Here’s our first look this season breaking down teams from around the state into medium and small divisions. The first No. 1 team slots go to Crean Lutheran of Irvine (medium) and Sonora (small). These will be weekly starting on Oct. 8 through the end of the regular season and then one week into the […]
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State Stat Stars & Record Updates
Thirteen of the 15 CIF state championship teams from last season have already lost this season, which means that St. Vincent de Paul of Petaluma and Sonora also are the two teams with the longest current win streaks. We also highlight a Central Section QB with seven TD passes in one game last week, eight...
Preseason Redwood Empire FB Team
Since the CIF North Coast Section (both East Bay & Redwood Empire portions) still haven’t played any games yet as this feature was being finalized, the preseason label still fits. We begin with an intro to the new head coach at Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa and then it’s a lineup of players led by...
More 2024-25 Grid-Hoopers We Loved
In addition to the first 15 all-state grid-hoop players, there were many others uncovered in our research that we found who embodied the best of grid-hoop success. Several of those mentioned in this honor roll helped their teams at Carmel, Arcata and St. Vincent de Paul win CIF state football titles. FOR THIS YEAR’S ALL-STATE...
FINAL All-State Softball Noms (NorCal)
The 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams are about to be selected. Before that happens, though, here is an updated list of nominees who had strong seasons this year from the CIF Central Coast, Central, North Coast, SF/Oakland, Northern and Sac-Joaquin Sections. Thanks to all who have contributed info from the first list. It’s...
FINAL All-State FB Nominees (NorCal)
The next step toward selection of the players for the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams is updated lists of nominees based on input received from the first lists. More info also has come in from other sources. These players are all from the CIF sections in Northern California (except the Central Section). The...
FINAL Medium/Small State FB Ranks
As earlier announced, Newbury Park and St. Vincent de Paul of Petaluma were named teams of the year for medium & small schools just after the CIF state finals. Now, we have expanded, final rankings for both breakdowns. Those moving up the most for medium at the end include Cardinal Newman, Beaumont, San Jacinto and...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Two new teams in this week’s medium schools top 15 are Soquel and Bonita of La Verne. Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa also gets a two-spot bump. For small schools, there are no changes at all with the top three still shown as Bradshaw Christian, Carmel and Sonora. Bradshaw had a big win over another...
Preseason NCS Redwood Empire Team
We stay inside the CIF North Coast Section for our next stop in our series of preseason all-section or all-area football teams from around California, going from the East Bay portion of the section to the Redwood Empire. We do the Redwood Empire separately since it is the home of associate editor Harold Abend as...
Friday CIF State Football Finals
Mission Viejo captures its second CIF state title with a 27-14 win over De La Salle in the D1-AA championship. It also shows the relative strength of the elite teams in the CIF Southern Section over the rest of the state. The SoCal teams also remained unbeaten at Saddleback College earlier in the night with […]
