René Ferrán has written about high school sports in the Pacific Northwest since 1993, with his work featured at the Idaho Press Tribune, Tri-City Herald, Seattle Times, Tacoma News Tribune, The Columbian and The Oregonian before he joined SBLive Sports in 2020.
Henley, Sandy and Estacada enter the rankings as the regular season concludes; Sheldon moves up seven spots, Willamette drops to No. 15 after Irish pull out last-minute victory
Woods Cross pulls big upset of Box Elder in first round of Utah 5A playoffs, while Stansbury (UT) sees 11-year streak of first-round victories come to an end
Top 12 remain unscathed as regular season winding down around the nation; Bixby (OK) falls 10 spots, while Mater Dei (CA) returns to rankings after beating rival St. John Bosco
North Medford, Triangle Lake celebrate getting into playoffs on backs of Week 9 victories, while Lebanon, Nyssa and Powers among teams that drop out due to bracketing rules
With the top Utah teams having the week off before the start of the playoffs, the rankings remained the same with the remaining states completing their regular seasons last week
Bishop McDevitt made a statement Saturday afternoon with its 51-14 romp over Harrisburg, and it’s reflected in this week’s Pennsylvania High School Football Top 25 State Rankings.