It has been no secret that Marin Catholic (Kentfield), Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) and Rancho Cotate (Rohnert Park) have been the class of the Redwood Empire portion of the CIF North Coast Section for recent years. But even after a realignment that sees the NCS going to a seven division format plus an 8-man division,...
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Girls BB All-State Nominees Part 1
Like the boys several days ago, we are beginning the process toward selection of the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams in girls basketball with this first list of those honored as nominees. Some of the earliest selections include Cheryl Miller (Riverside Poly 1982), Violet Palmer (Compton 1982) and Lisa Leslie (Inglewood Morningside soph 1988). […]
State Rankings By CIF Divisions
We can’t do divisional state basketball rankings anymore during the regular season because there’s no way to know (thanks to competitive equity seeding) which divisions to place any of these teams. Now that brackets are out, though, we can apply our own rankings system to the teams in both the NorCal and SoCal playoffs and […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
For the first time in this honors’ program history, we’ve chosen two players from great games played on a Saturday who then had their teams play against each other on a Monday. That can only happen on MLK weekend. For the boys, we were more normal going with hair-raising scoring outputs from players representing regions […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
In the midst of senior quarterbacks like Jayden Daniels (Cajon), Trent Tompkins (Fresno Central) and Nathan Lamb (Tulare) continuing to add to their totals, junior QB Jackson Pavitt of Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) steals the show by going 24 of 25 for 382 yards in a playoff game. We also go over why Fontana Kaiser’s...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Four was a magic number for several teams that went up four positions in this week’s rankings, including Long Beach Poly, Monterey Trail of Elk Grove, Lawndale and Heritage of Menifee. There were two teams, however, that got seven-spot jumps — new No. 33 Wilcox of Santa Clara and new No. 43 Murrieta Valley of...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
One of the most inspirational NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week we’ve ever written up is this week’s NorCal choice for defense and to see why Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman’s Dino Kahaulelio inspires his teammates you’ll have to read on. We also have perhaps the first-ever player in the state who’s ever thrown for eight TDs […]
Preseason Redwood Empire FB Team
Because of competitive equity factors and the addition of schools from Napa County, it was more complicated choosing players from this region of the state, which is part of the CIF North Coast Section. Still, Marin Catholic (Kentfield) once again leads the way with seven first team selections. The Wildcats are followed by Rancho Cotate...
Girls BB: All-State 2nd, 3rd
Here’s where to go to check out all of the writeups for those who are second team overall and third team overall on the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. While we don’t agree that a team that didn’t win the CIF Open Division state title should be No. 1 in the nation, […]
