South Hills falls in a mid-week game to league rival Bonita of La Verne, which causes a lot of changes in this week’s rankings, including Huntington Beach going to No. 2 with Rancho Bernardo up to No. 4. With Chaminade and Harvard-Westlake set to battle next week, we also gave the Eagles a major boost...
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NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
We finally have a week where there is a big shakeup in our boys basketball rankings following memorable CIFSS Open Division semifinal games. We have a new No. 1 team — and its actually the team we had in that position to begin the season back in early November. Read on to see the new...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
There’s two newcomers to the rankings and some movement this week, as we start eyeing potential post-season scenarios, especially in the rugged CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. The No. 1 team in the Central Section moves in but its coach is no stranger to winning or our state rankings, while the other new team...
CIF NorCal Bowl Board No. 6
The fun part of these boards that it’s possible to run them in different combinations to see how they shape up. This week, we went back to using Bellarmine of San Jose as one of the projected three CCS Open Division champions. Next week, maybe we’ll put Sanger in the south and Bakersfield Christian in...
NEW State Top 25 FB Rankings
Newcomers St. Augustine of San Diego and Bellarmine of San Jose just had to move up but for different reasons. Losing in the Honor Bowl also didn’t completely disqualify previous No. 9 Oaks Christian and previous No. 10 Clayton Valley. And go inside to see why Mater Dei may have to stay behind St. John...
Preseason All-CCS Football Team
St. Francis of Mountain View leads the way with two on offense and two on defense. No other school landed more than two, but West Catholic Athletic League rivals Bellarmine, Serra and Valley Christian have a lot of players that easily could have been first team that weren’t picked as high.
State FB Record Updates (Part 2)
California’s top two winningest all-time teams, Bakersfield and Long Beach Poly, are no longer on the list of the state’s best for the current decade and will be looking to bounce back in 2016. Bakersfield’s record for winning the most CIF state titles (set in the 1920s) also has been tied and could be surpassed...
MLB Draft: 1st Round Recap
Three of the four first-round picks in this year’s MLB Draft from California high schools are finalists for Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year. The only one who isn’t happens to be from the same league as one of the others.
NEW Baseball State Top 20
One week after Davis had to jump from unranked to No. 7 after winning the NorCal portion of the Boras Classic, it’s Mira Costa’s turn to go from unranked to No. 5 after winning the SoCal portion of the same tournament. The Mustangs, however, still can’t be ranked higher than a team from their same...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Lights, camera, action for son of major Hollywood director who pitches a no-hitter in one of the toughest leagues in the nation. This week’s three other honorees are from Escondido, San Jose and Palo Cedro. Folsom football fans also will recall with painful memories what our baseball player of the week can do on the […]
