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Archbishop Mitty junior wing McKenna Woliczko, shown here in a 2023 state-final game loss to Etiwanda, led her team to a second straight Nike TOC championship last week, vaulting the Monarchs to the top of the California Girls Basketball Top 25 rankings this week. Woliczko, a preseason All-American, won the top division's MVP honor for a second straight season.
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California Top 25 girls high school basketball rankings (12-26-2024)

Mitch Stephens
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Archbishop Mitty junior wing McKenna Woliczko, shown here in a 2023 state-final game loss to Etiwanda, led her team to a second straight Nike TOC championship last week, vaulting the Monarchs to the top of the California Girls Basketball Top 25 rankings this week. Woliczko, a preseason All-American, won the top division's MVP honor for a second straight season.
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California Top 25 girls high school basketball rankings (12-26-2024)

Archbishop Mitty takes a first grasp of the top spot after a 25-point win over previous No. 1 Ontario Christian at the Nike TOC

Mitch Stephens
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Edison star players Jake Minter (left) and Julius Gillick speak on live television after the victory ceremony of the Chargers' 21-14 victory of Central in Saturday's CIF Division 1-A title game at Saddleback College.
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California high school championship team's sprint to the finish filled with blood, sweat and push from above

Edison heroes inspired by the life, death of own personal heroes lead to Edison's thrilling last-minute victory in CIF D1-A title game

Mitch Stephens
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Running back Derrick Blanche (right) of De La Salle attempts to elude Grant linebacker Jeremiah Tuiileila in an August game. Both teams reached the State Bow finals, one was picked to win by both CalPreps and SBLive, the other one was not.
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CalPreps, staff predictions for CIF California high school State Bowl Championships

CalPreps picks Northern California in all but three of the games, but one of South's wins is projected to win by 38 points — can you guess who?

Mitch Stephens
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From L-R, Ontario Christian sophomore Kaleena Smith and freshemen Sydney Douglas and Tati Griffin hold up hardware for earning All-Tournament honors at the Troy Classic. Griffin was tournament MVP.
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California Top 25 girls basketball rankings (12-10-2024)

Ontario Christian rattles off nine straight wins before anyone can catch their collective breath; No. 2 Marin Catholic wins La Jolla Country Day Sweet 16

Mitch Stephens
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St. John Bosco senior Elzie Harrington showed why he is one to watch for the Braves this upcoming 2024-25 season, by scoring 41 points in a win over St. Pius.
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Top 25 California high school boys basketball rankings (12/9/2024)

Big four St. John Bosco, Harvard-Westlake, Eastvale Roosevelt and Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks remain on top, NorCal squads Salesian, Riordan and De La Salle move up

Mitch Stephens
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De La Salle QB Toa Faavae jukes a couple defenders on his way to a 12-yard scamper in Friday's 42-14 win over San Ramon Valley.
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California CIF State high school football championship previews, storylines for each final

Can De La Salle hang with Mater Dei in the CIF State Open Division final? That's just one storyline ahead of this weekend's 15 state championship finals.

Tarek Fattal, Mitch Stephens
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Mater Dei routs St. John Bosco at Santa Ana Stadium on Friday, October 25, 2024.
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California high school football CIF State championship schedule - date, times, locations

The CIF State championships will be played on December 13-14 in three different locations.

Tarek Fattal
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Edison star running back Julius Gillick rushed 39 times for 240 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday's 34-28 win over Granite Hills in the CIF South Region Division 1-A championship. He and the Chargers advanced to Saturday's state 1-A championship to face Fresno Edison.
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CIF State Football regional championship scores, state championship matchups

Fresno Central, Huntington Beach to meet in the 1-AA championship after impressive regional titles; Twelve Bridges, Palos Verdes to tangle for 2-A state crown

Mitch Stephens
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BYU-bound RB Kingston Keanaaina, who signed at BYU on Wednesday, breaks free momentarily while leading Saint Francis to a 27-13 win at St. Ignatius in San Francisco on Oct. 18, 2024 Keanaaina's Lancers host Grant tonight at 7:30 p.m. in a CIF Division 2-AA NorCal Regional championship. St. Ignatius, the CCS Open champion, travels to Central of Fresno on Saturday.
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2024 California high school football playoffs: CIF Regional final scores

Check back for 29 scores througout the weekend to see which teams play for state championships

Mitch Stephens
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Amador Valley senior QB Tristan Tia in game versus cross-town rival Foothill Oct. 4, 2024. The Oregon State commit leads the Dons into their first regional when it travels to McClymonds-Oakland in the D3-AA game.
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CIF California State Bowl Northern California Championships pairings, brackets, predictions, analysis

North State championship bowl games will be decided between 14 contests Friday and Saturday, — here's how a computer and a human thinks they'll turn out

Mitch Stephens
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San Diego Lincoln will host Newbury Park in the CIF State SoCal regional bowl game on Friday night.
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Calpreps predictions for CIF State high school football SoCal regional bowl games

There are 13 SoCal regional bowl games set for Friday and Saturday that are unofficial semifinals for the CIF State championships next weekend.

