Week 7 in Central Section football is under way, with key matchups including section No. 3-ranked Clovis at No. 1 Central in the Tri-River Athletic Conference, and Kingsburg at Dinuba in the Central Sequoia League. Check back throughout the night for scores and see Saturday’s editions of The Bee for game recaps and more.

GAME BALL — Isaiah Justice, Bullard: Ran opening kickoff back 99 yards for a touchdown, rushed for a score and picked off pass in win over Memorial. GAME BALLS — Jeremy Whigham, Willie Fairman, Roosevelt: Totaled 276 yards, 4 TDs in win over McLane. GAME BALL — DeVaughn Gaines, Chowchilla: Rushed 28 times for 298 [...]

Clovis North cemented its rise to the top of The Bee’s high school football rankings early Friday night. The Broncos sprinted to a 30-0 lead in the first quarter against Clovis East and went on to a 40-0 victory at Lamonica Stadium. Coupled with Clovis’ win at No. 1 Central, Clovis North’s victory is expected [...]

DP COACH: “SURE FEELS A LOT BETTER” For 23 years, Frank Lemos has been a part of this — a standard-bearing Dos Palos High football program not only in the Central Section, but the state as well. No one in the state has won more league titles (47), only three have won more section crowns [...]

Central High football is complete: talent, depth, discipline, 6-0 record and a newly anointed Central Section No. 1 ranking. Better, the Grizzlies have a coach who knows how to manage it all. “Don’t touch the cheese,” Justin Garza warns his players this week, “or you’ll get trapped.” It’s a clever ploy by a rising star [...]

For Fresno State, the week in review is also a preview of the biggest game in the Mountain West Conference to this point. The Bulldogs will play a major role in it, not as stooges as they have in the past to Boise State teams that routinely have flattened them, but as an adversary to [...]