Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
Preseason FB: All-L.A. City Section
There are two strong favorites in the L.A. City to start the season — Narbonne in Division I and Hawkins in Division II — and both schools have five players on this year’s preseason all-section team. Most of the Gauchos’ strength will be on defense while most of the Hawks’ will be on offense. Los […]
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 freshman (2019) class. Our final 2019 Cal-Hi Sports Top 25 for the 2015-16 school year shows seven new prospects. This concludes our player rankings package for the just completed school year and our next rankings...
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 sophomore (2018) class. Our final 2018 Cal-Hi Sports Top 65 for the 2015-16 school year shows eight newcomers since our winter edition. Our final 2015-16 rankings for the 2019 class will be published by the beginning...
Boys BB: Final ’17 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 (2017) class. Our final 2017 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 for the 2015-16 school year shows six newcomers since our winter edition. Our final 2015-16 rankings for the 2018 and 2019 classes will be...
Boys BB: Final ’16 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 (2016) class. Our final 2016 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows four new players and a higher ranking for some who excelled late into the post-season. Our final 2015-16 rankings for the 2017,...
2015-16 All-State Grid Hoopers
To kick off our summer season of honoring the best multi-sport and overall athletes of the year, we begin with a look at the state’s best football-basketball combo athletes on our 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 are sure to […]
Boys BB: All-State Best of Best
It’s finally time to present the 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state elite boys basketball teams. These are the teams selected regardless of CIF division or year in school. This is a look at the 10 players named first team overall. Lonzo Ball and T.J. Leaf are joined by one junior and we think at least […]
Boys BB: All-State 2nd, 3rd Teams
In addition to the first 10 players overall that are written up and showcased, the Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball selections also features two more sets of 10 regarded as our best of the best. Schools getting multiple picks among the top 30 include Chino Hills, Bishop Montgomery of Torrance and Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. […]
Mr. Basketball 2016: Lonzo Ball
State’s top honor goes to point guard from Chino Hills whose statistical dominance is only matched by his team’s success. Becoming state’s all-time assist leader and leading the Huskies to the mythical national crown helps the UCLA-bound 6-foot-6 dynamo edge future college teammate T.J. Leaf.
Deeper Look: Lonzo vs. Jason Kidd
There has been a lot of discussion this season about Lonzo Ball’s place among the great point guards California has produced over the years. We take a more detailed look at the player he is often compared to — future NBA Hall of Famer Jason Kidd. We also have his final, accurate season and career...
