Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
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 […]
Boys BB: Nicknames Galore
Cal-Hi Sports has long kept track of interesting names and nicknames throughout the years. We even publish them in our Cal-Hi Sports Record Book & Alamanc and will eventually publish them online. Recently, Student Sports published its list of all-time national nicknames of the year and names of the year in boys high school basketball. The […]
Boys BB: One In, One Out
As football kicks off around the state and we prepare to release our preseason CIF Bowl Game Rankings, we’ve been also keeping up with the basketball scene. The major happenings involved one highly-regarded player leaving the state, and another returning after a brief departure.
FB: Preseason No. 1s since 1985
We’re continuing our preseason football coverage for the 2013 season with a look back at the Cal-Hi Sports preseason overall No. 1 ranked teams and how they fared dating back to 1985.
Boys BB: Another MVP for Stanley
Forward Stanley Johnson from Mater Dei of Santa Ana scored a team-high 25 points in his second appearance in the Under Armour Elite 24. It wasn’t enough, however, as team Bed Stuy couldn’t overcome large deficit to team Coney Island in 114-109 loss in a game played in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday evening.
FB: Preseason rankings follow-up
Now that our preseason state football rankings have been released, it’s time to sulk it all in and dig a bit deeper for what it all means. For the most part, preseason positioning in a combination of recent success, returning personnel, and early games on the docket.
