Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
All-Time All-Section/All-County Teams (Boys Basketball Part 2)
We present this all-time all-L.A. County team with a heavy heart since learning on Saturday that one of the all-time greats, guard Paul Westphal, had died at age 70 from brain cancer. As mentioned in our first part of this series, for boys basketball, we have to present L.A. County as a separate county or...
NBA Draft: More All-Time State Lists
With the Chino Hills duo of LaMelo Ball and Onyeka Okongwu going at No. 3 and No. 6 in the first round of the 2020 NBA Draft, we have come up with two new all-time historical state lists. One is a look at those teams that have had three future NBA players on the roster...
Boys BB: State 30 Greatest Teams (1-15)
It had to be one of the undefeated teams from McClymonds of Oakland between 1958 and 1962 or one of the two unbeatens from Compton (1968, 1969) sitting at the top of these rankings. We also felt strongly about putting the two 35-0 teams from the CIF state championship era (which began in 1980) way...
State’s 30 Greatest Teams (16-30)
Another of Mater Dei’s CIF state title teams leads off this group of all-time great units. We also have the first of the L.A. Crenshaw squads, but it might surprise you which one has landed among this bunch. Others earning all-time greatest writeups include our best from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, two teams we wish...
Boys BB: Major Showcase Schedules
The release of our 2020-21 Cal-Hi Sports boys basketball state rankings will be like no other season before because of COVID-19. The official start to the season is March 12, 2021, but fans are trying to figure out what tournaments will actually take place this upcoming season and our state’s coaches are trying to line […]
Boys BB: Final ’23 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with an updated look at the state’s top college prospects in the freshman (2023) class at the close of the 2019-20 school year. Our final 2023 Cal-Hi Sports Top 25 for the 2019-20 school year shows plenty of movement and four new prospects, including a pair...
Boys BB: Final ’22 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look at the close of the school year at the state’s top college prospects in the sophomore (2022) class. Our final 2022 Cal-Hi Sports Top 65 for the 2019-20 school year shows 10 newcomers since our post-summer edition, a fast-rising prospect, and plenty...
Boys BB: Final ’21 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look at the state’s top college prospects in the junior (2021) class. Our final 2021 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 for the 2019-20 school year shows 11 newcomers since our post-summer edition. Our final 2019-20 rankings for the 2022 and 2023 classes will be...
