Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
NEW Hot 100 Class of ’23 Player Ranks
We continue our boys basketball coverage for the 2022-23 school year for Gold Club VIPs with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class, beginning with seniors (2023). Our Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 has plenty of change and a whopping 30 newcomers since our last update to close out 2021-22 and we’ll...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
In this week’s new boys basketball State Top 25 there is plenty of movement following the result of a big NorCal vs. SoCal contest played at the State Preview Classic at Colony High School. There are also two newcomers, one from the North and one from the South, from traditional power leagues in each region....
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
There were plenty of results to pour over, but when this week’s boys basketball State TOP 25 was set, there is only one huge change and two newcomers to the industry’s longest running state (or national) high school rankings. In this special MLK edition, state power Mater Dei falls, but did the Monarchs fall all...
Salute to Charles White
We take a look back at the high school career of San Fernando High School great Charles White, who died this week at age 64 from liver cancer. White was a legend in the San Fernando Valley, and reached iconic status around the state when he captured the 1979 Heisman Trophy at USC as part […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
Most of the state’s ranked boys basketball teams won last week, but it’s not the Harvard-Westlake and Bishop Montgomery triple OT classic that causes changes to this week’s State Top 25, it’s St. John Bosco’s road win over Trinity League kingpin Mater Dei. There are two new teams at the bottom of the rankings, including...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
Top-ranked Corona Centennial and No. 2 Harvard-Westlake have taken losses, but both remain unbeaten against in-state foes. What the plethora of holiday tournament results show is that the Golden State has some good teams, but not likely a super team this year. No. 3 Bishop Montgomery remains undefeated and has a showdown on Saturday against...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
Top-ranked Corona Centennial and No. 2 Harvard-Westlake will be tough to beat, while new boys basketball State Top 25 No. 3 West Ranch of Valencia has a chance to make a major statement at the Tarkanian Classic and The Classic at Damien. Preseason No. 3 Modesto Christian’s slow start and uncertainty about players also means...
NorCal Tip-Off Classic Recaps
Here’s the results and recap from the 15th Annual NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Dublin. Preseason NorCal No. 1 and state No. 3 Modesto Christian fell for the second consecutive night in a loss to No. 5 Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (which also had fallen in its first game last week).
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. It was a normal summer for the first time since 2019, as the long-term effects of COVID-19 begin to take shape and California deals with its “new” normal. That normal includes the impact that Name, […]
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 Clovis West and includes the rest of these teams down to No. 40 Rancho Cucamonga, plus a list […]
