Word has it that Greg Clink is Going after the Athletic Directors job at Chico State.
This means if he gets it, they will be in for a quick change as to a new Coach.
Good for him, but a real change up as to who would take the new spot.

Here's wishing you great hoops

The Royals swept the Orioles in the Wild Card Series with a trio of NorCal pitchers closing out the games:

Sam Long (Del Campo): 1.2 IP, OR, 1K
Kris Bubic (Mitty): 1.2 IP, OR
Lucas Erceg (Westmont): 2.1IP, OR, 3K

Taking a look at the 2026 class heading into the season

1. Ryder Lyons QB Folsom
2 Tommy Tofi OL Riordan
3. Jameson Powell WR Folsom
4. Jaden Jefferson DB De La Salle
5. Michael Mitchell Jr. QB Riordan

Full Rankings - https://norcalpreps.rivals.com/news/player-rankings-football-2026-top-25

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1. De La Salle (5-0)

Jaden Jefferson had a 45 yard touchdown run and had a 99 yard kick return at the end of the first half to give the Spartans some momentum in a 35-14 win over El Cerrito. Quarterback Toa Faavae had two rushing touchdowns and Dominic Kelley also had a rushing score in the win. The Spartans are off this week before their trip to England.

2. Folsom (4-1)

Folsom had an unexpected off week after Davis forfeited its matchup with the Bulldogs. Folsom, which still hosted homecoming festivities during the week, will travel up the hill to Oak Ridge after the Trojans knocked off Granite Bay.

3. Pittsburg (3-1)

The Pirates were off this past week following its trip to Southern California to take on St. John Bosco. They have another challenge set for Friday as they host Los Gatos in a matchup of Top 10 teams. Pittsburg has scored at least 41 points in each win this season.

4. San Ramon Valley (5-0)

In a 48-0 win over Hayward, Rhett Thompson went 8-for-15 for 252 yards and three touchdowns with Owen Scott accounting for a team best 121 receiving yards. Kaleb Pleis had two sacks and a fumble recovery and Kayvon Foreman had an interception. In the final non-league game, San Ramon Valley will travel to Granada.

5. St. Ignatius (3-1)

The Wildcats have won three in a row after coming back from a 13 point fourth quarter deficit to beat Serra 21-20. Jarious Hogan had 119 rushing yards and had two receiving scores for the Wildcats. Chase Wiley had two interceptions for the Wildcats, which forced three turnovers in the win. They will host Riordan on Friday with a win giving them an early edge in the league race.

6. Serra (1-3)

Serra led St. Ignatius 20-7 in the second half, but lost 21-20 for its first WCAL loss since the 2021 season. Malakai Taufoou had an interception return for a score and Jonah Alapati and Chris Yoon had rushing touchdowns in the loss. The Padres will host Sacred Heart Cathedral on Saturday with road games upcoming against St. Francis and Riordan.

7. Rocklin (4-1)

Rafi Merino rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns and Derek Keeley had 141 rushing yards and two scores in a 52-14 win over Jesuit. Reeve Slone found Mikey Cunningham for a score and Alex Dunham had a team high 13 tackles. The Thunder play Whitney this week in the Quarry Bowl.

8. St. Francis-Mountain View (3-1)

Kingston Keanaaina returned two punts for touchdowns and Aaron Knapp found Grant Righellis and Perrion Williams for touchdowns in a 48-7 win over Bellarmine. In their three wins, the Lancers haven’t given up more than 14 points. This week, St. Francis will travel to Mitty.

9. Los Gatos (4-0)

The Wildcats were off this week ahead of this week’s big matchup against Pittsburg. It is the first of three straight road games with Menlo-Atherton and Sacred Heart Prep to follow. Los Gatos is giving up 10 points per game.

10. Grant (3-3)

The Pacers have played a difficult schedule and it continued last week in a 49-19 loss to Lincoln-San Diego. Koby Shabazz had 94 yards and a touchdown catch, but the Pacers couldn’t overcome five turnovers. Jeremiah Tuiileila and Malachi Simonton each had two sacks in the loss. Next up is Kennedy-Sacramento.

11. St. Mary’s-Stockton (3-2)

Jaden Galvan connected with Kenneth Moore III for two touchdowns and Diego Hernandez rushed for two touchdowns in a 56-21 win over Bishop Amat. Osani Gayles ran for a touchdown, returned an interception for a score and scored on a kickoff return. The Rams host Lodi this week.

