There are two new teams in this week’s breakdowns of the state’s top 50 teams, one of them that got in for beating a previously ranked team and the other going in based on previous that was on a bye last Friday. Teams that are showing with modest gains this week include St. Mary’s of...
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State Football Players of the Week
For this week’s six State Football Players of the Week we don’t have any entries to track for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, which is one of the goals of this feature, but we do have some exceptional talent that gets statewide recognition for their efforts to go along with local accolades, and that’s […]
Girls BB: More Digging For Diamonds
The second of our annual Girls of Summer basketball features from longtime analyst Harold Abend focuses on two events in Orange County. While it’s impossible to see great players in one place these days with so many events at the same time, one of those seen that had to get a mention for this feature...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
In a complete difference from the first 25, these next set of rankings are filled with newcomers (eight in all) and other teams making big upward moves. The highest incoming new teams are led by Murrieta Valley, Villa Park and San Juan Hills. All three have been featured before. We also have Sanger, Clovis and...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are four newcomers being called up this week, led by new No. 44 Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco. The other three are Vista Murrieta, Millikan of Long Beach and California of San Ramon. The two teams getting the strongest bumps are Damien of La Verne and Edison of Huntington Beach. Oaks Christian also moves...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This week’s biggest mover among this group of teams is Villa Park. The Spartans (undefeated and with a recent win over Upland) went from No. 47 to No. 38. There’s also strong gains for Murrieta Valley and St. Bonaventure of Ventura. This week’s newcomers are Upland and Los Gatos, both of which were in there...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This group is led by Madison of San Diego, which will look to come back from a tough loss to Oak Ridge with a game this week vs Helix. Big movers include Servite of Anaheim and Central Catholic of Modesto. Newcomers this week are topped by Palos Verdes of PV Estates plus McClymonds of Oakland....
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. And this week there were milestones galore, especially from just Tuesday night of this week when we had girls scoring 61 and 60 points in a game plus a freshman boy with 60. Last week on the same night we...
More Baseball State Players of the Year
It’s a smooth move upward for Junior Player of the Year Gavin Grahovac of Villa Park and Sophomore Player of the Year Bryce Rainer from Harvard-Westlake of Studio City as those two were the leaders last season for sophomores and freshmen. A junior also has been chosen as State Medium Schools Player of the Year, […]
