Category Archives: boys basketball
State Coaching Records Updated
All five California high school sports that we primarily cover on this web site – football, boys hoops, girls hoops, baseball and softball – now have all of its coaching records updated through the 2015-16 school year. We started doing these updates earlier last week and got word that one of the winningest coaches in […]
Boys BB: All-State Insider
Similar to recent post we did on girls basketball, we have a few items to catch up on from the 2015-16 season, such as our pick of State Most Inspirational Player of the Year. Plus, we have lists of more top freshmen and sophomores who just missed being on the all-state underclass teams, a look...
Boys BB: All-State Best of Best
It’s finally time to present the 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state elite boys basketball teams. These are the teams selected regardless of CIF division or year in school. This is a look at the 10 players named first team overall. Lonzo Ball and T.J. Leaf are joined by one junior and we think at least […]
Boys BB: All-State 2nd, 3rd Teams
In addition to the first 10 players overall that are written up and showcased, the Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball selections also features two more sets of 10 regarded as our best of the best. Schools getting multiple picks among the top 30 include Chino Hills, Bishop Montgomery of Torrance and Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. […]
Boys BB: More All-State Teams
This is the place to go for the Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams based on size of school and competitive equity ranking of school. For the first time, due to each of the CIF’s sections basically all conducting playoffs differently, we have a separate large school designation to go with medium schools and small schools. There...
Boys BB: All-State Underclass
Just two days after the girls all-state teams began to come out, we’re now ramping up the 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball honors parade. Like the girls, the boys selections also begin with underclass players, which means the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. With the No. 1 team in the nation, Chino […]
All-State Boys BB Nominees (Part 2)
The 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams are about to be selected in the next few days and here is an updated list of those currently on our board. This version includes the addition of approximately 50 players plus corrections and new photos. Thanks to all who sent in nominations after the first...
State Coach of the Year: Russell White
Back for the 1986 football season, Encino Crespi’s Russell White was the Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State Player of the Year. Almost 30 years later, a different Russell White of Crespi is the State Coach of the Year in boys basketball. He’s also the school’s athletic director and is the first-ever State Coach of the […]
Mr. Basketball 2016: Lonzo Ball
State’s top honor goes to point guard from Chino Hills whose statistical dominance is only matched by his team’s success. Becoming state’s all-time assist leader and leading the Huskies to the mythical national crown helps the UCLA-bound 6-foot-6 dynamo edge future college teammate T.J. Leaf.