12. Riordan (2-2)

In a 63-34 win over Sacred Heart Cathedral, Michael Mitchell Jr. passed for 276 yards and three touchdowns and running backs Jeremiah Jones and Adonyae Brown each rushed for more than 100 yards and three touchdowns. The defense also registered seven sacks. They travel to St. Ignatius this week as it looks to get back into the Top 10.

13. Soquel (2-2)

Soquel is coming off a bye for this week’s game against Palma. The Knights are averaging around 300 yards per game and have allowed 10 points per game. Their losses have come to Top 10 teams Los Gatos and San Ramon Valley.

14. McClymonds (1-3)

The Warriors were off this week after a difficult schedule to start the season with losses to Riordan, St. Francis and San Ramon Valley. This week, they will take on Berean Christian.

15. Cardinal Newman (5-0)

The Cardinals beat Pleasant Valley 37-10 to complete an undefeated non-league schedule. Tino Retamoza threw a touchdown pass to Zion Cargill and the team ran for more than 200 yards. Jimmy McKenzie had two sacks as part of a five sack effort. They are off this week before traveling to Windsor on October 11.

16. El Cerrito (4-1)

Quarterback Jonathan Craft and running back Joezon Broussard, who had a team high 92 rushing yards, each had a rushing touchdown in a 35-14 loss to De La Salle. Gary Youngblood had an interception on defense. The Gauchos, which have posted two shutouts this year, is off this week before playing St. Mary’s-Berkeley on October 12.

17. Downey (5-0)

Downey was off this week and will start league action this week against Pitman. The Knights have scored at least 34 points in each game this season.

18. Marin Catholic (3-2)

After a rough start, Marin Catholic has won three in a row after beating Edison-Stockton 17-7. Edison had run for more than 100 yards in each game, but Marin Catholic held them to 21 yards. Marin Catholic also has an earlier win over Manteca to help jump into the rankings. The Wildcats are off until October 10 when they travel to San Marin.

19. Manteca (4-1)

After years of heartbreak against Central Catholic, Manteca was able to beat the Raiders 31-14 to move into the Top 20. Maava Tialavea ran for 153 yards and a touchdown as the Buffaloes turned to other runners with an injury to Nikko Juarez, according to the Manteca Bulletin. This week, Manteca will head across town to Sierra.

20. Oak Ridge (2-3)

The Trojans are back in the rankings after beating Granite Bay 30-17 to move to 2-0 in the SFL. Jasen Womack had two touchdown runs and a touchdown catch and added an interception on defense. Oak Ridge will host Folsom this week after having close calls with the Bulldogs in recent years.

six pack?

Bay Area Basketball Coaches Association is proud to announce that it is hosting its 2nd Annual Coaches Clinic in partnership with CCSF on October 5th at CCSF. We have a great line-up of coaches presenting including new Fresno State Head Coach Vance Walberg and Sue Phillips of Mitty and USA Basketball. Other presenters include: Vince Inglima of SF State, Bryan Rooney of CSU East Bay and Justin Labaugh of CCSF. All Coaches from all levels are welcome. We are hosting to serve the community and only ask for a voluntary contribution to cover the cost of lunch.

Note BABCA will be hosting GirlsCaliLive25 in June again so we would like to get more High School Girls coaches involved in our organization

BABCA & CCSF BASKETBALL
PRESENT THE 2024 FALL COACHES’ CLINIC




Saturday, October 5, 2024
City College of San Francisco Gym
50 Frida Kahlo Way
San Francisco, CA
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Featuring:

Vance Walberg Fresno State
Sue Phillips Archbishop Mitty and USA Basketball
Vince Inglima S.F. State
Bryan Rooney CSU East Bay
Justin Labaugh C.C.S.F.

Topics to be announced

Doors Open 8:00 for fellowship with coffee and donuts
Starting at 9:00 Each speaker will present for one hour (9:00; 10:30; 11:30; 1:00; 2:00)
Lunch at 12:30

BABCA requests a $25 contribution to cover costs and a BABCA membership

BABCA was founded in 2021 as a part of the “Let Them Play California'' movement to advocate for a return to high school sports.

