For the first time since 1986, a non-senior athlete in 2015 gained acclaim as the Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State Player of the Year. Antioch’s Najee Harris won out due to the season he had, local consensus over another top candidate and how great he looked up close against... Read more

There has been a Cal-Hi Sports all-state first team after every California high school football season since 1980. There also has been at least a second team added on since 1986. Here is an honor roll of the best players from Northern California starting from the first all-state team... Read more

Expanding on a list from a few days ago, this would be our picks of the top 20 all-time players from Major League Baseball who are from California high schools and who were standouts in football. Two current managers are included along with several Hall of Famers. FOR THE... Read more

This 12th and final one of these preseason all-area or all-section football teams covers the beautiful Redwood Empire portion of the CIF North Coast Section from Marin County all the way to the Oregon border. Yes, we know the season has begun, but only by a few days for... Read more

Stop No. 11 (with just one more to go) takes us to the San Jose area, Monterey Bay area and up the Peninsula to San Francisco. Serra of San Mateo leads the way with four first team selections and two on the second team followed by Valley Christian (San... Read more

Not surprisingly, De La Salle of Concord leads the way with four first team and four second team selections. They are not household names, but isn’t that the way it is every year for the Spartans? Pittsburg is close behind with Clayton Valley, Benicia and McClymonds next. Note: These... Read more

The 38th edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams continues with these players named from schools that were in CIF section or regional playoffs during the 2021 spring season that made them medium or small school in class. Apologies that most of the seniors are now in college,... Read more

The first 11 spots from the preseason have held up after the first weekend of games, but making a major move is new No. 20 Chaminade (West Hills). Other teams receiving two-spot bumps are San Clemente, Norco and Lincoln of San Diego. FOR FREE LOOK AT PRESEASON STATE TOP... Read more

The season is now underway in the CIF Southern Section, but we still have two more of these preseason honors teams to get out from the section and this is one of them. It is the sixth stop in our tour of the state with these preseason all-area honor... Read more

This is the 35th consecutive season that there has been a preseason all-state teams by Cal-Hi Sports. We honored the all-state juniors just a couple of months ago, but it’s not as easy as you might think because there were some all-state sophomores chosen as well and these teams... Read more

For the first time in its history, the San Fernando Valley private school has piled up enough championships and high national/state rankings in various sports to top all schools in California for the 2020-21 school year. It all started with an unbeaten football team and ended with a celebration... Read more

Our next stop in our tour of the state with these preseason all-area honors is for the CIF San Diego Section. Preseason state No. 5 Cathedral Catholic has four players on first team, but is surpassed by Lincoln (which has five). There also is strong representation from St. Augustine,... Read more