Category Archives: CIF State Championships
Updated Girls VBall State Top 20
San Diego area teams La Costa Canyon and Santa Fe Christian make strong moves, but the top of the order stays the same after developments at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona. No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 Mitty, however, both had their chances to be mythical national champion diminished.
Updated Girls VBall State Top 20
California’s top two teams, plus many others, will face national-level competition this weekend at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona. One darkhorse team to watch in that event is Redondo, which pushed state and national No. 1 Mater Dei to five games in a match last weekend. For this week’s NorCal Volleyball Top 20 […]
State Athlete of Year: Michael Norman
It’s a close call between the all-time great Vista Murrieta track sprinter and all-time great basketball player Lonzo Ball of Chino Hills. Swimmer Grant Shoults of Santa Margarita also made a strong push. Waiting for Norman to place fifth in the U.S. Olympic trials in the 200 and to win an under-20 world title is […]
State School of Year: Torrey Pines
This was perhaps the most competitive year ever for this selection with Buchanan of Clovis and Loyola of Los Angeles perhaps having their best all-time school years for overall athletic excellence. But in the end the overwhelming number of top teams in boys and girls sports from Torrey Pines of San Diego – we counted […]
More State Schools of the Year
Baseball and wrestling No. 1 finishes spark Buchanan of Clovis to School of the Year choice for boys sports only. Great Oak of Temecula, meanwhile, gains the nod for girls sports only. Other schools gaining overall statewide sports excellence accolades for 2015-16 include Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach (D2), Cathedral Catholic of San Diego (D3), […]
State Coach of the Year: Russell White
Back for the 1986 football season, Encino Crespi’s Russell White was the Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State Player of the Year. Almost 30 years later, a different Russell White of Crespi is the State Coach of the Year in boys basketball. He’s also the school’s athletic director and is the first-ever State Coach of the […]
Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. Two of the five for divisions played each other in the NorCal Open Division semifinals. Another also has been an assistant for a U.S. national team while another did a great job after his girls lost in a section semifinal.
All-State Boys BB Nominees (Part 1)
Postseason honors season is also beginning for boys hoops with the first step in our selection process for the annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams, which believe it not will be done for the 38th year in a row. A second updated list – which will be for Gold Club members – will be posted after […]