COST: Your $25 voluntary contribution will help us defray the costs of this Clinic and give you a one-year membership for October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025.
Payments can be made to: (Venmo @Randy-Bessolo; checks payable to BABCA, 50 San Rafael Way, San Francisco 94127). Visit BABCA.org

CONTACT: Chris Lavdiotis; 510 610 3430; Randy Bessolo 415 418 4568; Justin Labaugh 415 577 7019
RSVP coachlavdiotis@aol.com Walk-ins welcome!

Bay Area Basketball Coaches Association is proud to announce that it is hosting its 2nd Annual Coaches Clinic in partnership with CCSF on October 5th at CCSF. We have a great line-up of coaches presenting including new Fresno State Head Coach Vance Walberg. Other presenters include: Sue Phillips of Mitty, Vince Inglima of SF State, Bryan Rooney of CSU East Bay and Justin Labaugh of CCSF. All Coaches from all levels are welcome. We are hosting to serve the community and only ask for a voluntary contribution to cover the cost of lunch.

BABCA & CCSF BASKETBALL
PRESENT THE 2024 FALL COACHES’ CLINIC


Saturday, October 5, 2024
City College of San Francisco Gym
50 Frida Kahlo Way
San Francisco, CA
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Featuring:

Vance Walberg Fresno State
Sue Phillips Archbishop Mitty and USA Basketball
Vince Inglima S.F. State
Bryan Rooney CSU East Bay
Justin Labaugh C.C.S.F.

Topics to be announced

Doors Open 8:00 for fellowship with coffee and donuts
Starting at 9:00 Each speaker will present for one hour (9:00; 10:30; 11:30; 1:00; 2:00)
Lunch at 12:30

BABCA requests a $25 contribution to cover costs and a BABCA membership

BABCA was founded in 2021 as a part of the “Let Them Play California'' movement to advocate for a return to high school sports.

COST: Your $25 voluntary contribution will help us defray the costs of this Clinic and give you a one-year membership for October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025.
Payments can be made to: (Venmo @Randy-Bessolo; checks payable to BABCA, 50 San Rafael Way, San Francisco 94127). Visit BABCA.org

CONTACT: Chris Lavdiotis; 510 610 3430; Randy Bessolo 415 418 4568; Justin Labaugh 415 577 7019
RSVP coachlavdiotis@aol.com Walk-ins welcome!

Game of the Week Poll

Here we go for another week! What will be the game of the night?

I feel it is time to stand by CalPreps as they have ceased operations due to non-payment of its only revenue stream CBS, who owns MaxPreps who has a contract they have reneged upon. Paramount the Parent company last Tuesday announced major layoffs that eliminated hundreds of jobs. If you're under contract, you should pay up. As a result of this circumstance, we have no CalPreps. thanks CBS aka MaxPreps. I can tell you that we all can make a call in support of what they do for us the sport fan. We pay for their content, why can't MaxPreps aka CBS aka Paramount. I personally unless CBS aka MaxPreps pays its bills will not support CBS products.

Pay your bills under contract


Please call 1-800-329-7324 and ask Maxpreps to pay CalPreps !!
SHUTDOWN NOTICE: As many fans of our site know, we are contracted to provide data (national schedules/scores/ratings/projections/league+division alignments) to MaxPreps. Recently, for the eighth time since aquiring MaxPreps in 2007, CBS went back into breach and is willfully refusing for some unknown reason to act in a legal fashion and honor their legal/contractual obligations in terms of paying money owed to calpreps. We are out of funds at this point and have been forced to cease operations.

As you'd expect, we are in the process of suing CBS to recover owed monies plus damages, but that will no doubt not be resolved until many months or years after the conclusion of the 2024 playoffs, so we encourage any section/state associations who were relying on our ratings in order to run your playoffs this season to apply any pressure you may have the pull to apply to the rogue CBS accounting department, to attempt to presuade them to finally start to act in accordance with federal contract law. Thank you and we're sorry it's come to this, but frankly it was destined to never work with a company owned by CBS. We hope to partner with a non-CBS owned company in future seasons, but it's presumably not reasonable to expect that a deal could be struck with another company during the 2024 season, but if you are such a company and have interest, our ears are certainly open.

Hello, Fellow NorCal Coaches!

