Category Archives: boys basketball
Inside the All-State Boys BB Teams
We still have more to go over from the 2017-18 season in California, including several players who would be All-State All-Academic, more freshmen and sophomores that came closest to being picked to those teams, our choice for a player who in our research would be most inspirational and we go over some of the most...
Boys BB: All-State Best of Best 2018
Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Onyeka Okongwu of Chino Hills and NorCal Player of the Year James Akinjo of Salesian are headliners for the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. This post includes writeups of all 10 on the first team. The Big O is the only junior to be this […]
Boys BB: All-State 2nd, 3rd
Here’s where to go to check out all of the writeups for those who are second team overall and third team overall on the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Boys Basketball Teams. Many of those on second team almost were on first and it’s an elite group that any college coach would love to have. […]
Boys BB: Divisional All-State 2018
It took us a couple of years to adjust our annual divisional all-state teams in basketball to the CIF having an Open Division. Now they’ve changed things again with competitive equity based divisions and team placements. If competitive equity means that the Open Division and Division I is that much stronger than the other divisions, […]
Boys BB: All-State Underclass 2018
Welcome to the first post relating to the 40th annual edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Boys Basketball Teams. This is a look at the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. It will be for Gold Club members only. The post for all-state teams according to CIF divisions will be a free...
FINAL All-State Boys BB Nominee List
With the players and coaches of the year honors handed out, we’re now going into the final days of selecting the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State boys basketball teams. There will be one super elite first team, second team and third team of 10 players each and then top teams of underclass and for each...
Mr. Basketball 2018: It’s The Big O
State’s top honor goes to Onyeka Okongwu, a multi-dimensional center from Chino Hills whose skill level, defensive ability, team-first attitude and approach made him second-to-none in California this season. A D1 state crown helps the junior big man edge senior James Akinjo of Richmond Salesian.
More Boys BB State Players of Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2018 selections for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. The most difficult choices ended up for the freshmen and for Division IV. We also had to choose a senior of the year for the first time since 2012 since this year’s Mr. […]
State Coach of Year: Dave Kleckner
After a summer of uncertainty in which he resigned and then came back with the same job, there is no doubt that Etiwanda’s Dave Kleckner had one of his best seasons. Now the time has come to recognize one of the most respected boys basketball coaches in California as the Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of […]
Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for boys basketball. Two of the five honorees based on CIF state playoff divisions were from state title teams, one was from a Open Division team, one was from a team that won its second straight section title and one was to recognize […]
