Category Archives: boys basketball
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Despite the fact that the regular season has ended in almost every section and the funnel has narrowed to almost only teams in the playoffs with a few exceptions, we still had some amazing performances to honor that usually would only get local recognition. With everyone in Tuesday playoff games, we also have to get […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The playoffs are about to tip-off across the state, so check out the latest boys basketball State Top 35 rankings to see how and why our award-winning rankings differ plenty from the computer systems used to determine playoff seedings. What’s the point of head-to-head results if they don’t hold as much weight as strength of...
NEW Hot 100 Class of ’25 Player Ranks
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs rolls on with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class. We just published our 2024 Hot 100 for seniors and now we take a look at the Hot 100 juniors (2025). Our Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 for this class expands from a Top...
NEW Hot 100 Class of ’24 Player Ranks
We continue our boys basketball coverage for the 2023-24 school year for Gold Club VIPs with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class, beginning with seniors (2024). Our Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 has plenty of change and a whopping 27 newcomers since our last update to close out 2022-23 and we’ll...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
As the funnel narrows with the start of CIF section playoffs we start to wind down the player of the week features for basketball but this week we have some real outstanding performances and even a couple of entries in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book were tracked. This week, we visit San Diego and […]
BB: Scholastic Live Period In North
A June Scholastic Live Period for high school basketball was first sanctioned through the CIF and NFHS in 2023 and in 2024 there will be a live period event hosted in Northern California. Boys California Live ‘24 for high school basketball will be held June 28-30, 2024 at the Roebbelen Center in Roseville. NOTE: Boys […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
For the third consecutive week, there is a new No. 1 team in the latest boys basketball State Top 35 rankings. As we said last week, the Mission League teams weren’t 1-2-3 for long, but one of those teams is the new No. 1. Harvard-Westlake is also the No. 1 seed in the upcoming CIF...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. For boys hoops, there are several milestones reached by top scorers and we have a 500th career coaching...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
We don’t any have entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book to track this week, but we did have a player get a single game individual scoring milestone, and two other players that are getting statewide recognition to go along with local props, including another player who recently achieved a career milestone. The fourth […]