Grant, Pleasant Grove descend in state poll
Grant and Pleasant Grove dropped and Granite Bay rose in this week's Cal-Hi Sports state top-25 football rankings.
Grant (1-1) fell from No. 7 to No. 8 after its 24-23 loss to Long Beach Poly in Saturday's Smackdown in Sactown.
Pleasant Grove (1-1) dropped from No. 4 to No. 14 after losing 50-49 in double overtime to Lincoln of Stockton in the Battle at the Capital Saturday at Del Oro.
Granite Bay (2-0) climbed five spots to No. 18 after beating St. Mary's (0-1) of Stockton 35-28 Friday.
De La Salle (1-0) of Concord, which survived Bellarmine (0-1) of San Jose 26-23 in double overtime on Friday, remains No. 1.
With its win over Grant, Poly (1-0) moved to No. 5 from No. 13.
Lincoln of Stockton (2-0) jumped from No. 33 to No. 13.
Del Oro (1-1) and Folsom (1-1 and previously No. 20) are listed as bubble teams.
For the complete rankings go to http://rise.espn.go.com, click on football, click on the weekly state rankings and select California.
Del Campo boys coast to relay win
The Del Campo boys relay team, anchored by senior Jordan Rushing, ran the second-fastest 5x5,000-meter relay in meet history at the fifth annual Willow Hills Reservoir Relays in Folsom on Saturday.
Del Campo's five runners combined to finish in 1 hour, 25 minutes, 10 seconds.
Rushing, the reigning Sac-Joaquin Section Masters 1,600-meter champion, had the top time of 15 minutes, 57 seconds over the 3.1-mile course.
Folsom (1:29:49) placed second, Cosumnes Oaks (1:32:13) third and Cordova (1:48:12) fourth.
Cosumnes Oaks (1:51:22) won the girls relay by slightly more than 20 minutes over second-place Cordova.
At the Del Oro Cross Country Opening Night on Friday, Oakmont's Karlie Garcia won the girls' 4,000-meter race by 43 seconds in a time of 14:48. Del Oro's Trevor Stephens won the boys' title in 12:56.
Woodcreek won both the boys and girls team titles.
CB's Carson 4-peats at Woodbridge golf
Christian Brothers senior Kit Carson became Woodbridge Golf & Country Club's first four-time junior boys club champion when he shot a 1-under-par 70 last week. Carson won his first title in 2008 at the course near Lodi.
CIF, MaxPreps partner on website
The California Interscholastic Federation state office has redesigned its website, www.cifstate.org.
Rebecca Brutlag, the CIF's new media relations director, said the site will integrate news and scores from across the state in a partnership with MaxPreps.
New features include a master calendar of CIF state championship events and CIF meetings; a video viewing area, which will also house a student video contest; and the incorporation of social media with fan polls.
Bill Paterson









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