Category Archives: Boys Basketball Blog
Kawhi Leonard Joins Rare Company
Kawhi Leonard of the San Antonio Spurs joins rare company as the fourth NBA Finals MVP from a California high school. Read why this award is a good omen for the 2009 Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Basketball from King of Riverside and why there is one all-time NBA great missing from the short list.
Tyler Dorsey Re-Opens Recruitment
St. John Bosco of Bellflower All-State guard decommits from University of Arizona five months after pledging to sign a Letter Of Intent with the Wildcats in the fall of 2014.
Joey Covarrubias fighting cancer
All-state guard from Cantwell Sacred Heart of Montebello diagnosed with rare form of cancer after taking x-Ray because of chest pain. His father Joe talks about outpouring of emotional and monetary support he’s already received from the basketball community.
Coaching State Record Updates
The Cal-Hi Sports state coaching record lists for boys and girls basketball have both been updated for all games played during the 2013-14 season. The football coaching records already had been updated in March.
Highlights of May 7 CIF press briefing
On Wednesday, May 7, CIF executive director Roger Blake and other CIF staff met with members of the state’s media corps, including Cal-Hi Sports, in a conference call to answer questions from topics such as the 2015 basketball championships heading to Cal’s Haas Pavilion, more on the new CIF swimming and diving state championships, mandated […]
Thoughts on CIF hoop finals at Cal
Yikes, the first images of having to go to UC Berkeley’s Haas Pavilion for next season’s CIF state basketball championships is of driving around in a daze wondering where to park the car.
Ballislife All-American Game May 3
Four of the California’s best boys high school basketball players, including Mr. Basketball Stanley Johnson, scheduled to participate in the 4th Annual Ballislife All-American Game set for May 3 at Long Beach City College. Mr. Basketball USA Cliff Alexander of Chicago and five other McDonald’s All-Americans headline participants.
Collision XVI: Justin Bibbins shines
Justin Bibbins of Division IV state champion Bishop Montgomery shines in Collision All-Star game putting some of the CIF Southern Section’s best basketball players versus the L.A. City Section. McDonald’s All-American Tom Welsh also stands out. We also rundown California performers in national all-star games.
Oscar Edwards: 4-Time State Champ
National Player of the Year candidate Stanley Johnson of Santa Ana Mater Dei has been getting tons of attention for having an opportunity to lead the Monarchs to their fourth consecutive state title at the 2014 CIF state championships. That feat would be unprecedented at the major division level, but meet the man who was […]
Redwood Empire sends two to state
For the last two years many of us in the California prep sports writing community have waxed on about faults in the Open Division format, and the need for changes after the two-year period of using this system will now be over. While there may be faults and things needing correcting, the one thing that […]