Coach Espinoza asked me to post that the Arcata High School Girls Varsity team is looking for a few games. Here are some of the dates he may have available:

November 28-30
January 2-4 (prefer two games in the vicinity)
January 11
Jan 18
Jan 25
Jan 31-Feb 1 (prefer two games in the vicinity)

Here is Head Coach Charlie Espinoza's information
cespinoza@nohum.k12.ca.us
707-273-9616

I feel it is time to stand by CalPreps as they have ceased operations due to non-payment of its only revenue stream CBS, who owns MaxPreps who has a contract they have reneged upon. Paramount the Parent company last Tuesday announced major layoffs that eliminated hundreds of jobs. If you're under contract, you should pay up. As a result of this circumstance, we have no CalPreps. thanks CBS aka MaxPreps. I can tell you that we all can make a call in support of what they do for us the sport fan. We pay for their content, why can't MaxPreps aka CBS aka Paramount. I personally unless CBS aka MaxPreps pays its bills, will not support CBS products.


Please call 1-800-329-7324 and ask Maxpreps to pay CalPreps !!
SHUTDOWN NOTICE: As many fans of our site know, we are contracted to provide data (national schedules/scores/ratings/projections/league+division alignments) to MaxPreps. Recently, for the eighth time since aquiring MaxPreps in 2007, CBS went back into breach and is willfully refusing for some unknown reason to act in a legal fashion and honor their legal/contractual obligations in terms of paying money owed to calpreps. We are out of funds at this point and have been forced to cease operations.

As you'd expect, we are in the process of suing CBS to recover owed monies plus damages, but that will no doubt not be resolved until many months or years after the conclusion of the 2024 playoffs, so we encourage any section/state associations who were relying on our ratings in order to run your playoffs this season to apply any pressure you may have the pull to apply to the rogue CBS accounting department, to attempt to presuade them to finally start to act in accordance with federal contract law. Thank you and we're sorry it's come to this, but frankly it was destined to never work with a company owned by CBS. We hope to partner with a non-CBS owned company in future seasons, but it's presumably not reasonable to expect that a deal could be struck with another company during the 2024 season, but if you are such a company and have interest, our ears are certainly open.

Here are the games for this week. Picks are due by 7:00 PM on Friday

Heritage at Livermore
Palma at Salinas
Oak Ridge at Granite Bay
Central Catholic at Manteca
West Park at Destiny Christian
Miramonte at Menlo
Mitty at Valley Christian
Quincy at Hamilton
Bishop Amat at St. Mary's Stockton
Ferndale at St. Bernard's

Game of the Week Poll - https://norcalpreps.forums.rivals.com/threads/week-5-game-of-the-week-poll.30758/

She scored 36 with 9 assists as the NY Liberty eliminated Atlanta.

Apply through the school.

And I did such a fantastic job on the first half in the wrong place…

Quick recap, DLS returned a missed FG 100 yards to the house to end the 1st half, it’s 21-7 Sparty.

Just found my way into EC’s stadium, which looks quite nice.

JV Spartans just took a 6-0 lead on their 2nd field goal early in the 2nd q.

PCAL week 5


Last week 9-5 (not good) Overall 59-19

Gabilan (Soquel on a bye)
As league play starts this week, I see really no major surprises in the Gabilan. I think Salinas and Soquel are the best 2 teams with Palma being 3rd. Aptos, Monterey and Hollister are all bunched together. I would say after preseason Monterey is trending down and Aptos maybe up a little. The battle for 4-6th (and Playoffs) should be very competitive. Alvarez will bring up the rear and probably will not win a league game.

Fri 09/27 Monterey (CA) at Alvarez (Salinas, CA), 7:30pm- These were the only 2 Gabilan teams to loose last weekend. Monterey was expected vs Carmel. Alvarez should not be losing to MVC. I like Monterey to bounce back. Monterey 38-7

Fri 09/27 Hollister (CA) at Aptos (CA), 7:30pm- Winner of this game will be in the drivers seat for a playoff birth. Neither one have a good win or a bad loss. Taking the home team Mariners. Aptos 28-21

Fri 09/27 Palma (Salinas, CA) at Salinas (CA), 7:30pm- These 2 schools are literally block’s apart, yet they have a very checkered football history, as that they did not play each other every year until they were in the same league. At that point Palma was the dominant team. But recently Salinas has been, and this Palma team may be a year a way form challenging Salinas. Salinas 35-21

Mission North (Alisal on a Bye)
This division is a toss up. Only 1 team has a winning record, St Francis, but their loss was to a mediocre King City team. Scott’s Valley and Seaside seem to be desperately undermanned. Alisal’s only win is vs an 0-4 Sequoia team. MVC and NMC show flashes of greatness followed by some bad football. And Watsonville has beaten 2 Santa Lucia teams, with a loss to Greenfield. Still two teams from this division will make the playoffs. I am guessing MVC and NMC, but who knows.

