Category Archives: CIF State Championships
State Coach of Year: Craig Campbell
It all came together for this year’s girls basketball team at Clovis West of Fresno and with one of the most balanced starting fives you’ll ever see, it also is the perfect time to choose the Golden Eagles’ Craig Campbell as the Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of the Year for the 2016-17 season. There was […]
Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. These are the ones for each CIF division and it’s a group that includes a first-year head coach who turned around a program that went 6-19 last season plus a former athletic director and boys coach with 29 years of […]
State Coach of Year: Arnold Zelaya
Historically great seasons typically generate numerous honors for the head coach and players. Since Mission of San Francisco ended its 35-1 season by winning the first CIF state title for a San Francisco public school, some of the attention (including a trip to be honored by the Golden State Warriors) has waned. But we’re now […]
Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for boys basketball. It ended up that four of the five guided their teams to CIF state championships. It wasn’t five-for-five because the one we didn’t choose already has been State Coach of the Year.
Girls BB Final Divisional Rankings
In conjunction with our final, expanded State Top 35 rankings, we also are releasing our final divisional state rankings for girls basketball. We have expanded each division by five teams and we list teams to watch for the 2017-18 season. Teams getting moved up for the final rankings include Brea Olinda of Brea (D1), Chaminade...
Boys BB Final Divisional Rankings
In conjunction with our final, expanded State Top 40 rankings, we also are releasing our final divisional state rankings for boys basketball. We have expanded each division by five teams and we list teams to watch for the 2017-18 season. Teams getting moved up for the final rankings include Bellarmine of San Jose (D1), Foothills...
Saturday Girls CIF State Finals
In a battle between two teams who’ve been at the top of the state rankings all season, Clovis West becomes first CIF Central Section team to win a Division I or Open Division girls basketball state title after winning defensive slugfest over Archbishop Mitty. Vanden wins D2 title with epic comeback over Mater Dei while […]
Friday Boys BB State Finals
By winning CIF state titles on Friday, Corona Roosevelt’s Steve Singleton (D1) and Rolling Hills Prep’s Harvey Kitani (D5) make history by becoming the second and third coaches to win state championships at two different programs. Mission of San Francisco (D3) makes history of its own by becoming the first public school from the City […]
Friday Girls BB State Finals
The first champions on the female side crowned at the Golden 1 Center are Windward of Los Angeles (Division I), Rosary of Fullerton (Division III) and Eastside College Prep of East Palo Alto (Division V). Eastside repeated, Windward won its second crown while Rosary topped a school that was going for its fifth title and […]
