Our new boys hoops rankings are done at the usual time after a short week due to the Monday MLK holiday from the previous week. Despite that, there is plenty of movement, especially as a result of the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei of Santa Ana. Two new teams join the fray this week that...
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Bosco thunders past Mater Dei
There won’t be any disagreements at the top of every national ranking next week after St. John Bosco tops Mater Dei on Saturday night in one of those rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups. The Braves will now be favored to win the CIF Southern Section Division I title and CIF Open Division state […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Biggest changes for next week’s rankings won’t come from Trinity League openers, but more due to previous No. 19 Upland beating No. 8 Rancho Cucamonga in a Baseline League matchup. Two other big winners were Pittsburg and Oakdale. No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco also set up their first of two […]
Stat Stars, State Records & More
Starting this weekend just about every football team in the state will be playing league games for the next few weeks. It’s a good time therefore to rank the state’s top 10 best leagues (No. 1 is obvious) and go over some of the state’s longest current league winning streaks. Check this week’s column for...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
The top three teams all had byes while No. 4 Mission Viejo and No. 5 De La Salle had fairly easy outings. With the two crazy games on Thursday in Southern California won by No. 9 Chaminade and No. 10 Calabasas, the biggest game in the state on Friday was in Granite Bay where No. […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
Santa Margarita takes over No. 1 ranking from league rival Mater Dei but it could change again with both teams heading to the Nike Tournament of Champions this weekend in Arizona. Marymount also is hoping to make a splash in that event, but made one of a different kind on Tuesday night by getting upset […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Trinity League dominance gets more pronounced every week and this time the super league now has all six teams in the top 15. We have Orange Lutheran, Santa Margarita, JSerra and Servite at No. 12 through No. 15 but really any order may make sense. The other big move this week was jumping up CIF...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
The bunching of the four teams in the Trinity League behind Mater Dei and St. John Bosco continue in this part of this week’s State Top 50 with JSerra, Santa Margarita and Servite all now sitting at No. 29 or higher. Additional newcomers Granite Bay, Santiago of Corona, Newbury Park and Liberty of Bakersfield also...
CIFSS D1: Bosco Back in Business
In the latest state No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in the CIF Southern Section’s Major Division title game, No. 2 St. John Bosco wears down top-ranked Mater Dei of Santa Ana, 42-28, to win the section D1 title. It will be an easy call to pit current state No. 2 St. John Bosco vs. perennial […]
