Category Archives: boys basketball
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
The big four from the CIF Southern Section is down to the big three as Sierra Canyon loses to San Diego St. Augustine and drops to No. 6 in this week’s rankings. All four of the CIFSS teams in the SoCal Division 1 semifinals also are ranked, led by top seed and No. 8 Damien....
Boys/Girls BB Open Divisions Roll On
There were what you’d call upsets in each one of the four NorCal & SoCal brackets that had games on Friday, but the sizzler of the first night of the CIF Open Division state playoffs had to be the Chino Hills boys topping L.A. City champ Birmingham 130-110 in one of the highest scoring games […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
It’s another week of boys & girls hoops, baseball and softball mixed together. Highlights include two coaches reaching 700 career wins in different sports, Aurora Adams of Garden Grove Santiago driving in 10 runs in one game and Junior Ramirez scoring 30 points for Selma as it wins first section boys hoops title in 103 […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
In the last installment of these honors for basketball players this season, the picks are in for a foursome who all led their teams to CIF section titles last weekend with two of them not playing until Friday of this week in the Open Division. Next week, we’re switching to baseball and softball so get […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
After all the results from the various section championships around the state are analyzed, we have some movement in this week’s State Top 20, but are there any newcomers? The seeds don’t always match our rankings (which turned out quite well last week for us) and the dubious distinction of the most odd regional playoff...
CIFSS Boys Open: What We Learned
State No. 1 Bishop Montgomery of Torrance won the CIF Southern Section Open Division title with a 70-55 win over No. 2 Mater Dei of Santa Ana. With the win, the Knights secured the top seed in the SoCal Open Division regional playoffs. The top four seeds will be the four teams that advanced to […]
Boys BB State Player Records
Here is a collection of updated state records in player or individual categories. DeMarcus Nelson is still state’s all-time leading scorer while Darnell Robinson is still state’s all-time leading rebounder. These also are the categories that relate most closely to the Ball Brothers at Chino Hills, including La’Melo’s 92-point game and Lonzo’s assists and steals...
Boys BB Open Division Picks
This is a combination of how we’d select the eight boys teams for the Northern California and Southern California Open Division regional playoffs with what we think might happen given our history of covering these selections over the years. Check the CIF state web site at approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday to see how it […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
Brandon McCoy of San Diego Cathedral Catholic says don’t forget about me with 41-point playoff game, younger sister of D1 college running back scores 28 points in playoff game, Jonny DeLuca of Agoura gets six hits in first game and two different girls start out their softball seasons by hitting two home runs in their […]