Tarek Fattal
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Four Monte Vista of Danville football players signed their early letters of intent, from L-R: OL Zach Struempf (San Diego), RB Julian McMahan (Washington), coach Johnny Millard, TE Kellan Ford (Arizona) and QB Brayden Turner (Fresno State).
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Northern California's Top 8 Signing Day high school football headlines

From unlikely Alabama connections, to baby offers, to Seattle invasion to early regional bragging rights, the early NSD headlines were aplenty

Mitch Stephens
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St. Joseph-Santa Maria junior guard Julius Price started the 2024-25 season with quite a 3-game stretch in the Philippines with 78 points, 26 rebounds and 24 assists as the Knights scored triple digits in each victory with its top player.
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Top 25 California high school boys basketball rankings (12/2/2024)

After two weeks down South, No. 1 and 2 St. John Bosco, No. 2 Harvard-Westlake stay unbeaten, Up North Salesian, De La Salle start strong; In the middle, St. Joseph-Santa Maria wins three in Philippines, without Tounde Yessoufou

Mitch Stephens
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Pittsburg senior Marley Alcantara isn't just nimble on his feet, as shown in last year's CIF Northern California Division 1-AA 28-25 loss at Folsom, but he has a big, accurate arm which had led to a North Coast Section D1 championship. The two teams tangle again in the same game at Pittsburg on Friday
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CIF California State Bowl Championships brackets: Updated pairing, destinations, results and more

One championship matchup is decided, the 14 others will be decided by regional bowl championships

Mitch Stephens
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Mater Dei hopes to repeat as CIF State Open Division champions after defeating Serra last year. The Monarchs will play De La Salle in the 2024 game at Saddleback College Dec. 14 at 7 p.m.
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CIF State California Football high school championship pairings announced

As expected, De La Salle and Mater Dei will meet for the CIF Open Division title game on Dec. 14 at Saddleback College; List of all other regional games here

Mitch Stephens
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Members of the Pittsburg Pirates hold up the North Coast Section Division 1 hardware after a 35-28 win over San Ramon Valley Friday at Diablo Valley College. It was Pittsburg's fourth straight Division 1 title. The Pirates will now likely meet Folsom in the CIF State Division 1-AA Northern Region title game.
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CIF California Section-by-section football championship game score list

A total of 48 champions are crowned from up and down the Golden State, now awaits the CIF State Bowl Championships

Mitch Stephens
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Newbury Park's Shane Rosenthal (left) and Brady Smigiel celebrate after a play earlier this season. On Saturday, the two plus a handful of others made big plays, particularly Drew Cofield in a wild 31-28 win over Murrieta Valley in the CIF Southern Section D2 title game. It was the Panthers second CIF title and first since 1993.
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Top 10 CIF-California high school section final playoff games wrap; Other top games of week

Newbury Park wins wild, historic Southern Section D2 title game Saturday night, Folsom romps over Oak Ridge, Max Turner rushes for five touchdowns to lead Granite Hills to SDS crown

Mitch Stephens
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De La Salle incoming senior Alec Blair (33) is ranked California's No. 4 2025 recruit, according to 247Sports. He leads the Spartans in the NorCal Tipoff Classic at Dublin High on Saturday, Nov. 30. The Spartans play Derek Fisher's Crespi squad.
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17th NorCal Tip-off Classic gets 2024-25 boys basketball high school season off the hardwood

Nine games and 11 Division I college committed players featured in the event at Dublin High School

Mitch Stephens
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Lincoln tight end and linebacker Kevin Zhao hopes to bring the Mustangs their third Turkey Day/San Francisco Section championship when they face Balboa for a fifth straight year at Kezar Stadium on Thanksgiving.
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California (CIF) high school football Week 4 playoff scores, live updates (11/29/2024)

Live California high school football postseason scores from all sections brought to you by High School On SI, starting with a Turkey Day tradition in San Francisco

Mitch Stephens
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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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The Palos Verdes girls volleyball team after winning the CIF State Division 1 championship in a three-game sweep over Foothill at Santiago Canyon College
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Palos Verdes finishes, wins first CIF California high school girls volleyball title; Immanuel takes D5 crown

The Sea Kings wipe out two painful memories to take Division 1 crown at Santiago Canyon College, the first of six championship matches

Gordon Kass
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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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