Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
Boys BB: Updated ’18 Player Rankings
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 (2018) has a great crop of power forwards and point guards at the top. We expand our 2018 rankings from 25 to 65 with some movement among the original 25 and a...
Boys BB: Major Showcase Schedules
In November, we will begin to release our preseason Cal-Hi Sports boys basketball state rankings. As a preview to how things could shake out, here is a list of the major tournaments and classics involving California teams that figure to be ranked.
Boys BB: Updated ’17 Player Rankings
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class. Last week we published our 2016 Hot 100 for seniors and today we take a look at the Hot 100 juniors (2017). Our post-summer Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 will be updated at least once during...
Boys BB: Updated ’16 Player Rankings
We tip off our boys basketball coverage for the 2015-16 school year for Gold Club VIPs with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class, beginning with seniors (2016). 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...
Honor Bowl: Centennial Statement
Serra of Gardena can’t stop state powerhouse Corona Centennial in the final game of a doubleheader played Saturday at Oceanside’s John Carroll Stadium. The state No. 2 Huskies roll to a 52-13 win over Serra and make a statement about its chances of once again playing for Pac-5 and CIF Open Division titles. The earlier […]
Prep2Prep Classic: Sweep For SoCal
In the final grassroots event of the summer, SoCal swept its NorCal counterparts in the two boys basketball games of the first-ever Prep2Prep California All-Star Classic. The Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth guard duo of Remy Martin and Devearl Ramsey earn MVP honors in the 2017 and 2016 games, respectively.
Preseason All-Section, All-Area (Part 2)
We’re continuing to take a closer look at top players to watch from each of the state’s CIF sections plus well-known regions inside the CIF Southern Section and CIF North Coast Section. For this second part, we choose the best from the CIF L.A. City Section & CIF San Diego Section. NOTE: Yes, it’s true...
Boys BB: Top 10 Summer Risers
We continue our summer boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at some of the state’s most improved prospects from the numerous summer events we attended. We’ll follow this report with our post-summer player rankings — where we’ll introduce the Class of 2019....
P2P California All-Star Classic Rosters
Rosters have been announced for the Prep2Prep California All-Star Classic, a two-game boys basketball event that will feature 48 of state’s top prospects. The event takes place August 30 at Las Positas College in Livermore.
Boys BB: Ballers Shine in 1st Period
The first of three NCAA July evaluation periods is now in the books and it was a busy time for California players with three events in Southern California alone. The Asics Double Pump Summer Tip-Off championship was captured by a team that included the CIF’s best returning player — while the event was dominated by...