Category Archives: CalHiSports Players of the Year
Ms. Basketball 2022: Jumping for Juju
For the 51st year in which there has been a Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year in the Golden State, we have a true Golden girl of talent as the honoree. It could only be the multi-faceted junior Juju Watkins from CIF Open Division state champion Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. She may take even […]
More Girls BB Players of the Year
Since Ms. Basketball this year for California was won by a junior, we had to choose a Senior of the Year to go with the usual State Sophomore and State Freshman of the Year. All three are from the Inland Empire with the sophomore and freshman coming from the same team. Three of the four […]
Mr. Basketball 2022: Making A Dent
There were many excellent candidates for the state’s top boys basketball honor, but in the end the catalyst for the state’s best team gets the nod and it’s Corona Centennial’s Donovan Dent. Today, the senior guard is named California Mr. Basketball by Cal-Hi Sports, becoming the first honoree from Riverside County since a future NBA […]
Boys BB: More State Players of the Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2022 honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. As mentioned in the Mr. Basketball writeup, Corona Centennial junior guard Jared McCain was a state player of the year according to a different criteria, but for juniors it’s plain and simple and […]
Mr. Football 2021: Tetairoa McMillan
For the first time in Servite of Anaheim history, there is a State Player of the Year in football as Tetairoa “TMac” McMillan gains the longest running No. 1 statewide honor. He keeps alive a streak of Trinity League state players of the year that goes back to 2016, but this time it’s not to […]
More State Football Players of Year
Check inside this post for the honorees who have been chosen among juniors, sophomores, medium schools and small schools. Players from Orange County get the top spots for juniors and sophomores, but the junior honoree may be a surprise to many. A junior also is named for medium schools while it’s a record-breaking quarterback who […]
Najee Harris’ Mr. Football Writeup
For the first time since 1986, a non-senior athlete in 2015 gained acclaim as the Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State Player of the Year. Antioch’s Najee Harris won out due to the season he had, local consensus over another top candidate and how great he looked up close against top competition. Will a non-senior be […]
Girls State Athletes of the Year
This is the final 2020-21 state honor to be completed and it’s the girls version of the boys that was announced yesterday. By our evaluations, there were three girls that stood above all others with one who was a senior, the other a junior and the other a sophomore. The top honoree is national record-breaking […]
Ms. Softball 2021: Jayla Castro
It’s been two years since the last Ms. Softball State Player of the Year has been determined, and it’s another of the closest calls ever. This time, even though she and her team didn’t get to have section playoffs, the winner is UCLA-bound catcher Jayla Castro of Rocklin. She just had the best combination of […]
More Softball Players of the Year
Two big-time sluggers grab the top honors among juniors and sophomores while a pitching ace who got a win over the No. 1 team in the state earns the same honor among freshmen. We also are proud to announce our state medium schools and state small schools players of the year.
