California High School Football Scores - Playoffs/Championships

California High School Football Scores
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Open Division Championship
De La Salle  48  Servite  8

Division II Championship
Folsom  48  Serra Gardena  20

Division III Championship
Escalon  30  Madison  14

California High School Football Scores
Friday, December 17, 2010

Division I Championship
Palo Alto  15  Centennial-Corona  13

Division IV Championship
The Bishop's School  40  Brookside Christian  14

2010 California High School Football Previews

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

Looks like I won't be making it to California for the start of the high school football season this year, but thought I'd post one of my favorite fields in the state.

I love Laguna Beach High School's Guyer Field football field because of its beautiful ocean view...not to mention I just love Laguna Beach.

Anyway, media across the state are beginning to put out 2010 team previews so I will be adding to the list as they come up.  All you have to do is click on the school name to be taken to the articles that pertain that specific team.

Enjoy!

2010 California High School Football Team Previews


Bradshaw Christian Pride
Cosumnnes Oaks Wolfpack
Davis Blue Devils
Sheldon Huskies

California Tries to Clear-up High School Football Championship Game Qualifications

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

I consider myself a fairly intelligent person,however, when it comes to the way California chooses its high school football championship game participants...let's just say, I'm confused, like most fans.

The only thing you can count on is, De La Salle WILL play for a title.  The Spartans are the only school to play on every championship weekend since the the state title games began in 2006.

Let's face it, without a true playoff system, it will always be "kind of" an arbitrary thing.

So with that in mind, the California Interscholastic Federation has changed its selection parameters for this year's game at the Home Depot Center in Carson.

Basically, the CIF has placed its 10 sections in three divisions based on competitive equity and enrollment.  A team must win their sectional championship, which has always been the case since the State Bowl Game structure was put in place in '06.

To give you an idea of what sections were placed where, please click here to read the CIF news release.

But the best summary I can give you is...once again...on December 12th this year, the Selection Committee will meet and determine the teams that will play for the titles the following week on December 17th and 18th.

California State Football Champions


Open Division
2009- De La Salle  28  Crenshaw  14
2008- Grant 25  Long Beach Poly  20

Division I
2009- Oceanside  24  Bellarmine Prep  19
2008- Corona Centennial  21  De La Salle  16
2007- De La Salle  37  Centennial Corona  31
2006- Canyon Country Canyon  27  De La Salle  13

Division II
2009- Servite  33  Rocklin  30
2008- San Diego Cathedral Catholic  37  Stockton St. Mary's  34
2007- Oceanside  28  Novato  14
2006- Orange Lutheran  42  Palo Alto  28

Division III
2009- Gardena Serra  24  Marin Catholic  20
2008- St. Bonaventure  28  Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman  6
2007- St. Bonaventure 35  Modesto Central Catholic  21
2006- Oaks Christian  27  Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman 20 (OT)

Small Schools Division
2009- Modesto Christian  44  San Diego Francis Parker  40
2008- San Juan Capistrano St. Margaret's  59  Hamilton City Hamilton Union  7

California Pre-Season High School Practice Begins August 16th

by Jeff Fisher

California High School Football Huddle

Welcome to our new look for the 2010 California high school football season!

With the first day of practice beginning August 16th, I wanted to take the time to thank all of my readers, who have made this blog successful over the past three years.  I have bigger-and-better things planned this year with more original content.

Also, don't forget to check-out High School Football America for great high school football stories from around the country.  If you have story ideas that I should know about, please feel free to email me.

Here's a look at important dates for the 2010 season...

First Practice - August 16th

Regular Season Begins - September 3rd

Championships - December 17th-18th @ Home Depot Center, Carson, CA

Jeff Fisher is Founder/Editor-in-Chief of High School Football America

Marina High School Names New Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

A little more than a month before the start of pre-season practice, Marina High has hired a new head football coach.

The Monterey County Herald is reporting that Terry Jones, a former head coach at Harbor, has been hired to take over the Mariners.

East Beats West in 605 All-Star Football Classic

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle


The 43rd annual 604 All-Star Football Classic saw the East stars battle back from a 12-0 deficit to beat the West all-stars 25-19 Saturday night at Cerritos College.

