Category Archives: CIF State Championships
Sierra Canyon, Sheldon Open-bound
With a player like Duke’s Marvin Bagley, it was supposed to be last year’s team at Sierra Canyon going to the CIF Open Division state final. The Trailblazers booked their ticket to this year’s final with a come-from-behind win over Etiwanda. In the CIF NorCal Open title game, Sheldon of Sacramento won its second regional […]
Pinewood, Windward win Open titles
It’s a stunner in the CIF NorCal Open Division girls basketball championship as Pinewood of Los Altos Hills goes to three overtimes to knock off previously unbeaten state No. 1 and national No. 1 Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. In the CIF SoCal Open title game, Windward of Los Angeles takes down defending Open Division […]
Final Fours For CIF Open Hoops Set
For the boys, new state No. 1 Sierra Canyon goes overtime for the second time in a little more than two weeks to beat No. 2 Bishop Montgomery. Etiwanda, Bishop O’Dowd and Sheldon also move on. For the girls, there won’t be a No. 1 vs. No 2 state matchup in the NorCal final as […]
Girls BB: Division State Ranks (1st)
Teams in these rankings are playing on Wednesday night, but we do have these state rankings done at least a few hours ahead of time. Just like the boys, we can’t do them earlier because no one knows what divisions many teams are going to be placed. No. 1 teams are Bishop Montgomery of Torrance […]
Boys BB: Division State Ranks (1st)
We have to wait for the CIF to do its state seedings before doing any divisional state rankings because no one knows what divisions many of these teams are going to be placed. After last Sunday, here’s our first ones of the season. No. 1 teams are St. John Bosco (D1), Brentwood of Los Angeles […]
Winners/Losers in CIF Open Brackets
We go over each of the two boys and girls Open Division playoff brackets (both north and south) released on Sunday and present our breakdowns of which teams fared well and which teams did not. As the Open Division continues to evolve, it will be interesting to see if the CIF Southern Section will ever...
Boys BB: Mater Dei Wins 23rd Title
State No. 4 Mater Dei of Santa Ana wins its first CIF Southern Section Open Division title since the Stanley Johnson era with a thrilling 55-53 victory over state No. 2 Sierra Canyon. With the win, Mater Dei will receive the top seed in the SoCal Open regional bracket set to be released Sunday afternoon. […]
Girls BB Open Division Projections
After all CIF section girls basketball champions are crowned by Saturday night, it’ll only take a few minutes before many in the media and some coaches will start to think about Sunday when the CIF state office will release its pairings for the upcoming Northern California and Southern California regional playoffs. We start thinking seriously […]
Boys BB Open Division Projections
After all CIF section boys basketball champions are crowned by Saturday night, it’ll only take a few minutes before many in the media and some coaches will start to think about Sunday when the CIF state office will release its pairings for the upcoming Northern California and Southern California regional playoffs. We start thinking seriously […]
CIF Open Division Changes For 2018
It’s been a common joke whenever the CIF Southern Section has competitive equity playoffs in whatever sport that the team that loses in a No. 4 vs. No. 5 seed quarterfinal for its highest classification automatically becomes a favorite to win the CIF Division I state championship. Note: We hope you enjoy this free post […]
