High School Football

High school football: Major shakeup in The Fresno Bee rankings with new No. 1 team

Clovis East is the new top-ranked high school football team by The Fresno Bee.

The Timberwolves made quick work of Sanger 56-3 at Tom Flores Stadium.

Clovis East has been impressive early in the season after wins at West-Salt Lake City 24-21 and rolled past Kingsburg 55-7.

The Timberwolves moved up one spot after Clovis North lost to JSerra-San Juan Capistrano 35-6 in a rematch.

The Broncos faced a team they beat last season, but JSerra got the upper-hand this time around.

Clovis North will look to rebound against Central Valley Christian.

The top 10 has a new look to it.

Clovis is now No. 2, followed by Clovis North, Central, Liberty-Bakersfield, Hanford, Lemoore, Clovis West, Tulare Union and Bakersfield.

Entering this week’s rankings is Golden West at No. 24 and San Joaquin Memorial at No. 25.

The Trailblazers have looked impressive the past two weeks and took out previously ranked Mission Oak in convincing fashion.

San Joaquin Memorial defeated Castaic, 21-10.

Top 25

1. Clovis East (3-0)

Last week: defeated Sanger 56-3

Pvs: 2

Up next: Friday vs. Grant-Sacramento, 7 p.m. (Lamonica Stadium)

2. Clovis (3-0)

Last week: defeated Frontier 57-27

Pvs: 4

Up next: Friday at Salinas, 7:30 p.m.

3. Clovis North (2-1)

Last week: lost at JSerra-San Juan Capistrano 35-6

Pvs: 1

Up next: Friday vs. Central Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)

4. Central (3-0)

Last week: defeated Turlock 28-22

Pvs: 5

Up next: Friday at Edison-Stockton, 7:15 p.m.

5. Liberty-Bakersfield (2-1)

Last week: lost at Santa Margarita 42-3

Pvs: 3

Up next: Friday vs. Buchanan, 7:30 p.m.

6. Hanford (3-0)

Last week: defeated St. Joseph 34-27

Pvs: 6

Up next: Friday vs. El Diamante, 7:30 p.m. (Golden West High)

7. Lemoore (3-0)

Last week: defeated El Diamante 38-6

Pvs: 8

Up next: Friday at Sanger, 7:30 p.m.

8. Clovis West (2-1)

Last week: defeated Edison-Stockton 39-14

Pvs: 10

Up next: Friday vs. Edison, 7 p.m. (Sunnyside Stadium)

9. Tulare Union (3-0)

Last week: defeated Redwood 35-10

Pvs: 11

Up next: Sept. 20 vs. Ridgeview, 7:30 p.m. (Bob Mathias Stadium)

10. Bakersfield (3-0)

Last week: defeated Stockdale 49-0

Pvs: 14

Up next: Friday vs. Bullard, 7:30 p.m.

11. Shafter (2-0)

Up next: Sept. 13 at Dos Palos, 7:30 p.m.

Pvs: 13

Up next: Friday at Dos Palos, 7:30 p.m.

12. Frontier (1-2)

Last week: lost at Clovis 57-27

Pvs: 7

Up next: Saturday vs. Highland-Gilbert, Ariz., 1 p.m.

13. Sunnyside (3-0)

Last week: defeated Ridgeview 33-0

Pvs: 15

Up next: Sept. 19 at McLane, 7:30 p.m.

14. Kingsburg (2-1)

Last week: defeated Dinuba 28-7

Pvs: 16

Up next: Friday vs. Highland, 7:30 p.m.

15. Bakersfield Christian (2-1)

Last week: defeated Central Valley Christian 49-28

Pvs: 18

Up next: Sept. 20 at Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.

16. Tehachapi (2-1)

Last week: defeated Taft 41-0

Pvs: 19

Up next: Friday at Wasco, 7:30 p.m.

17. Arroyo Grande (2-1)

Last week: defeated San Luis Obispo 23-0

Pvs: 20

Up next: Sept. 20 vs. Righetti, 7 p.m.

