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Archbishop Riordan offensive lineman Peter Langi
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Washington gets commitment from mammoth Riordan offensive lineman Peter Langi

Matt Solorio
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Archbishop Riordan offensive lineman Peter Langi
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Washington gets commitment from mammoth Riordan offensive lineman Peter Langi

The 6-foot-5, 330-pound guard honors his late father while picking the Huskies over 38 other offers

Matt Solorio
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Cathedral Catholic senior outside hitter Mae Kordas sends down one of her 18 kills in the Dons' three-game sweep over Mity in the CIF State Open Division Championship Nov. 23 at Santiago Canyon College
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CIF California girls volleyball high school championships: Cathedral Catholic wins second Open title in 3 years

San Ramon Valley, Central Valley Christian and South Pasadena also claim titles Saturday at Santiago Canyon College

Gordon Kass
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Los Gatos senior quarterback Scotty Brennan (14), shown here in a game versus Palo Alto earlier this month, Saturday threw for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns in the Wildcats' stirring 35-28 win at third-seed Riordan in a CCS Division 1 semifinal game.
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Son of Arizona coach Brent Brennan leads Los Gatos to surprising win over Riordan in NorCal football playoffs

Scotty Brennan throws 3 TD passes including go-ahead 18-yarder in final minute as the Wildcats beat the star-studded Crusaders in Central Coast Section D1 semifinal

Mitch Stephens
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Under rain-drenched conditions, Dominic Kelley rushed for 171 yards and the only touchdown for De La Salle in a 10-7 win over Pittsburg for the North Coast Section Open Division title Friday at Diablo Valley College.
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Top 10 California high football playoff games roundup: De La Salle, St. John Bosco survive, Mater Dei romps

Spartans win 32nd straight North Coast Section title — barely — with rain-soaked win over Pittsburg; Bosco to get another shot at Mater Dei after 20-17 win over Orange Lutheran

Mitch Stephens
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De La Salle's Dominic Kelley in the 2022 North Coast Section Open Division final, a 30-23 win over Pittsburg. The two teams tussle again for the 2024 crown Friday at Diablo Valley College.
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Top 10 California high school football playoff games this week; Analysis, breakdowns, predictions

Pittsburg primed to break De La Salle's 33-year NCS streak in Open final; Mater Dei, St. John Bosco big tests in Southern Section semis; San Diego, Central sections play for top-division titles

Mitch Stephens
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Jaxon Bell, a junior running back from Liberty-Brentwood, is one of 61 top performers this week after he rushed for 267 yards and three touchdowns in a North Coast Section playoff win.
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Best performances in California high school football (Nov. 14-16)

How good were the perfromances this week? Try a whopping 61 standouts as playoff action hits full throttle in California

Mitch Stephens
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Mitty senior Kacie Caolli (5) is one of seven seniors who lead the Monarchs after their on-going state record 21st regional title Tuesday in a three-game Northern California Open Division sweep over arch-rival Saint Francis. Mitty goes for their record 15th state crown Saturday against national powerhouse Cathedral Catholic of San Diego, which beat defending state Open champion Mater Dei in four games Tuesday. The state championships are at Santiago Canyon College in Orange.

CIF California 2024 girls volleyball playoff brackets: Regional final scores; State title matchups (11-20-2024)

Mitty (North) and Cathedral Catholic (South) make statements with decisive Open regional championship victories; 11 more regional champions crowned, now set for state finals in Orange

Mitch Stephens
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Ryder Lyons (left) and Lucas Hardeman celebrate by hoisting the state championship trophy at Saddleback College from the 2023 State Division 1-A title game. Saddleback has been secured for the fourth straight year to host tentative the top five divisions of the 15-game State Bowl Championships.
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CIF football championship venues are set: Saddleback College, Long Beach City College and Fullerton Stadium

Sites for the 15 State Bowl Games have been set for three different Southern California locales

Mitch Stephens
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Then sophomore guard Brandon McCoy of St. John Bosco (California) during the 39th annual Tournament of Champions against Edmond North (Oklahoma) at Great Southern Bank Arena on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.
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Top 25 California high school boys basketball preseason rankings (11/17/2024)

St. John Bosco, two-time defending Open champion Harvard-Westlake and Eastvale Roosvelt head the pack

Mitch Stephens
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BYU-bound RB Kingston Keanaaina breaks free momentarily while leading Saint Francis to a 27-13 win at St. Ignatius in San Francisco on Oct. 18, 2024; The two teams will meet again Nov. 22 for the CCS Open Division crown after first-round wins on Friday
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CIF Central Coast 2024 football playoff first-round scores, updated brackets, next round matchups (11-15-2024)

St. Ignatius, St. Francis will meet for Open Division championship after defeating Salinas, Valley Christian

Mitch Stephens
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Mission Viejo quarterback Luke Fahey (3) combined with Draiden Trudeau to throw for more than 250 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-7 win at Kapalama earlier this season. Mission Viejo travels to Corona Centennial in the state Game of the Week, a Southern Section Division I quarterfinal contest.
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Top 25 California high school football rankings (11/12/2024)

Second-ranked Mission Viejo travels to No. 6 Corona Centennial in a Southern Section Division I quarterfinal; Section playoffs begin in parts of Northern California

Mitch Stephens
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A tremendous dual threat, Amador Valley senior quarterback Tristan Ti'a heads into his regular-season ending game versus California-San Ramon with nearly 600 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns to go along with 2,627 passing yards. He outdid himself on Friday with 502 total yards and five touchdowns.
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Best performances in California high school football (Nov. 7-9)

Opening rounds of playoffs, regular-season finales prove more than productive for 28 top performers

