Category Archives: boys basketball
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
Top-ranked Harvard-Westlake and No. 2 St. John Bosco live up to preseason billing at recent Hoophall West event, while Salesian of Richmond, JSerra of San Juan Capistrano, De La Salle of Concord and La Mirada are the big risers in the first updated regular season boys basketball State Top 25. Only three teams drop out...
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. In football this week, we have details on amazing outings for QBs Jaden Mangini, Ryder Lyons and David...
NorCal Tip-Off Classic Recaps
Here’s the results and recaps from the 16th Annual NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Dublin. Nationally-ranked and state No. 4 Roosevelt of Eastvale records a big win over No. 8 Riordan of San Francisco in an early NorCal-SoCal showdown. State No. 13 De La Salle of Concord and No. 16 Branson also pick up key victories […]
Preseason Boys/Girls Basketball Hub
Here’s the place to go for all of the preseason boys/girls basketball content that has been completed on CalHiSports.com over recent weeks and months. Plus, we’ve added an additional list: the Top 10 Mr. Basketball & Ms. Basketball Player of the Year candidates. Some teams have already begun their seasons this week. Others will be […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (1-15)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. Two big off-season happenings is the continued impact Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) has on the boys basketball landscape and the NFHS recommended rule changes that eliminates the one-and-one foul shot in high school basketball. […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (16-40)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we are doing it with a preseason Top 40 of the best boys teams from all across the state. This group is led by No. 16 and NorCal open contender Branson of Ross and includes the rest of these teams down to No. 40 […]
Boys BB: Rectroactive All-State Primer
All-State boys basketball teams from Cal-Hi Sports have now been extended back to the 1954-55 season with new teams added from the 1978-79 season going backward based on research. Some of the players are well-known such as longtime NBA referee Leon Wood, former Laker Byron Scott, an MLB Hall of Famer, a recently retired longtime […]
Boys BB Records Ready for Season
All of the exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state records for boys basketball have been updated prior to the start of the 2023-24 season. Both team and individual categories have been completed through the 2022-23 season. Coaching records already were updated approximately one month after last season ended. Go inside for a list of players and teams […]
More Boys State Athletes of the Year
For the 2022-23 school year, in addition to overall honoree Rodrick Pleasant, we have more special athletes selected among boys for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5). The junior winner is one we could see competing in the Olympics next summer in Paris. The sophomore winner had the […]
2022-23 Grid-Hoop All-State Team
To continue our end-of-school year content of honoring the best athletes of the year (boys and girls), we take a deep look at the state’s 15 best football-basketball combo athletes on our 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. Leading the 15-man group is player of the year Jerry Mixon Jr. of Sacred Heart Cathedral […]