18. Sanger (1-2)

Last week: lost to Clovis East 56-3

Pvs: 9

Up next: Friday vs. Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.

19. Central Valley Christian (1-2)

Last week: lost at Bakersfield Christian 49-28

Pvs: 12

Up next: Friday at Clovis North, 7:30 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)

20. Buchanan (3-0)

Last week: defeated Edison 61-6

Pvs: 22

Up next: Friday at Liberty-Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.

21. Independence (2-1)

Last week: lost to Centennial 44-27

Pvs: 23

Up next: Friday vs. Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.

22. Centennial (2-1)

Last week: defeated Independence 44-27

Pvs: 24

Up next: Friday at Chavez, 7:30 p.m.

23. Bullard (3-0)

Last week: defeated Hoover 70-13

Pvs: 25

Up next: Friday at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.

24. Golden West (2-1)

Last week: defeated Mission Oak 51-7

Pvs: NR

Up next: Thursday vs. North, 7:30 p.m.

25. San Joaquin Memorial (2-1)

Last week: defeated Castaic 21-10

Pvs: NR

Up next: Saturday vs. Garces, 7:30 p.m.

Dropped out: St. Joseph, Mission Oak

Week 3 scores

Friday, Sept. 6

Buchanan 61, Edison 6

Central 28, Turlock 22

Hanford 34, St. Joseph 27

Garza 33, Kerman 31

Clovis West 39, Edison-Stockton 14

JSerra-San Juan Capistrano 35, Clovis North 6

San Joaquin Memorial 21, Castaic 10

Stone Ridge Christian-Merced 45, Chowchilla 26

Delhi 22, Madera South 7

Atascadero 35, Roosevelt 27

Coalinga 21, Templeton 14

Dos Palos 61, Liberty-Madera Ranchos 21

Madera 42, Paso Robles 21

Orange Cove 38, Parlier 16

Arroyo Grande 23, San Luis Obispo 0

Righetti 41, Lompoc 7

Mission Prep 58, Kern Valley 0

Nipomo 14, Pioneer Valley 14

San Marcos 23, Santa Ynez 13

Wasco 32, Morro Bay 28

Santa Margarita 42, Liberty-Bakersfield 3

Moorpark 45, Garces 7

Big Bear 49, Rosamond 22

California City 19, Riverside Prep 2

Juneau-Douglas 31, Bishop 15

Sierra Pacific 41, Corcoran 27

Exeter 28, Lindsay 0

Reedley 24, Orosi 22

Woodlake 49, Hanford West 26

Granite Hills 40, McFarland 20

Clovis East 56, Sanger 3

Clovis 57, Frontier 27

Bullard 70, Hoover 13

Bakersfield Christian 49, Central Valley Christian 28

Kingsburg 28, Dinuba 7

Lemoore 38, El Diamante 6

Tulare Union 35, Redwood 10

Tulare Western 60, Mt. Whitney 52

Firebaugh 14, Caruthers 6

Minarets 30, Fresno 0

Washington Union 34, Torres 21

Fowler 31, Sanger West 13

McLane 48, Mendota 21

Avenal 27, Riverdale 25

Farmersville 33, Tranquillity 26

Monache 53, Chavez 0

Bakersfield 49, Stockdale 0

Arvin 41, Boron 34 (OT)

Centennial 44, Independence 27

North 16, Delano 3

Santa Maria 44, Del Oro 0

South 17, Golden Valley-Bakersfield 14

West 33, Burroughs 25

Porterville 36, Selma 7

8-man

Trona 58, Immanuel Christian 0,

Yosemite 42, Sierra 14

Coastal Christian 50, Kern Resource Center 16

Alpaugh 18, Cuyama Valley 0,

Lancaster Baptist 43, Frazier Mountain 16,

Mammoth 42, Spring Mountain-Las Vegas 6, final

Thursday, Sept. 5

Sunnyside 33, Ridgeview 0

Golden West 51, Mission Oak 7

East 34, Foothill 27

Highland 31, Kennedy 15

Tehachapi 41, Taft 0

Saturday, Sept. 7

8-man

Valley Christian Academy 41, Orcutt Academy 40 (OT)

Lone Pine 38, Academy of Careers & Explortation-Helendale 8

Week 4 schedule

Thursday, Sept. 12

Nonleague

North at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 13

Northwest Sequoia League

Chowchilla at Parlier, 7 p.m.

