Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team
To the surprise of no one, Narbonne of Harbor City is the overwhelming preseason favorite to win the L.A. City Section Open Division title for the third season in a row. Narbonne also is gunning for its sixth consecutive major division title to match the legendary Wilmington Banning program from 1976-81 for section dominance. The...
Jaxen Turner: Grid-Hoop State POY
As we’ve known for a year, there isn’t more than a handful of legit all-state level Grid-Hoop athletes in both sports in California this year and two that clearly stood out above the rest — Jaxen Turner of Rancho Verde and Drake London of Moorpark. We break down how we came up with the tough […]
2018-19 Grid-Hoop All-State Teams
To kick off our end-of-school year content of honoring the best multi-sport and overall athletes of the year, we begin with a look at the state’s 15 best football-basketball combo athletes on our 33rd annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. We have even more listed as Grid-Hoop athletes of distinction and some of these players...
Kawhi’s Mr. Basketball writeup (2009)
Here’s a look at the article we did in 2009 when we chose Riverside M.L. King’s Kawhi Leonard as the Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year. It might seem today as if it was an easy choice at the time. It wasn’t. Leonard was not a McDonald’s All-American and he was lower […]
Boys BB: Final ’22 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 freshman (2022) class. Our final 2022 Cal-Hi Sports Top 25 for the 2018-19 school year shows plenty of movement and two new prospects. This concludes our player rankings package for this school year and our...
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 sophomore (2021) class. Our final 2021 Cal-Hi Sports Top 65 for the 2018-19 school year shows 11 newcomers since our winter edition, a fast-rising prospect, and a new No. 1. Our final 2018-19 rankings for the...
Boys BB: Final ’20 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 (2020) class. Our final 2020 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 for the 2018-19 school year shows six newcomers since our winter edition. Our final 2018-19 rankings for the 2020 and 2021 classes will be...
Boys BB: Final ’19 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 senior (2019) class. Our final 2019 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows eight new players and plenty of movement for those who excelled late into the post-season. Our final 2018-19 rankings for the 2020,...
’19 Ballislife A-A Game Set For May 4
The 2019 Ballislife All-American Game presented by Eastbay is set for May 4 at the Long Beach Convention Center and features seven players recently named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State team. The national high school all-star game begins at 4:15 p.m. PT/7:15 p.m. ET and is preceded by The BIL Slam Dunk Contest presented by […]
Boys BB: All-State Best of Best 2019
Two-time Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Onyeka Okongwu of Chino Hills and NorCal Player of the Year Jalen Green of San Joaquin Memorial are headliners for the 41st annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. Go inside to see why these 10 have finished their careers as First Team Overall honorees out of […]
