As Mater Dei and St. John Bosco head into the CIFSS D1 final in their expected 1-2 positions, De La Salle is now sitting at No. 3. How to handle what Oaks Christian did to previously unbeaten and previous No. 7 Upland also was another tough call this week. Two new teams, meanwhile, moving into...
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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
It’s a bonanza for new teams this week with six, led by new No. 40 St. Francis of Mountain View. The other five are Jesuit of Carmichael, Del Campo of Fair Oaks, Clovis West, Paramount and Torrey Pines. We also have huge rises this week for Cajon of San Bernardino (+11), Charter Oak of Covina...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Teams on the rise include Valley Christian of San Jose, which is up to No. 26 but has to play another fast-riser on Saturday in San Mateo, and Bishop Amat of La Puente, which is up to No. 34 after toppling previous No. 21 Serra of Gardena. Clovis West of Fresno also gets bumped up...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco cruise in Saturday night specials, but Mater Dei’s opponent more highly ranked. No. 4 De La Salle also plays on Saturday and dominated in desert by Las Vegas Bishop Gorman. On Friday, No. 5 Mission Viejo beat No. 6 Long Beach Poly in the biggest […]
Preseason All-San Fernando Valley
Statewide tour of each CIF section (SF & Oakland players to watch still to come) is complete with unveiling of preseason All-San Fernando Valley squad, which also includes the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley areas. We put two of the region’s very best athletes — Devon Williams of Antelope Valley and Matthew Tago of Quartz...
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (16-30)
This second group of elite teams leads off with Calabasas, which is continuing to build toward a CIF state title. We also had a hard time coming up with a team to start out highest in the CIF Central Coast Section, so we just stuck two of them in this group right next to each […]
All-State Softball: 2nd & 3rd Teams
The 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams selections for softball also includes 30 players named second team overall plus 30 more who are third team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on second team. The third team, however, is only for seniors and only for large schools. For...
MLB Draft: Top two are SoCal preps
It’s the first time two players from CIF Southern Section schools go 1-2 in the MLB Draft after Royce Lewis and Hunter Greene are selected in those positions during Monday’s MLB Draft. It’s not the first time it’s happened for California. Go inside to read about the 1980 and 2000 MLB Drafts and for a […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Three of this week’s choices — Jack Hinrichsen of Sacramento McClatchy (no-hitters), Dante Faicchio of Laguna Beach (doubles) and Ally Shipman of Valencia (home runs) — may be on their way to placing high in all-time state career record listings. The other, San Jose Archbishop Mitty sophomore Hannah Edwards, is on her way to playing […]
