This is a milestone year for the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams in boys basketball since it marks the 40th one that we have done, beginning with the work of founder Nelson Tennis, continuing all these years with editor Mark Tennis and greatly enhanced in the last 15 years by associate editor Ronnie Flores. We now […]
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NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
Our new boys hoops rankings sees the top ranked team from the CIF San Diego Section go back into the rankings but we couldn’t quite yet get in the No. 1 team from the CIF Central Section. There are some other changes, the majority of which involves Trinity League teams. Speaking of the Trinity, what...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
A lot of the teams in this group naturally have fallen down from the first 25 and are done for the season with playoff losses. Still, there’s some on the rise, like new No. 28 Wilcox of Santa Clara and new No. 42 South Hills of West Covina. We also have three teams still going...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
With big game looming against IMG Academy of Florida at the Honor Bowl, Corona Centennial edges up to the No. 2 ranking this week with previous No. 2 St. John Bosco at No. 3. Major movers below the big three include St. Mary’s of Stockton (No. 15 to No. 11), Calabasas (No. 16 to No....
Preseason All-San Diego Sec FB Team
It’s been awhile since El Camino of Oceanside has been among the elite teams of the CIF San Diego Section, but this year could see the Wildcats in that class. They have three preseason all-section players, which is the same total as usual powerhouses like Helix of La Mesa, Mission Hills of San Marcos, Madison...
2016-17 All-State Grid Hoopers
To kick off our end-of-school year content of honoring the best multi-sport and overall athletes of the year, we begin with a look at the state’s best football-basketball combo athletes on our 31st annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. We have even more listed as Grid-Hoop athletes of distinction and some of these players are […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
After all the results from the various section championships around the state are analyzed, we have some movement in this week’s State Top 20, but are there any newcomers? The seeds don’t always match our rankings (which turned out quite well last week for us) and the dubious distinction of the most odd regional playoff...
CIF SoCal Bowl Board No. 3
New teams on the SoCal board this week are Santa Ana Mater Dei (now projected to play De La Salle in Open Division), St. Augustine of San Diego, Northview of Covina, Valley Christian of Cerritos, Leuzinger of Lawndale and Crawford of San Diego. We will run these simulations each week through the various section playoffs....
NEW State Top 25 FB Rankings
Mission Viejo and Narbonne are now in the No. 4 and No. 5 slots after Centennial, Bosco and Mater Dei. After its loss to Utah team, De La Salle falls to sixth. This week’s rankings also include newcomers JSerra and Rancho Cucamonga. JSerra’s rise also makes it five Trinity League teams in the top 20....
Preseason All-San Diego Sec FB Team
Last year’s CIF Division III-A state champs from Rancho Bernardo and a state title-winning school from the past, Madison, both place four on this year’s preseason squad. Arch-rivals St. Augustine and Cathedral Catholic both land three along with defending Open Division section champ Helix.