Category Archives: Boys Basketball Blog
Blake: Arms Race of HS Sports
Op-Ed column sent out to the state’s high school sports media from CIF executive director Roger Blake takes aim at schools doing elaborate college signing ceremonies and hopes for leading high school administrators to stay focused on the overall, general principles of education-based athletics. By Roger Blake Executive Director of the California Interscholastic Federation High […]
Clovis West boys/girls CIF split?
From the bizarro world of CIF state playoffs, competitive equity seeding and Open Divisions comes this very real possibility: one prominent school in which its boys basketball team is competing in Northern California while its girls team is in Southern California. The school we’re talking about is Clovis West of Fresno, which is the top […]
Fantag Games: Colfax girls, Vanden boys triumphant
Click on the link after each game recap to see video highlights from each of these two Fantag Games of the Week. For this fifth week, we have recaps and video highlights from the Colfax girls winning in a crucial Pioneer Valley League matchup plus the Vanden of Fairfield boys knotting up the Monticello Empire […]
Fantag Games: Union Mine girls, Folsom boys, Bear Creek girls win
Click on the link after each game recap to see video highlights from each of these three Fantag Games of the Week. For this fourth week, we have recaps and video highlights from two huge league games (Sierra Valley Conference girls, Sierra Foothill League boys) plus a non-league matchup between two of the leading girls […]
Fantag Game of Week: Modesto Christian league streak marches on
At three different times in Monday’s Modesto Christian at St. Mary’s of Stockton boys basketball game, the host Rams tied up the visiting Crusaders with most inside Morelli Gym very aware of what might be at stake. State No. 20 Modesto Christian, however, still prevailed 89-80 and extended its state record league win streak to […]
Fantag Games: Weston Ranch & Oak Ridge victorious
Click on the link after each game recap to see video highlights from each of these two Fantag Games of the Week. For this second week, we have two recaps and video highlights done with one more to go, which will be from Monday’s Modesto Christian at St. Mary’s (Stockton) boys contest.
Fantag Games of Week Recaps
Click on the link after each game recap to see video highlights from each of these three Fantag Games of the Week. For this first week, we’d say we had one upset, one game that was close throughout and another that went to overtime. Stay tuned to see previews for our next set of these […]
Boys BB: Major Showcase Schedules
In November, we will begin to release our preseason 2018-19 Cal-Hi Sports boys basketball state rankings. As a preview to how things could shake out, here is a list of the major 2018-19 tournaments and classics involving California teams that figure to be ranked. Look for our preseason Cal-Hi Sports state rankings on the week […]
Salute to “Big Lou” Cvijanovich
There’s an exclusive group of high school boys basketball coaches in the history of California who’ve won 600 games or more. It’s a smaller group when you get to 800 and an even smaller group of those who’ve actually been the winningest in state history. Count Lou Cvijanovich, who coached at Santa Clara of Oxnard […]
NorCal Tip Off Classic Recap
Here’s the results and recap from the 12th Annual NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Newark Memorial. State No. 7 Modesto Christian battled one-loss and No. 12 Santa Margarita in the marquee matchup. The SoCal club came away with the victory behind a 23-point, 11-rebound effort from UCLA-bound Jake Kyman. State No. 5 Sheldon of Sacramento and […]
