There is only one newcomer to the Top 30 this week and that is a St. Joseph of Lakewood team that has high marks in the CIF Southern Section point system-based rankings. The biggest news also came from the CIFSS where the word is that there could be a ‘flex’ in CIF state berths which...
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All-State FB 2025: Medium Schools
The 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams now adds the top selections from schools that were deemed medium schools from the 2025 season. Among the schools that have landed more than one player on first or second team are Bakersfield Christian, Ventura, Downey, Tustin, Oak Hills of Hesperia, Barstow and McClymonds of Oakland. It […]
State Basketball Players of the Week
We don’t have any entries this week for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book to track, which is one of the goals of this feature, but the other goal of the feature, to find diamonds in the rough and hidden talent for statewide honors to go with local recognition, was very much accomplished. For this […]
State Football Players of the Week
This week it’s the final narrowing of the funnel, as traditionally it’s also the last week for the Cal-Hi Sports State Football Player of the Week honors with all of the CIF section championship games. We’re switching to basketball (boys & girls) next week. For our final week, not only did we uncover some hidden […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
It’s time for our annual check on who will be the regular season leaders in the state for passing yards, pass TDs, rushing yards, scoring, receiving yards, receiving TDs & receptions. We think most will stay there with one week of regular season games still to go in some places in the state. We also...
More State Girls Athletes of Year
To go with overall honoree Teagan O’Dell, we have others selected as the best among girls athletes for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the 2024-25 school year. Last year’s top honoree, Ventura’s Sadie Engelhardt, is picked again, this time for D2. We also have a flag […]
FINAL Girls BB All-State Noms
Since these lists are done section-by-section, they also can serve as all-section teams by some measure. They have all been updated from a first list that was completed last month and will be used toward selection of this year’s All-State Girls Basketball Teams (which like the boys also has been done for 45 years). Thanks...
FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 Rankings
We can’t argue with the fact that our rankings are not totally in line with some state and national rankings. However, the one thing we have in our favor is in traversing up and down the state in the past five months, and covering dozens of teams and games, we have personally seen the first...
Sadie Engelhardt: State Athlete of Year
Still with a year to go at Ventura High, she’s become a state and national sensation with her record-breaking running in cross country and track. Engelhardt now becomes only the fourth highest honored girls athlete in California from Ventura County in 100 years. The last one just won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Despite the fact that the regular season has ended in almost every section and the funnel has narrowed to almost only teams in the playoffs with a few exceptions, we still had some amazing performances to honor that usually would only get local recognition. With everyone in Tuesday playoff games, we also have to get […]
