weekends that involve ranked teams in Northern and Southern California that is likely to change. The top tier teams, however, have shown there’s quite a big drop-off to the teams in even the second tier so barring a...
NEW Girls Volleyball State Top 20
You could argue that there will be two separate No. 1 vs. No. 2 state showdowns on Saturday in the CIF San Diego Section Open Division and CIF Southern Section Division I championships. Officially, according to these rankings, it will be No. 1 Torrey Pines vs. No. 3 Cathedral Catholic in San Diego and No. […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Saturday score added. The highest ranked team to lose didn’t lose on Friday but in a Thursday night contest in Orange County that saw No. 5 JSerra fall to No. 16 Servite. Then on Friday the biggest winners included No. 13 Cathedral Catholic roaring back in the fourth quarter to beat its arch-rivals from St. […]
NEW Girls Volleyball State Top 20
California makes it 2-for-2 in winning top national tournaments by placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona. Marymount of Los Angeles won the championship final for the second straight year, but had a loss to Redondo in a big match heading into it. Mater Dei of Santa Ana was […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The major movers of the week include Bishop Amat of La Puente (from No. 35 to 15) and Servite of Anaheim (up six spots despite losing its game). We also have smaller bumps for Central of Fresno and Cathedral Catholic of San Diego. The top 10 from last week, though, all rolled so no changes...
State Coaching Wins Update
We had two separate coaches celebrated last Friday night in Oakdale and San Diego — Trent Merzon and Sean Doyle — who reached their 200th win, which is the total it takes to gain entry onto the all-time state list. We also are now including Campolindo of Moraga’s Kevin Macy with 200 career wins, but […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Preseason No. 3 De La Salle loses, but does so by 24-14 to a team that has been placed No. 1 in some national rankings. No. 2 St. John Bosco rolled on Saturday over one of top teams from East Coast. The other highest ranked team to lose was No. 10 Upland (on Thursday), so […]
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (1-15)
First four are the same four it’s been to start (and just about finish) the last few seasons. It’s just the order that might get juggled during the season between Mater Dei of Santa Ana, St. John Bosco of Bellflower, De La Salle of Concord and Centennial of Corona. Our preseason No. 5, Narbonne of […]