Mitch Stephens
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Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) surged to No. 1 in the SBLive National High School Girls Volleyball rankings after winning the Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas in September. The Monarchs are the defending CIF State Open Division champions.
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CIF California State 2024 girls volleyball playoff brackets: Updated scores, matchups, game times (11-12-2024)

Defending state champions are Mater Dei (Open Division), Valley Christian (D1), Campbell Hall (D2), Ripon Christian (D3), Glendale (D4) and Crystal Springs Uplands (D5)

Mitch Stephens
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St. Ignatius senior tailback Jarious Hogan reaches out to get a first down in a 45-28 win over Sacred Heart Cathedral in the 101st meeting between the two teams. Hogan rushed for 265 yards and scored a West Catholic Athletic League record six touchdowns on Nov. 1, 2024. St. Ignatius is the top seed in the Open Division and hosts Salinas in a first-round game on Friday.
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CIF Central Coast 2024 football playoff brackets: Updated scores, matchups, game times (11-11-2024)

Top seeds are St. Ignatius (Open), Riordan (D1), Wilcox (D2), Carmel (D3), Piedmont Hills (D4) and South San Francisco (D5)

Mitch Stephens
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St. Ignatius senior RB Jarious Hogan rushed for 265 yards and five touchdowns and added a TD reception in a 45-28 win over Sacred Heart Cathedral at Kezar Stadium on Nov. 1.
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What will California RB Jarious Hogan do for an encore after record-breaking game at famed Kezar Stadium?

The St. Ignatius junior running back broke a West Catholic League record last week with 6 touchdowns in his team's rivalry game win at famed Kezar Stadium and now closes regular season against Archbishop Mitty

Mitch Stephens
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Mission Viejo hosts Santa Margarita on Saturday in a California high school football Southern Section showdown.
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Top 25 California high school football rankings (11/4/2024)

Section playoffs start in San Diego, Southern, LA City, Central and Sac-Joaquin this week

Mitch Stephens
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Riordan junior quarterback Mike Mitchell leads the handshake line after a stirring 27-21 home win over Serra on Nov. 2
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Eight is enough, Riordan ends Serra drought with 27-21 victory

Late first-half drive ignites second-half rally behind QB Mike Mitchell, RB Jeremiah Jones and stingy defense

Matt Solorio, Matt Solorio
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Riordan 2026 QB Michael Mitchell is a Vanderbilt commit who has thrown for nearly 6,000 yards and more than 60 touchdowns in his first 26 starts. Saturday he threw for three more touchdowns in a 27-21 win over Serra. This photo was from last year's 53-7 loss at Serra. | Photo: Eric Taylor
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Vanderbilt-bound Mike Mitchell helps Archbishop Riordan turn tables in emotional WCAL win over Serra

Three touchdown passes from Mitchell, big 4th-quarter TD run by Jeremiah Jones helps turnaround 46-point loss to Padres in 2023

Mitch Stephens
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Serra senior tight end Clay Hinsdale will be one of a couple dozen big bodies at Riordan Saturday when the two teams clash in a West Catholic Athletic League showdown between two highly-talented .500 teams.
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How Top 15 CIF Central Coast Section high school football fared; Roundup (11/1/2024)

Top-ranked Saint Francis rolls No. 6 Valley Christian; Jarious Hogan sets WCAL record with six TDs for St. Ignatius; Soquel shocks Salinas

Mitch Stephens
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SBLive Sports Athlete of the Week

Vote: Who should be the California High School Football Athlete of the Week (11/5/2024)?

Vote now to select SBLive Sports California High School Tackle Football Athlete of the Week for Oct. 17-19

Mitch Stephens
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Kayden Dixon-Wyatt scored Mater Dei's first of eight touchdowns in a 59-14 route of St. John Bosco at Santa Ana Stadium on Friday, October 25, 2024.
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Top 25 California high school football rankings (10/28/2024)

Mission Viejo moves into No. 2 spot after top-ranked Mater Dei's dominating win over St. John Bosco

Mitch Stephens
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The dynamic duo of Newbury Park's Shane Rosenthal (left) and QB Brady Smigiel exchange a celebration vs. Calabasas 10-10-2024 by Rene Morales
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Best performances in California high school football (Oct. 17-19)

A pair of prolific Newbury Park performers, QB Brady Smigiel and WR/DB Shane Rosenthal head up another impressive list of 26 nominees

Mitch Stephens
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Kingston Keanaaina (2) rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns in the second half lifting Saint Francis, the No. 4 team in the Central Coast Section according to the SBLive computer rankings, to a 27-13 win at St. Ignatius on Oct. 18, 2024.

California high school football computer rankings (10/22/2024)

High School on SI's custom rankings formula for every section of California high school football ahead of Week 9

Mitch Stephens
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Mater Dei linebacker Abduall Sanders Jr., then a junior, intercepts a pass against St. John Bosco in the 2023 CIF Southern Section Division 1 final at the LA Memorial Coliseum.
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Top 25 California high school football rankings (10/21/2024)

A monster schedule featuring 16 ranked teams squaring off precedes Friday's mammoth showdown between No. 2 St. John Bosco at No. 1 Mater Dei

Mitch Stephens
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Kingston Keanaaina (2) rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns in the second half lifting Saint Francis to a 27-13 win at St. Ignatius on Oct. 18, 2024.
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BYU-bound RB Kingston Keanaaina flips script for Saint Francis in 27-13 WCAL win at St. Ignatius

Held to minus-1 yards in first half, the school's career rushing leaders busts for 212 yards, three TDs in second half leading to a 27-0 run, big league win

Matt Solorio
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