Category Archives: basketball events
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
As the major holiday tournaments heat up, we are updating our boys basketball rankings from the preseason order. Our next update will be January 2 after those tournaments provide us key results. Mater Dei of Santa Ana holds on to the top spot but has a slew of tough upcoming games. Rancho Christian also makes […]
St. Mary’s MLK Showcase: No. 1 falls
State and national girls basketball No. 1 Clovis West of Fresno still looking at silver lining despite lopsided loss to Centennial of Las Vegas at Monday’s St. Mary’s MLK Showcase in Stockton. State No. 2 Archbishop Mitty, meanwhile, beats No. 10 Mission Hills of San Marcos while the No. 6 host Rams top No. 12 […]
NorCal Tip Off Classic Recap
Here’s the results and recap from the 10th Annual NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Newark Memorial (Newark, Calif.). State No. 15 Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland knocks off preseason boys hoops state No. 1 Bishop Montgomery of Torrance, 70-63, after trailing 17-1 early. Please make sure to check out GrassrootsHoops.net on Sunday evening for exclusive player rankings from the one-day, seven-game […]
Girls of Summer: Caravan trek ends
The final event of the month is in the books at the Summer in the City held at Chabot College where the Oakland Soldiers did some marching to a 5-0 record and displayed several high-level prospects, led by Fairfield Vanden’s Julia Blackshell-Fair. A team with mostly girls from Ventura High also shined and probably helped […]
Boys of Summer: NorCal Tip-Off in SF
Some of the top boys basketball players from Northern California (plus many more from Oregon and Nevada) hit the hardwood at City College of San Francisco last weekend for another great event staged by NorCal hoops producer Gerry Freitas. We have highlights, players who broke through, watch lists and more. For many players, though, it’s […]
Girls Open Division: Super 8s
After all of the Friday and Saturday section finals, here would be the eight girls basketball teams in Northern California and the eight in Southern California that we’d pick for the Open Divisions. The first five positions in the North and first two in the South should be easy, but even No. 3 in the […]
After No. 1 beats No. 2, what’s next?
It wasn’t the typical high-scoring hijinks seen for games so far involving state and national No. 1 Chino Hills, but the play of its two freshmen starters may have been the difference in a 71-67 triumph vs. state No. 2 Bishop Montgomery of Torrance in Saturday night’s Fairfax State Preview. The Knights may get two […]
Girls BB: Monday at St. Mary’s MLK
Go inside here for all Monday scores and highlights from annual Stockton St. Mary’s MLK Showcase, including wins by state-ranked Pinewood over state-ranked Alemany and state-ranked La Jolla Country Day over state-ranked Bishop O’Dowd. State No. 1 St. Mary’s also improves to 17-0. For more on the Saturday games from the Stockton St. Mary’s MLK […]
Miramonte girls mow down Mater Dei
In a matchup between two of the state’s top five-ranked teams at the Stockton St. Mary’s MLK Showcase, unbeaten Miramonte of Orinda gets out to a quick start and goes on to knock off national powerhouse Mater Dei of Santa Ana 65-47. The 2015 State Junior of the Year, Sabrina Ionescu, leads the way but […]
West Coast Jamboree Recap
Girls basketball extravaganza with 128 teams wrapped up earlier this week with 16 teams crowned as champions in a competitive equity format that has long been the norm and long before the CIF headed in that direction. Long Beach Poly and Brea Olinda made it a CIFSS sweep of the top two divisions, but another […]
