Author Archives: Harold Abend
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
This week is one in which two criteria for this feature have been met. First, we are looking for diamonds in the rough type players that don’t always get a lot of props outside their local communities, and the second thing we do is track additions to the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, and this […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This week we don’t have any entries for the Cal-Hi Sports online record book, which is one of the things we track for this feature, but we did find some hidden talent from honorees that don’t often get a statewide spotlight, and that’s a second aspect of these weekly honors. Our stops this week are […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
This week we visit a couple of state-ranked teams, one of which has some big-time stars, but those players were not the ones honored. We also uncovered some diamonds in the rough, plus one from a well-known family in the Bay Area. Our stops are in Brentwood, Woodlake and El Dorado Hills in Northern California, […]
Cali Flavored WNBA Finals
Whether or not the supposed analysts, or the pundits, prognosticators and self-proclaimed experts, want to agree that California as a state produces some of the top high school girls’ basketball talent in the nation, one need only look at the rosters of the Las Vegas Aces and Connecticut Sun, the two teams slugging it out […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
For week three, we want to remind readers that the purpose of the Player of the Week features in all sports, boys and girls, is partly to uncover hidden talent that isn’t necessarily from teams in the spotlight, and to track entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, and this week we have both. […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
All 10 CIF sections in the state were in action last weekend and we have honorees from cities such as Ventura, Carlsbad, Los Angeles, Stockton, San Jose and Elk Grove. While the performance of our SoCal offensive player of the week was seen in person by Cal-Hi Sports, the NorCal offensive player of the week […]
Girls of Summer: Fresh Faces
The Girls of Summer Caravan was able to visit two events this past summer in a continuing process to update readers about California’s leading girls basketball players. This story is part two and focuses on the 16th annual Myles McGowan Coaches Classic/Fresh Faces in Oakland. The first part focused on the EOT (End of the...
Girls of Summer: End of Trail Visit
The Girls of Summer Caravan was able to visit two events this past summer in a continuing process to update readers about California’s leading girls basketball players. This story is part one and focuses on the EOT (End of the Trail) Ultimate Challenge in Roseville during the NCAA Viewing Period in July. The second story […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
We kick off the first week of the 2022 season with Southern California in full swing but in Northern California the CIF North Coast Section and CIF Central Coast Section were not. We also have two entries into the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book right out of the box in our first week, with a […]
