Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
Boys BB: Updated ’19 Player Rankings
We tip off our boys basketball coverage for the 2018-19 school year for Gold Club VIPs with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class, beginning with seniors (2019). Our post-summer Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 will be updated at least once during the season and we’ll come back and publish our final...
CA Schools with Most NBA Pros
In the most populous state in America, the stats show just how difficult it is to play a single game in the National Basketball Association since there’s been less than 500 to do it from the Golden State. Mater Dei of Santa Ana may not have had an eventual superstar, but the Monarchs’ total of […]
Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team
Once again Narbonne of Harbor City is the overwhelming preseason favorite to win the second L.A. City Section Open Division title. Narbonne also is gunning for its fifth consecutive major division title and that is reflected in the amount of preseason all-section choices the Gauchos have. There are a whopping eight of them, while Open Division...
Tough Week for UCLA, SoCal Hoops
The SoCal basketball community, and UCLA basketball in particular, is reeling after news broke that former Bruins and L.A. Westchester standout Billy Knight was found dead in Phoenix on Sunday morning from an apparent suicide. The news of Knight’s plight hit social media 24 hours later and came four days after former UCLA and Sylmar […]
California On Roll In NBA Draft
Marvin Bagley III is the first player taken in the 2018 NBA Draft who graduated from a California high school, selected No. 2 overall by the Sacramento Kings. There are two other first-rounders from the Golden State and six overall drafted as the state runs its streak of producing first-rounders to 13 consecutive years. We also […]
2017-18 All-State Grid Hoopers
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 32nd 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 […]
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 freshman (2021) class. Our final 2021 Cal-Hi Sports Top 25 for the 2017-18 school year shows plenty of movement and three new prospects. This concludes our player rankings package for this school year and our...
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 sophomore (2020) class. Our final 2020 Cal-Hi Sports Top 65 for the 2017-18 school year shows five newcomers since our winter edition, a fast-rising prospect, and a new No. 1. Our final 2017-18 rankings for the...
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 junior (2019) class. Our final 2019 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 for the 2017-18 school year shows seven newcomers since our winter edition. Our final 2017-18 rankings for the 2020 and 2021 classes will be...
Boys BB: Final ’18 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 (2018) class. Our final 2018 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows eight new players and plenty of movement for those who excelled late into the post-season. Our final 2017-18 rankings for the 2019,...
