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Friday CIF State Finals
Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth boys make the plays in the final 90 seconds of the Division I championship game to turn back Lincoln of Stockton to win school’s fourth CIF state title. Carondelet of Concord girls win their second state title with a similar win in their D1 state final. Others claiming state crowns at […]
Boys/Girls Top Tourney Triumphs
Roosevelt of Eastvale boys need overtime to win in a No. 1 vs No. 2 state ranking showdown over St. John Bosco in the top division of The Classic at Damien. Other major boys tourney winners include JSerra, Lincoln of Stockton, Folsom and Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach. State No. 3 girls team Etiwanda, meanwhile, […]
Boys BB: WEST Region Top 20
As a follow up to the boys basketball preseason FAB 50 National Team Rankings compiled by long-time Cal-Hi Sports managing editor Ronnie Flores and as a prelude to our preseason state rankings, we present the West Region’s Top 20 teams. The FAB 50 goes 20 teams deep from five separate regions of the nation. Preseason No. 1 ranked […]
Boys BB: More State Players of the Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2024 top honorees for juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division with Open & D1 combined. Three different sophomores have collected a player of the year honor since two of them have been chosen for their CIF divisions.
Friday CIF State Finals
St. John Bosco continues CIF Southern Section domination in D1 and grabs its second state title with hot-shooting win. It’s a seventh state title, meanwhile, for the Bishop Montgomery of Torrance girls in its D1 triumph vs Bishop O’Dowd. Other big winners at the Golden 1 Center were Alemany of Mission Hills (Boys D3), Caruthers […]
More Girls BB Players of the Year
CIF Open Division state champion Etiwanda already had the State Coach of the Year and now there are two state player of the year honors headed to the Inland Empire as well. Junior Kennedy Smith and sophomore Ahlayana “Puff” Morris were just too tough for the Eagles in their final games. The freshman honoree also […]
Boys BB: More State Players of the Year
Here’s the place to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2023 honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division with Open & D1 combined. CIF Open Division champion Harvard-Westlake gets its first major winner with point guard Trent Perry landing State Junior of the Year selection. All of the CIF state champions from […]
Boys & Girls BB: CIF Friday Finals
On the first day and night of the CIF state championships at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, there were no games that were decided in the final minutes. Favored teams Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (boys) and Oakland Tech (girls) completed their tasks with the Tech girls also making history with their fifth state title […]
CIF State Basketball Picks & Previews
As is another custom of ours going back more than 30 years, here are the predicted scores, what to watch for and more for each of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state title games this weekend in Sacramento. This is done with the best of wishes for all 24 teams, but the goal […]