Fowler at Minarets, 7 p.m.

Nonleague

Clovis West vs. Edison, 7 p.m.

Roosevelt at Firebaugh, 7 p.m.

Cabrillo at Lompoc, 7 p.m.

South at Atascadero, 7 p.m.

Golden Valley-Bakersfield at Morro Bay, 7 p.m.

Paso Robles at Righetti 7 p.m.

San Luis Obispo at Nipomo, 7 p.m.

Mission Prep at Santa Ynez, 7 p.m.

Exeter at Strathmore, 7:15 p.m.

Farmersville at Avenal, 7:15 p.m.

Clovis North vs. Central Valley Christian, 7:15 p.m.

Exeter at Strathmore, 7:15 p.m.

Farmersville at Avenal, 7:15 p.m.

Clovis North vs. Central Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)

Bullard at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.

Buchanan at Liberty-Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.

Lemoore vs. Sanger, 7:30 pm

Garza at Washington Union, 7:30pm

Sierra Pacific at Coalinga, 7:30pm

Dinuba at Selma, 7:30 p.m.

Immanuel vs. Orosi, 7:30 p.m. (Immanuel Sports Complex)

Hanford vs. El Diamante, 7:30 p.m. (Golden West)

McFarland at Lindsay, 7:30 p.m.

Granite Hill at Mira Monte, 7:30pm

Hanford West at Kerman, 7:30pm

Madera South at Madera, 7:30pm

Tulare Western vs. Redwood, 7:30 p.m. (Bob Mathias Stadium)

Shafter at Dos Palos, 7:30 p.m.

Santa Maria at McLane, 7:30 p.m.

Mendota at Orange Cove, 7:30 p.m.

Mt. Whitney vs. Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.

Monache vs. West, 7:30 p.m. (Granite Hills)

Highland at Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.

Arvin at Taft, 7:30 p.m.

Boron at Del Oro, 7:30 p.m.

Centennial at Chavez, 7:30 p.m.

Foothill at Delano, 7:30 p.m.

Stockdale at Independence, 7:30 p.m.

Pioneer Valley at Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.

Tehachapi at Wasco, 7:30 p.m.

Intersectional

Clovis East vs. Grant-Sacramento, 7 p.m. (Lamonica Stadium)

Bishop at Burroughs, 7 p.m.

Grace-Simi Valle at Ridgeview, 7 p.m.

Rosamond at Knight-Palmdale, 7 p.m.

Littlerock at Desert, 7 p.m.

Los Banos vs. Liberty-Madera Ranchos, 7 p.m.

Vista Grande at St. Joseph, 7 p.m.

Central at Edison-Stockton, 7:15 p.m.

Yosemite at Gustine, 7:15 p.m.

Clovis at Salinas, 7:30 p.m.

8-Man

Trona at Tonopah, 6 p.m.

Kern Resource Center at Laton, 7 p.m.

Avalon at Mammoth, 7 p.m.

Branson at Fresno Christian, 7 p.m.

Mariposa County vs. Sierra, 7:15 p.m.

Orcutt Academy at Coast Union, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 14

Nonleague

Highland vs. Frontier, 1 p.m.

Garces at San Joaquin Memorial, 7:30 p.m.

8-man

Legacy Christian Academy vs. Alpaugh, 1 p.m.

Immanuel Christian-Ridgecrest at Lone Pine, 5 p.m.

Frazier Mountain vs. Cuyama Valley, 7 p.m.

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