Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
Mr. Basketball State POY Finalists
As is our custom, we like to release at least four and often more finalists among those who are being considered the most strongly for the annual Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year selection. And no, players from prep schools are not eligible for high school competition honors. Never have been, never will be. […]
Boys BB State Team of Year 2020
It’s a third consecutive State Team of the Year finish for Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth, but because of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic, the Trailblazers are the first boys basketball State Team of the Year to not officially win a CIF state title since L.A. Westchester in 2004. Sierra Canyon understands the ramifications of the situation […]
Coronavirus Impact: Rankings/Honors
Before we get another week started (and yes there will be updated rankings this week in baseball and softball as we also dig deep to compile all of the final rankings in boys & girls basketball), we thought it would be important to spell out some of the many impacts on our final 2019-20 basketball […]
NEW State Top 25 Boys BB Rankings
In one of the wildest weekends we can ever recall in covering boys basketball in our great state, NorCal No. 1 Sheldon is removed from the NorCal regional playoffs on Saturday by the closing of the Elk Grove Unified School District and its related activities for a week, only to see the same district ask...
NEW State Top 25 Boys BB Rankings
The CIF stayed true to its message about competitive equity when it released its boys basketball state regional pairings with the state’s top teams in both NorCal and SoCal receiving byes. This model also created a situation where all of the six participants in the SoCal open division are from the massive CIF Southern Section,...
Boys BB: CIFSS Open Championship
State No. 1 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) defeats No. 2 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) by outscoring the Monarchs in every quarter to clinch its second consecutive CIF Southern Section Open Division title o Friday night at the Pyramid in Long Beach. With the victory, the Trailblazers wrapped up the top seed in the SoCal Open regional […]
NEW State Top 25 Boys BB Rankings
This is section championship week around the state, as seeds and brackets will be announced for the NorCal and SoCal regional playoffs next Sunday. The big question will be how many teams from the CIF Southern Section are taken for the SoCal open because that will ultimately affect favorites for the CIF D1 state crown...
NEW State Top 25 Boys BB Rankings
After one round of games in the CIF Southern Section open pool play format, we still don’t have solid evidence based on the game results that, outside of NorCal No. 1 Sheldon, any of the state’s other top playoff teams should be ranked ahead of those eight. That could change starting next week, however, as...
NEW State Top 25 Boys BB Rankings
The playoffs are about to tip off in the massive CIF Southern Section with most of the attention centered on the open division, which has a pool play format for the second consecutive year. Make sure to join the Gold Club to see what other team besides NorCal No. 1 Sheldon joins the eight pool...