Andrew Campa of the Whittier Daily News reports that the game see-sawed back-and-forth after the initial lead by the West squad.

Former Los Gatos HS Football Coach Dies After 30 Year Battle with ALS

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

I have to admitted, there are days that I'm just so angry at the way things are going, that I just want to go hide and not return for several days!

Then I come across a story like the one of former Los Gatos head football coach Charlie Wedemeyer, who passed away Thursday after a 30-year battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease.

I guess I really don't have to say much more than enjoy the well written article by Mark Purdy of the Mercury News, who tells the story of a man, who certainly should make all of us realize how lucky we are ...and there should never be days to go and hide.

If you'd like to learn more about Charlie and his wife Lucy's story, go to Charlie Wedemeyer Family Outreach at www.cwfo.org.

Indio HS Elevates George Thomas to Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

Indio High School is hoping one its own can help turn around its football program.

The Desert Sun reports that Indio has hired George Thomas as its new head coach.  Thomas, who is in the school's Hall of Fame, has been been an assistant coach for the Rajahs for several years.

Pioneer High School Names New Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

Matt Bryson is the new head coach at Pioneer High.

The Daily Democrat reports that Bryson, who is an assistant baseball coach at the school, put his name in the hat, after school officials sent-out an email to see who was interested in extra-cirricular activites.

White Leaves Temple City High for Head Coaching Job at Buena Park

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

Buena Park's gain is Temple City's loss.

Anthony White has resigned after a 5-4-1 record in his only season at the helm. The Pasadena Star-News reports that White's job at Buena Park will be a tough one with the program winning just four games in the last four years.

Cathedral City Names New Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

Rich McClure is the new head football coach at Cathedral City High School.

The Desert Sun reports McClure moves to the Lions after a successful stint as offensive coordinator at San Jacinto.