Sat 09/28 Monte Vista Christian (Watsonville, CA) vs Watsonville (CA) at Cabrillo College (Aptos, CA), 1:00pm- MVC had a good win vs Alavaraz, while Watsonville took care of crosstown rival Pajaro. I think MVC passing game will be a bit too much for Watsonville. MVC 34-24.

Sat 09/28 North Monterey County (Castroville, CA) at Scotts Valley (CA), 2:00pm- No shame in losing to Soquel, but to surrender over 60 points? Scott’s Valley could be in trouble for the rest of the year. NMC did not look much better vs Palma. NMC 24-6

Sat 09/28 Seaside (CA) at St. Francis (Watsonville, CA), 7:30pm- Seaside will finally play a team with an equal size roster. But St. Francis is used to playing with 20 healthy bodies, Seaside is not. St. Francis 27-17

Mission South (Rancho San Juan on a bye)
Carmel is good and is probably the 3rd or 4th best team in the Gabilan. They played a solid non-league schedule and should dominate this division. They should be the top seed in CCS DIII playoffs. Second place looks like a competition between Soledad and North Salinas. Soledad is one play away form being 3-1 as they let Branham score on Hail Mary. North Salinas has a nice win vs Alisal, but thats about it. PG, King City and Greenfield will battle for the next positions, and I could see them all beating each other. Rancho needs the bye, but they are in trouble as they lost badly to Marina last week. This team may need to go down to the Santa Lucia next year.

Fri 09/27 North Salinas (Salinas, CA) at Greenfield (CA), 7:30pm -North Salinas should win this game fairly easily, but Greenfield’s Defense is pretty tough, and NS offense is not as good as last year. North Salinas 18-14

Fri 09/27 King City (CA) at Pacific Grove (CA), 7:30pm- Maybe if I pick pacific Grove they will lose. PG looked great in the first half last week then almost choked up a 26 point lead to RLS in the 2nd half. KC had a bad loss vs archrival Gonzales. PG 27-24

Fri 09/27 Carmel (CA) at Soledad (CA), 7:30pm-Hear me out, this could be Carmel’s toughest league game. They had an emotional win vs Monterey last week. They have to travel on a Friday night. Soledad has always given them a tough time in Soledad. Carmel also has way too much talent this year to lose this game. But Soledad could make it interesting for a while. Carmel 34-20

Santa Lucia (San Lorenzo Valley on a Bye)
SLV had a huge win vs Greenfield last week. Gonzales was able to take back the Megaphone from King City. RLS fought back from 26-0 to almost beat PG (33-27 final). And Marina beat a “B” league team. Going 3-4 in crossover games with another one very close, is great for this league. I think we will have a 3 team race with RLS, Gonzales and SLV. Right now, undefeated SLV has to be the favorite. Marina, Pajaro and harbor should finish middle of the pack and Santa Cruz towards the rear, but I would not be surprised if the Cardinals pick up at least 1 league win.

Fri 09/27 Stevenson (Pebble Beach, CA) at Harbor (Santa Cruz, CA), 5:00pm -RLS was down 26-0 to PG in the 3rd qtr, before waking up and almost pulling off the upset. Similar situation with their loss to Greenfield. They need to avoid the slow start vs Harbor. RLS 35-14

Fri 09/27 Pajaro Valley (Watsonville, CA) at Marina (CA), 7:30pm – Marina had a great win vs Rancho San Juan last week, PV played Watsonville close but could not score offensively. Taking PV in an “upset”. PV 21-18

Sat 09/28 Gonzales (CA) at Santa Cruz (CA), 5:00pm- last year Santa Cruz did not score any points. This year they are at least scoring, not enough, but it’s a start in rebuilding for this once proud team. Gonzales 35-14

Big matchup to open up SFL play this Friday! 1 and 2 in the section (MaxPreps) go head to head. Folsom is definitely the favorites but Rocklin always plays them tough. Thoughts? Keys to game?