Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
FB: ‘Nade knocks off Oaks Christian
RELATED: Week 4 State Top 25 Scoreboard After some dizzying offense performances during the first three weeks of the season by pass-happy teams from the San Fernando Valley region, many figured Oaks Christian of Westlake Village and Chaminade of West Hills would put up a dizzying amount of points and yards in a Thursday night matchup.
Boys BB: Player rankings updated
RELATED: What Do National Player Rankings Mean? The national player rankings of the recruiting networks and other credible rankings have been updated. Plenty of Californians are represented and a few have moved up on various lists, among them Stanley Johnson (Mater Dei, Santa Ana), Tyler Dorsey (St. John Bosco, Bellflower), Chance Comanche (View Park Prep, […]
Boys BB: Jordan McLaughlin To USC
Jordan McLaughlin, Hoop Scoop’s No. 41 overall ranked player, will play college basketball at USC, the all-state guard announced Wednesday afternoon at a press conference at Etiwanda High School. As a junior, the 6-foot-1 point guard led Etiwanda to the coveted CIF Southern Section Division I-AA title, its first since 2005, and was a first […]
Boys BB: Top 10 Summer Sleepers
We’ll continue our summer boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top sleeper prospects who emerged from the numerous summer events we attended and where we evaluated player. We’ll follow this report with our post-summer player rankings....
Boys BB: McClendon Still A Bulldog
After checking out all the football action at the UT San Diego Honor Bowl, we continued our weekend of high school sports by checking out the Fullcourt Press Fall Showcase at St. John Bosco on Sunday. This annual event attracts some of Southern California’s best boys basketball players and after watching eight games with players […]
FB: Oaks Christian Makes Statement
Related: Week 2 State Top 25 Scoreboard Oaks Christian of Westlake Village wants to show last season, when the Lions finished 8-3 and lost in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Pac-Five Division playoffs, was an aberration. The program has been a fixture in CIFSS section title games the past decade and is […]
FB: 11 In West Region Rankings
In conjunction with the weekly Student Sports FAB 50 national football rankings, West Regional rankings are produced. To aide with the ranking process each week in terms of which teams may be FAB 50 worthy and to keep track of the next teams in line to go in, Top 20 regional rankings are produced for […]
FB: Another DB Headed To UCLA
Hours after preseason All-State DB Adarius Pickett of El Cerrito chose UCLA, 6-foot-1, 165-pound defensive back Denzel Fisher of Compton Centennial also chose the Bruins. Fisher (@DenzelFish) Tweeted the news earlier this evening: “Just committed to Ucla !! Lets gooooo #Bruinnation”
FB: No. 6 Poly Over The Shaw
RELATED: Week 1 Top 25 Scoreboard Crenshaw of Los Angeles was supposed to be down after losing serious firepower off a team that reached the L.A. City Section Division I final. The Long Beach Poly coaching staff, however, wasn’t taking anything for granted. They knew is veteran Shaw coach Robert Garrett agreed to play the […]
FB: Preseason A-S Teams Revisited
Today we released our preseason all-state teams in football. There’s no doubt many of these players will make the actual all-state team at the conclusion of the season. But as has become all too common in the news lately with deaths on the field and the NFL’s concussion lawsuit by former players, you realize just […]
