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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

Tarek Fattal
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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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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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A tremendous dual threat, Amador Valley senior quarterback Tristan Ti'a is expected to sign his early signing papers to Oregon State. After leading his team to their first North Coast Section title, Ti'a is preparing for the CIF Northern Region 3-AA championship game against McClymonds on Friday. He's accounted for more than 4,200 yards and 45 touchdowns. He's recruitment has improved almost 100 spots.
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Where Top 20 California High School senior quarterbacks are expected to sign on early National Signing Day

Amador Valley dual threat Tristan Ti'a is biggest riser and is all set to sign at Oregon State, while top QB recruit Husan Longstreet remains firm on USC

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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St. Augustine (purple) went from 2023 State Regional Division 1-A finalist — shown here in 21-20 loss to eventual state champion St. Bonaventure — to an 0-10 regular season in 2024, only to win the San Diego Section D3 championship on Saturday.
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With help from son of Troy Polamalu, St. Augustine goes from 0-10 regular season to San Diego Section champion

Competitive equity model, computer rankings and Saints emerge big winners after Pai Polamula scores touchdown in Division 3 championship win over San Pasqual

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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Mater Dei 4-star linebacker Nasir Wyatt with a big hit on St. John Bosco freshman QB Koa Malau’ulu, during a surprising 59-14 lopsided victory over St. John Bosco at Santa Ana Stadium on Oct. 25. The teams rematch Friday for the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship, the seventh time they've met since 2016
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Top 10 CIF-California high school section final playoff games this week; Analysis, breakdowns, predictions

National No. 1 Mater Dei looks for repeat performance; St. John Bosco seeks revenge; Newbury Park-Murrieta Valley might require track shoes; Pittsburg-San Ramon Valley hints at instant classic

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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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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Cathedral Catholic junior opposite hitter Sophia Johnson has 253 kills in 107 sets play at a 42% kill rate. She's also registered 81 kills. The Dons are the top seed in Regional Open Division play and host defending champion Mater Dei in Tuesday's regional final, with the winner advancing to the state championships to face the winner of Mitty and Saint Francis.
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CIF California State 2024 girls volleyball playoff brackets: Regional semifinal scores; Final previews (11-18-2024)

Four of the state's top 12 teams converge in Open Division regional finals, including No. 1 and defending state champion Mater Dei vs. No. 5 and top seed Cathedral Catholic

Mitch Stephens
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Granite Hills, which hosts Torrey Pines Friday in D1 quarterfinal play, here prepared for Mission Hills in August / Photo: Steven Silva.
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CIF San Diego Section 2024 football playoff bracket, predictions, scores, updates (11-15-2024)

Results really get interesting this week, highlighted by Open Games Mission Hills at Lincoln and Cathedral Catholic at La Costa Canyon

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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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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San Marcos junior setter Kylie Browne setting a teammate in a match with Classical Academy on Aug. 16. The Knights travel to Cathedral Catholic in an Open Division semifinal on Tuesday.
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CIF San Diego 2024 girls volleyball playoff brackets: Updated scores, matchups, game times (11-5-2024)

Open Division play continues Tuesday when fifth-seed San Marcos travels to No. 1 Cathedral Catholic and No. 7 Francis Parker plays at No. 6 Torrey Pines

Mitch Stephens
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Lincoln senior WR Ty Olsen finished the regular season with 43 catches for 760 yards and 11 touchdowns helping the Hornets to the top seed in the CIF San Diego Section Open Division playoffs, which get underway Friday in most divisions. The Open Division begins on Nov. 15.
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CIF San Diego Section 2024 football playoff brackets: Updated scores, matchups, game times (11-4-2024)

Top seeds are Lincoln (Open), San Marcos (D1), University City (Division 2), Central (D3), Ramona (D4), Vista (D5), Calipatria (5-AA) and St. Joseph Academy (D6-eight man)

Mitch Stephens
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