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CIF Basketball Picks & Previews
Here are the predicted scores, what to watch for and more for each of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state championship games. Of the several schools going for boys/girls sweeps, we think O’Dowd, Mitty and Sierra Canyon will do it but Mater Dei won’t. If you can’t see this entire post, consider signing...
CIF Hoop Predictions: Just Scores
Here are the predicted scores of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state championships that will be played on Friday and Saturday at the University of California’s Haas Pavilion.
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
With these honors switching to softball and baseball this week, it’s mostly slugging that has gotten our attention. This week’s best are from Sacramento, Rancho Cucamonga, Petaluma and Orange.
Boys, Girls BB State Rank Updates
With one week to go in the season, four boys teams just coming into the State Top 20 this week include state finalists San Ramon Valley of Danville, Campolindo of Moraga and Mitty of San Jose. For the girls, McClatchy of Sacramento, Serra of Gardena and Mark Keppel of Alhambra are all new and two […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
If you haven’t figured it out yet, we try to avoid picking players for this honor that are obvious (like Jake Browning in football or this week with Tyler Dorsey and Katie Lou Samuelson in basketball) and instead try to dig deeper for younger players or less well-known players who happen to be making a […]
Boys, Girls BB State Rank Updates
As the regional playoffs head to the semifinals, there is hardly any change for the first 10 teams in the State Top 20s, but after that there are plenty. Boys newcomers are Torrey Pines, San Mateo Serra and Sacramento while for the girls it’s Clovis West, Ventura and Dublin.
State Stat Stars of the Week
For the first time, baseball and softball players get into the stat stars act. They join some of the best from boys and girls hoops still going strong, such as Stefan Mitu of Danville Monte Vista, Aarion McDonald of Stockton Brookside Christian and Jaimoni Welch-Coleman of Berkeley.
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Just like we did during the football season, we are going to do our best to spread around these honors as much as possible with one boy and one girl chosen from each region. This week’s best are from San Francisco, Fairfield, San Diego and Anaheim.
Select Section Finals Picks (Girls)
On the eve of California’s numerous CIF section championship games in girls basketball, we pick one key game from each of the biggest sections and then predict a final score. If anyone wants to watch these games, many also are available on the NFHS Network and for Cal-Hi Sports users only we are continuing to […]
Select Section Finals Picks (Boys)
On the eve of California’s numerous CIF section championship games in boys basketball, we pick one key game from each of the biggest sections and then predict a final score. If anyone wants to watch these games, many also are available on the NFHS Network and for Cal-Hi Sports users only we are continuing to […]
