Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
After pouring over the results of the holiday tournaments and New Year’s showcases, there are four newcomers to the latest boys basketball State Top 35 led by red-hot San Ramon Valley of Danville. Other high-risers are No. 2 Roosevelt of Eastvale and the team it just beat in a showcase game, No. 8 St. Joseph...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
There is now a second team from the CIF San Diego Section in the latest boys basketball State TOP 25 and a bit of movement among teams looking to challenge for a section open championship. Expect plenty of movement in the rankings as the results pour in from the Tarkanian Classic, The Classic at Damien...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
Top-ranked Harvard-Westlake and No. 2 St. John Bosco live up to preseason billing at recent Hoophall West event, while Salesian of Richmond, JSerra of San Juan Capistrano, De La Salle of Concord and La Mirada are the big risers in the first updated regular season boys basketball State Top 25. Only three teams drop out...
NorCal Tip-Off Classic Recaps
Here’s the results and recaps from the 16th Annual NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Dublin. Nationally-ranked and state No. 4 Roosevelt of Eastvale records a big win over No. 8 Riordan of San Francisco in an early NorCal-SoCal showdown. State No. 13 De La Salle of Concord and No. 16 Branson also pick up key victories […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (1-15)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. Two big off-season happenings is the continued impact Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) has on the boys basketball landscape and the NFHS recommended rule changes that eliminates the one-and-one foul shot in high school basketball. […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (16-40)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we are doing it with a preseason Top 40 of the best boys teams from all across the state. This group is led by No. 16 and NorCal open contender Branson of Ross and includes the rest of these teams down to No. 40 […]
Boys BB: 2023-24 Transfer Rundown
Here’s a quick-hitting list of transfers that will impact this year’s boys basketball state rankings. It’s been a hectic off-season and we offer a rundown of where some of California’s elite players ended up, including some who left the state, and some who just transferred as recently as the past week. Look for our preseason […]
Boys BB: Preseason FAB 50 Show
Our Managing Editor Ronnie Flores, who takes the lead on our boys basketball content as well, was an analyst and producer for the recently-released “Preseason FAB 50 Show” by Ballislife.com. The hour and a half long show broke down the boys basketball preseason FAB 50 National Team Rankings Flores produces each year (CLICK HERE to […]
Boys BB: Rectroactive All-State Primer
All-State boys basketball teams from Cal-Hi Sports have now been extended back to the 1954-55 season with new teams added from the 1978-79 season going backward based on research. Some of the players are well-known such as longtime NBA referee Leon Wood, former Laker Byron Scott, an MLB Hall of Famer, a recently retired longtime […]
Boys BB: Major Showcase Schedules
In November, we will begin the release of our preseason 2023-24 Cal-Hi Sports boys basketball state rankings. As a preview to how things could shake out, here is a list of the major 2023-24 tournaments and classics involving California teams that figure to be ranked. The 2023-24 season officially begins November 13. The CIF state […]
