Category Archives: CIF State Championships

Boys & Girls BB: CIF Friday Finals

By CalHiSports.com Staff | Published March 12, 2022

The theme of the CIF state championships in Division 1 on Friday at the Golden Center for both boys & girls was about longtime successful coaches winning their first state crowns. The Damien of La Verne boys also broke a streak of five straight wins for Northern California teams and showed the gap between the […]

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CIF Basketball Picks & Previews

By CalHiSports.com Staff | Published March 10, 2022

Here are the predicted scores, what to watch for and more for each of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state championship games coming up this weekend in Sacramento. We will focus most on the Open Division and Division I, but also have the picks for each of the other divisions too. NorCal teams […]

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NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings

By Ronnie Flores | Published March 7, 2022

Tuesday’s regional finals are set and once again it will be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the state matchup when Centennial hosts Sierra Canyon for the SoCal open championship. No, the NorCal open title game is not No. 3 vs. No. 4, but both Campolindo and Modesto Christian are confident after big regional...

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Girls BB: State Ranks By Divisions

By Mark Tennis | Published March 2, 2022

When our state rankings for girls hoops began in the early 1980s, they were done every week in divisions. That’s almost impossible to do today due to competitive equity seeding, but we are continuing to compile them for the final weeks of the season. No. 1 teams after Tuesday’s games include Etiwanda (Open), Salesian of […]

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Boys BB: State Ranks By Divisions

By Mark Tennis | Published March 2, 2022

It will be a sprint to the finish to next week’s CIF state finals, but we will still offer these rankings as has been our tradition for 40 years. No. 1 teams are Centennial (Open), Damien (D1), Elk Grove (D2), Rancho Verde (D3), Scripps Ranch (D4) & Cloverdale (D5). Note: We hope you enjoy this […]

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2021 Fall FB Coaching Highlights

By Mark Tennis | Published January 8, 2022

With our state coaches of the year announced within the last two weeks, it’s also the time when we update the all-time state coaching leaders list to include all reported results from the 2021 fall season. The biggest news was Randy Blankenship of Aptos becoming just the 13th in state history to win his 300th […]

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Marlon Gardinera: State Coach of Year

By Mark Tennis | Published December 24, 2021

Following San Mateo Serra’s Patrick Walsh for 2020-21, it became a perfect fit for another of the major coaches in the state who played a significant role in enabling there to be a season last spring to be named for the state’s most prestigious coaching honor. This is the one that goes back for more […]

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More State Football Coaches of Year

By Mark Tennis | Published December 24, 2021

Here are the honorees from among those schools considered large or small schools for the 2021-22 season. Our medium schools honoree is the one this year who has been named State Coach of the Year. Our large schools honoree joins his dad as a State Coach of the Year and did something that hadn’t been […]

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FINAL State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

By Mark Tennis | Published December 17, 2021

It takes us longer for the final rankings for each season and this time we’ve added all of the reported college signings. Mission Viejo rejoins the top five, Cathedral Catholic and Etiwanda each get two-spot bumps and both Long Beach Poly & Inglewood rejoin the top 25. All teams also given early breakdowns of what...

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FINAL State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)

By Mark Tennis | Published December 17, 2021

Extra time also is taken to closely check out any teams that can move up in these final rankings. For this group, Lincoln of San Diego goes from No. 29 to No. 26, Bellarmine of San Jose goes from No. 35 to 30 and Cajon of San Bernardino gets the nod to rejoin the top...

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