Going by consensus of Scout, Rivals, ESPN and 24/7, it’s a tie between Antioch’s Najee Harris and Redlands East Valley’s Jaelen Phillips as to which would be the state’s top college prospect as freshmen heading into the 2017 season. We’ll break the tie since Najee was Mr. Football State Player of the Year as a...
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State Stat Stars of the Week
Two of our stat stars this week also are currently being considered for all-state basketball teams: Chase Watkins of Watsonville St. Francis and Brooke Panfili of Lafayette Acalanes. This week’s baseball honor roll also includes pitchers with ERAs of 0.25, 0.25 and 0.19, including one sophomore from Vista Murrieta who beat state’s No. 2-ranked team. […]
FINAL, Expanded Top 50 (No. 1-20)
More reasons given for De La Salle staying fourth and St. Mary’s staying sixth. In other final moves, Helix flip-flops with Folsom at No. 11, Vista Murrieta and CIF state champ Madison both come up five spots and Calabasas ends up at No. 20. If you can’t see this post, it’s easy to become a...
Week 12 Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
It’s not too surprising that two state-ranked teams – No. 9 Serra of Gardena and No. 21 Bishop Amat of La Puente – lost in the first round of the CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs due to the strength of the first 12 to 14 teams. But it was more of shocker that state No. […]
NEW State Top 25 FB Rankings
Despite losses to top nationally ranked opponents, there’s still not enough to drop either Corona Centennial or St. John Bosco behind Mater Dei for the top three positions in Southern California. De La Salle, on the other hand, has to drop behind Mater Dei after its one-point win over Servite. That’s why our new state...
State Athlete of Year: Michael Norman
It’s a close call between the all-time great Vista Murrieta track sprinter and all-time great basketball player Lonzo Ball of Chino Hills. Swimmer Grant Shoults of Santa Margarita also made a strong push. Waiting for Norman to place fifth in the U.S. Olympic trials in the 200 and to win an under-20 world title is […]
More State Boys Athletes of Year
Among others earning top state honors are Najee Harris of Antioch (juniors), U.S. Olympian Ben Hallock of Harvard-Westlake (Division III) and Andrew Daschbach of Sacred Heart Prep (Division IV). Alexander Mattison of San Bernardino also is third-ever State Three-Sport Athlete of the Year. Finally, what would a State Athlete of the Year package be without […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Point guard Jaelen Ragsdale takes over big game down the stretch with 21 points in the fourth quarter for Weston Ranch of Stockton and grabs this week’s NorCal honor for boys. The other boys winner also is a point guard while the two girls honorees are from Upper Lake and Murrieta. Note: For purposes of […]
NEW State Top 25 Football
While we’re one week closer to probable blockbuster matchup between Corona Centennial and St. John Bosco, other showdowns start this week with unbeatens Foothill of Pleasanton and Antioch hooking up. Since the winner of that game likely plays No. 1 De La Salle after that, Antioch was jumped to No. 13 in this week’s rankings....
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
One QB from Newport Beach ties a state record for going 23-for-23 in a single game while another from North Highlands (near Sacramento) makes the state record book for surpassing 4,000 yards of rushing and passing. Addional honorees are from Vacaville, San Francisco, Quartz Hill and Murrieta.
