Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team
As L.A. City section programs look to continue to build continuity and grow participation numbers as the state puts the pandemic behind it. City Section programs have an abundance of talent at the skill positions and plenty of top players who put up big statistical outputs a years ago back, but the talent in the...
2022-23 Grid-Hoop All-State Team
To continue our end-of-school year content of honoring the best athletes of the year (boys and girls), we take a deep look at the state’s 15 best football-basketball combo athletes on our 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. Leading the 15-man group is player of the year Jerry Mixon Jr. of Sacred Heart Cathedral […]
Boys BB: Cali Live Is A Hit
Everyone is a winner who got to play in the first-ever event last weekend at eight different schools in Orange County. The teams that enjoyed winning bracket titles on Sunday at Irvine High included Salesian of Richmond, Archbishop Mitty of San Jose and Centennial of Corona. Senior Carter Bryant and juniors Tounde Yessoufou and Brayden […]
Boys BB: Final ’26 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with an updated look at the state’s top college prospects in the freshman (2026) class at the close of the 2022-23 school year. Our final 2026 Cal-Hi Sports Top 25 for the 2022-23 school year shows one new prospect based on his playing during the high...
Boys BB: Final ’24 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look this school year at the state’s top college prospects in the junior (2024) class. Our 2024 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows 15 newcomers and plenty of movement throughout. Our final 2022-23 rankings for the 2025 and 2026 classes will be published by...
Boys BB: Final ’23 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look at the state’s top college prospects in the senior (2023) class. Our final 2023 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows many changes and 10 newcomers. This will be the final position for these players since we first saw many of them as...
All-State Boys BB 2023: First Team
Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Jared McCain of CIF Southern Section Open Division champ Centennial of Corona and our brand new named NorCal Player of the Year B.J. Davis of Modesto Christian headline the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. Go inside to see why these 10 have finished their careers […]
All-State Boys BB 2023: 2nd & 3rd Tms
Here’s the place to see all of the writeups for those who have been selected second team overall and third team overall on the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Boys Basketball Teams. The teams feature a terrific crop of underclassmen who could make 2023-24 one of the best seasons in recent memory. For the all-time...
Mr. Basketball 2023: Husky Repeat
It turned out to be closer than one might have thought with one month to go in the 2023 season, but Jared McCain makes it two in a row for Centennial of Corona having the California Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year. He follows teammate Donovan Dent from last season. He’s just the third […]
State Coach of the Year: Mike Hansen
It all came together for the team this season at Dougherty Valley of San Ramon. For winning its first-ever CIF North Coast Section Open Division title and for rising up to compete at the highest levels of the state, head coach Mike Hansen has been named 2023 State Coach of the Year. This also is […]