Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
Boys BB: Updated ’14 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top college prospects in the senior (2014) class since we last updated our player rankings in late September. Our winter Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows some considerable change from our post-summer edition. Our final rankings for the 2014 class...
Enterprise No Match For ‘Nade
Chaminade of West Hills wins its first-ever section title and state title in the same season by virtue of its 41-9 victory over Northern Section representative Enterprise of Redding in the CIF Division II State Championship Bowl Game. Chaminade’s dominant performance is not surprising considering the available section champions from the North in this division […]
NEW Top 20 Boys BB State Ranks
Bishop Montgomery, Mayfair, Capital Christian and Cantwell Sacred Heart bump their way up from the preseason list with Mater Dei still on top. The next regular season boys basketball rankings will be done after the major holiday invitational tournaments. Also look for teams to get stronger after January 6 when a slew of transfers across […]
Hoophall West: Monarchs impress
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame created a spinoff of its annual Massachussetts-based event in Phoenix — the Spalding Hoophall West. The state’s top-ranked boys basketball team, Mater Dei of Santa Ana, and Orange Lutheran participate in two-day event.
Tracker No. 1: Mr. Basketball
There is a clear leader at the beginning of the 2013-14 season in the race to be the Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year. But just raving about Mater Dei’s Stanley Johnson is no fun. A top 10 list is certainly in order.
Regional Bowls: Quick Picks, Reaction
De La Salle will play Folsom at Diablo Valley College on Saturday in NorCal Open Division rematch of last year. In the South, meanwhile, it will be Corona Centennial taking a crack at St. John Bosco at Cerritos College.
FB: 1st title for St. John Bosco
No. 2 St. John Bosco of Bellflower wraps up its first ever CIF Southern Section title with a dominant 34-7 victory over state No. 5 Mater Dei of Santa Ana in the Pac-Five title game. The unbeaten Braves assuredly will earn a SoCal Open Division bowl game berth.
FB: San Fernando on the board
Unbeaten San Fernando wins CIF L.A. City Section Division II title for second consecutive season with thrilling 34-32 win over upset-minded South Gate. Tigers now on the board as potential SoCal Division II bowl team.
FB: ’09 Shaw wins all-time tourney
Our research partners over at jimmychitwood.com are dedicated to capturing the essence of high school and college athletics, especially during a time when amateur athletics was pure and not so commercial, and celebrating its great teams and players. We collaborated with the editor of the website to create a 18-team all-time CIF Los Angeles City […]
