Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
Boys BB: Introducing 2027 Class
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a first look at the state’s top ninth-graders. The freshman (2027) class has good talent at the top already making a big impact, but it’s still too early to tell how it will stack up to the hot tracking 2026 class. Some in this group...
NEW Top 65 Class of ’26 Player Ranks
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class. The sophomore class (2026) has been a bumper crop so far and could one day rate among the state’s best all-time classes. We expand our 2026 rankings from 25 to 65 for this installment...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The playoffs are about to tip-off across the state, so check out the latest boys basketball State Top 35 rankings to see how and why our award-winning rankings differ plenty from the computer systems used to determine playoff seedings. What’s the point of head-to-head results if they don’t hold as much weight as strength of...
NEW Hot 100 Class of ’25 Player Ranks
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs rolls on with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class. We just published our 2024 Hot 100 for seniors and now we take a look at the Hot 100 juniors (2025). Our Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 for this class expands from a Top...
NEW Hot 100 Class of ’24 Player Ranks
We continue our boys basketball coverage for the 2023-24 school year for Gold Club VIPs with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class, beginning with seniors (2024). Our Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 has plenty of change and a whopping 27 newcomers since our last update to close out 2022-23 and we’ll...
BB: Scholastic Live Period In North
A June Scholastic Live Period for high school basketball was first sanctioned through the CIF and NFHS in 2023 and in 2024 there will be a live period event hosted in Northern California. Boys California Live ‘24 for high school basketball will be held June 28-30, 2024 at the Roebbelen Center in Roseville. NOTE: Boys […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
For the third consecutive week, there is a new No. 1 team in the latest boys basketball State Top 35 rankings. As we said last week, the Mission League teams weren’t 1-2-3 for long, but one of those teams is the new No. 1. Harvard-Westlake is also the No. 1 seed in the upcoming CIF...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
It was a short week, but a lot happened to cause change in the latest boys basketball state rankings. We have a new No. 1 as this Mission League program earns this spot for the first time in school history in our weekly rankings format that goes back many years. It took down previous No....
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
In a special MLK edition of the boys basketball State TOP 35, all the Monday results are compiled and factored in, but it’s a game earlier in the week that causes the most change. See how Corona Centennial’s big league win over previous No. 2 Roosevelt affects the longest-running weekly rankings in the state by...