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You can watch the state bowl games live online at KBCsports.com.
Here's the schedule from the Home Depot Center in Carson:
Today
4:30 p.m.: Hamilton-Hamilton City vs. St. Margaret's-San Juan Capistrano (Small Schools)
8 p.m.: De La Salle-Concord vs. Centennial-Corona (Division I)
Saturday
Noon: Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa vs. St. Bonaventure-Ventura (Division III)
4 p.m.: St. Mary's-Stockton vs. Cathedral Catholic-San Diego (Division II)
8 p.m.: Grant-Sacramento vs. Poly-Long Beach (Open Division)
As many of our readers know, we recognize standout high school athletes each year with our
All-Bee Teams. Today, sports editor Matt Lloyd announced the first installment of the fall sports honors would be published on Dec. 25. So, which athletes from which fall sports should make the lists?
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Anyone remember the last time fog caused so much havoc with Central Section championships?
Sound off if you do.
In the meantime, we've been searching our archives and have come up with a couple cool game stories about the fog:
It's over at 9:37 p.m.
Fog has forced our reporters at the game to walk the sideline.
Bryant-Jon Anteola is writing the game story; Marek Warszawski is there to do work on a story for Sunday's editions about Fresno State recruit Derek Carr, the Bakersfield Christian QB; and Bulldogs beat writer Daniel Lyght is "enjoying" a night off by hangin' out in the Corcoran fog.
Read on for details:
Andy Boogaard reports:
9:30 p.m.: It's over. Tehachapi rallies for its third straight playoff upset and successfully defends the D-III championship.
Adam Mullen scored all three touchdowns for the Warriors.
Andy spent the game walking the sideline because the fog was so dense.
Read on for more highlights from the game:
Nick Giannandrea reports from Bob Mathias Stadium in Tulare, where Tulare turns the tables on El D after losing to the Miners 63-14 in last year's D-II final.
Read on for details about how the game went with our live blog:
Jeff Davis reports from Henry Massaro Stadium in Chowchilla, where it's A FINAL at 9:19 p.m.
Read on to see how the game went, and come back to fresnobee.com to read Jeff's game story and see photo coverage by Mark Crosse:
Nick Giannandrea reports:
Unlike a year ago when Tulare traveled to Visalia to take on El Diamante in the final, there were no pregame shenanigans tonight.
Last year, Tulare players came onto the field and sprinkled handfuls of grass from their home field -- Bob Mathias Stadium -- all over Visalia Community Stadium, an act that didn't sit well with El Diamante personnel.
Presumably, it was a symbolic retort for not being given the No. 1 seed despite a perfect record, compared to a one-loss Miners team.
Pregame walk throughs tonight in Tulare were uneventful -- not that anyone could see them.
El Diamante is the defending Division II champion and is making its third straight finals appearance. The Miners beat Tulare 63-14 last season.
Tulare last won titles -- then called Yosemite Division Small Schools crowns -- in 1999 and 2000. The Redskins, again looking to cap a perfect season, have lost in two of the past three D-II finals.
Jeff Davis reports:
Kingsburg High fans, who travel well, began filling the west bleachers an hour before their Vikings were to take on host Chowchilla for the Central Section Division IV championship.
Chowchilla faithful usually are late arrivals, but the stands will be packed by kickoff.
No problem with fog so far, although it's getting a little hazy.
Chowchilla (11-1), which relies heavily on the running game, goes for its first Valley championship since 2004 and its fifth overall.
Kingsburg (11-1), which likes to pass nearly every down, won its only title in 1977 when it beat Taft.
Nick Giannandrea reports:
Approximately an hour before kickoff and a thick fog is sweeping through Tulare's Bob Mathias Stadium, site of tonight's Central Section Division II championship between second-seeded El Diamante High and No. 1 Tulare.
The fog is so think that fans sitting in the home bleachers have visibility to the middle of the field only.
For a fan sitting at the 50-yard line, the goalposts are barely visible.
A crowd expected to be more than 6,500 might not be able to see much of the action tonight.
