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2016 Ballislife A-A Game April 30

A plethora of the nation’s best boys high school basketball stars scheduled to participate in annual event.  Lonzo Ball of mythical national champion Chino Hills headlines participants. The 6th Annual Ballislife All-American Game presented by Eastbay will feature many of the nation’s top high school boys basketball players. The national high school all-star game is set […]

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FINAL Boys BB Expanded Top 40

As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings, this time covering the 2015-16 season. Teams getting a bump based on the CIF state finals are Corona Centennial and Inglewood, but we only dropped Open Division finalist De La Salle from fourth to fifth. For reasons...

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Saturday CIF Boys Finals

It’s a coronation for Chino Hills as the Lonzo Ball-led squad beats De La Salle to win the CIF Open Division state title and finish 35-0. The Huskies got pushed from the Spartans in the first half, but erase memories of last year’s D1 title game loss to San Ramon Valley. The other two winners […]

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Thursday CIF Boys Finals

Crespi of Encino follows up last year’s Division IV state title by beating Berkeley in this year’s Division I championship. The other two winners on the day at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento are Manteca (D3) and St. Joseph Notre Dame (D5). Pilots’ head coach Don Lippi also makes history by recording 800th career win. […]

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NEW Boys BB State Top 20

The 2016 CIF State Championships will conclude the season this weekend and two teams playing for state titles in Division I and Division II are this week’s State Top 20 newcomers. There’s also still plenty of jockeying to do and consider among all teams depending on what happens in the various state finals. Note: There...

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Boys Open: One More For Chino Hills

State and nation’s No. 1 team beats Bishop Montgomery for the second time in No. 1 vs. No. 2 state showdown for CIF Southern California Open Division title. The Huskies (34-0) will now play NorCal Open Division winner De La Salle next Saturday in attempt to finish off what would be one of greatest seasons […]

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NEW Boys BB State Top 20

It was a huge week for the CIF San Diego Section as Foothills Christian and Cathedral Catholic post big wins to move up in the rankings while St. Augustine of San Diego cracks the state Top 20 rankings for boys basketball. There are many ranked teams whose seasons are now complete and that is created...

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NEW Boys BB State Top 20

There are two new teams in this week’s State Top 20 for boys basketball, including a section consolation champion who makes a big splash and a first-round section loser whose earlier wins can’t be ignored. There’s also a CIF section champion who had to drop to make way for one of the newcomers. Note: There...

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NEW Boys BB State Top 20

Cathedral Catholic of San Diego returns to the State Top 20 rankings for boys basketball with Narbonne of Harbor City making a splash as the second newcomer after advancing to its first major division L.A. City Section title game. See who was forced to make way for those two clubs and other movement that mainly...

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Chino Hills-Sierra Canyon Showdown Set

It will be a Chino Hills vs. Sierra Canyon matchup in the CIFSS Open Division finals next Saturday at the Honda Center after Sierra Canyon’s impressive 78-69 win over Bishop Montgomery of Torrance. Chino Hills, the state and nation’s No. 1 ranked team, throttles Mater Dei of Santa Ana, 102-54, to reach final for the […]

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