Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
Preseason Boys BB Updates
Our own preseason Cal-Hi Sports state rankings – going 35 teams deep plus a preseason all-state team to follow – will begin to be released late next week. As a teaser, here are the preseason regional rankings as released on Thursday by partners at GrassrootsHoops.net. Many California teams mentioned.
Super Showcase Top 20 Rankings
We evaluated all the sessions of the West Coast Super Showcase at Clovis East (Clovis) on Sunday and broke down our notes and reports to rank the top 20 boys basketball players in attendance.
Boys BB: Top 8th Graders Since ’82
Our post-summer rankings are now complete and with the Class of 2018 now ready to make an impact at the high school level, we decided to take a detailed look back at California’s top incoming ninth-graders since before the fathers of the current crop of standouts were in high school. This is the type of […]
Boys BB: Introducing 2018 Class
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a first look at the state’s top incoming ninth-graders. The freshman (2018) class has some elite talent, but many in the group are already mature and it’s important to keep that in mind when projecting future success. Some of the state’s better freshmen won’t contribute right...
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. Every great class has big men and point guards and the sophomores (2017) have both at the top. We expand our 2017 rankings from 25 to 65 and the post-summer Cal-Hi Sports Top 65 will...
No. 1 Bosco Tops No. 3 Mater Dei
Miscues proved costly for the state’s No. 3 ranked team as Santa Ana Mater Dei loses Trinity League showdown to Bellflower St. John Bosco, the state’s top-ranked club. Three big fumble recoveries by Bosco’s defense proves to be the difference.
Boys BB: Updated ’16 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 2015 Hot 100 for seniors and today we take a look at the Hot 100 juniors (2016). Our post-summer Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 will be updated at least once during...
Boys BB: Updated ’15 Player Rankings
We tip-off our boys basketball coverage for the 2014-15 school year for Gold Club VIPs with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class, beginning with seniors (2015). 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 rankings...
Pangos Frosh/Soph: Top 40 Rankings
We took in all the sessions of the 2014 Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp at Cerritos (Calif.) College over the weekend and broke down our notes and evaluations to rank the top forty players in attendance.
No. 1 Bosco Goes Down in Vegas
Comeback bid for state No. 1 St. John Bosco of Bellflower comes up just short in 34-31 road loss to Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas. Gaels’ victory could mean there will be a new No. 1 team in the state next week, but importance of game won’t be known for weeks to come.