California - 2010 National Signing Day

Lee Adams (Centennial) DL - Arizona St.
Sil Ajawara (Tesoro) OL - Arizona St.
Kevin Anderson (Lakewood) WR - Arizona St.
Necho Beard (Rancho Verde) WR - Nevada
Robbie Beyer (Oak Ridge) WR/K - San Diego
Brian Blechen (Moorpark) QB - Utah
DeVaunte Bolton (Granite Bay) RB - Portland St.
Carl Bradford (Norco) LB - Arizona St.
Aaron Bradley (Gahr) WR - Nevada
Aaron Brown (Roosevelt) DB - Nevada
Devontae Butler (Grant) RB - Washington St.
Victor Burnett (Culver City) LB - Washington
Breon Butler (Pittsburg) RB - North Dakota
Jesse Callier (Warren) RB - Washington
DiAndre Campbell (Oakland Tech) ATH - Washington
Tonio Celotto (Oregon) DT - Montana
Asante Cleveland (Christian Brothers) TE - Miami
Deontae Cooper (Citrus Hill) RB - Washington
Chris Comes (San Ramon) QB - North Dakota
Mike Criste (Mission Viejo) OL - Washington
Mitchell Crockom (Alhambra) WR - Idaho
Jackson Cummings (Rocklin) RB - Yale
Alden Darby (Milikan) CB - Arizona St.
Ryan Dimino (Del Campo) LB - UC Davis
Justin DiRe (La Costa Canyon) OL - Wyoming
Bryan Douglas (Narbonne) CB - Boise St.
Jamil Douglas (Cypress) OL - Arizona St.
Gregory Ducre (Crenshaw) CB - Washington
Quincy Enunwa (Rancho Verde) WR - Nebraska
Cody Fajardo (Servite) QB - Nevada
Evan Favors (Monterey Trail) DB - Nevada
Princeton Fuimaono (Long Beach Jordan) LB - Washington
Ekenna Anya-Gafu (Christian Brothers) DE - North Dakota
Matt Galas (Central Catholic) OL - Nevada
Cody Galea (Franklin) LB - San Diego St.
Charles Garrett (Dorsey) DB - Nevada
Taylor George (Redwood) DL - Nevada
Garret Gilliland (Orange Lutheran) LB - Washington
Jordan Hanson (Loyola) DL - Nevada
SEan Haynes (Bishop Alemany) WR - Montana
Brock Hekking (Vacaville) DL - Nevada
Austin Hill (Roosevelt) WR - Arizona
Josh Hines (Jesuit) DL - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Holden Huff (Rocklin) TE - Boise St.
Omar Jacobs (Skyline) DL - Maine
Ian Joseph (El Dorado) OL - UC Davis
Erik Kohler (Oaks Christian) OL - Washington
Darren Lee ( Lassen) LB - Boise St.
Lefi Letuligasenoa (Elk Grove) OL - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Deantre Lewis (Norco) RB - Arizona St.
Ben Loth (Crespi) OL - Iowa St.
Keelan Malone (Santa Monica) DL - Villanova
Sean McEvilly (Orange Lutheran) DL - Northwestern
Kyle Middlebrooks (Fountain Valley) DE - Arizona St.
Josh Mitchell (Eleanor Roosevelt) DB - Nebraska
Mike Mitchell (Crespi) OL - Nevada
Terrance Mitchell (Burbank) DB - Oregon
Nick Montana (Oaks Christian) QB - Washington
Austin Moore (Christian Brothers) WR/DB - San Diego
Eric Niederberger (Nevada Union) LB - Colorado St.
Dylan Orr (Christian Brothers) OL - Winona St.
Kyle Papendorf (Buchannon) DL - Nevada
Sean Parker (Narbonne) S - Washington
Dan Pettinato (Nevada Union) DE - Arizona
Eddie Plantaric (Del Campo) TE - Stanford
Avery Poates (Rancho Verde) OL - Nevada
Josh Polonio (Damien) OL - Villanova
Lucky Radley (Taft) RB - Utah
James Randall (Compton) S - Idaho
Chase Rettig (San Clemente) QB - Boston College
Pierce Richardson (Crespi) TE - Iowa St.
DeAndre Roberts (Sylmar) TE - Nevada
Kyle Salm (San Dimas) OL - Idaho
Jalen Saunders (Pleasant Grove) DB - Fresno St.
Kenneth Scott (Colony) WR - Utah
Tyler Shreve (Redlands East Valley) QB - Utah
Tyler Slavin (Roosevelt) OL - Arizona
Adonis Smith ( Junipero Serra) RB - Northwestern
Joseph Smith (Norco) DE - Utah
Kevin Smith (Centennial) WR - Washington
Devan Spann (Junipero Serra) CB - Arizona St.
Tyler Sulka (Notre Dame) OL - Arizona St.
Colin Tanigawa (Loyola) OL - Washington
Joita Te'i (El Camino) DL - Arizona St.
John Timu (Long Beach Jordan) ATH. - Washington
Calvin Tonga (Arlington) DL - Arizona St.
Sabastian Tretola (Cajon) OL - Nevada
Shawn Tucker (Laguna Hills) CB - Idaho
Taylor Tuliaupupu (Claremont) LB - Montana
Sione Tupouata (Fremont) ATH - Utah
Brock Vereen (Valencia) DB - Minnesota
Troy Ware (Vista) WR - Boise St.
Brent Williams (Taft) DE - Washington
Demetrius Williams (Inderdum) WR - Idaho
Damien Wiliams (Mira Mesa) ATH - Arizona St.
Jason Wilson (Del Campo) RB - Harvard

Aptos HS Names New Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

Aptos High has hired Randy Blankenship, a 25-year old high school football coaching veteran, as the school's new head football coach.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that Blankenship comes to Aptos with with an impressive resume that includes 202 career victories.

Jon Mack Returns to High School Football at Crespi

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

After several years in the college ranks at Ventura College, former St. Bonaventure head coach Jon Mack is the new coach at Encino Crespi.

The LA Times reports that Mack knows a lot about Crespi, having played and coached at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, which is Crespi's arch-rival.

 

Top California High School Football Coach Changes Schools

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

The only coach to lead two different teams to state bowl game victories has been hired as the new head football coach at Santa Margarita.

Harry Welch has a career record of 222-49-2. His CIF state bowl championships came at Canyon High and St. Margaret's. The OC Register's Steve Fryer takes a look at whether Welch will make an immediate impact at Santa Margarita in the Trinity League.