Category Archives: CIF State Championships
Girls Division Ranks & CIF Picks
We have updated rankings in this post plus our breakdowns of each CIF divisional state championship game. Our No. 1 teams are Brea Olinda of Brea (D1), Cajon of San Bernardino (D2), Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco (D3), Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa (D4) and Eastside College Prep (D5). Go inside to see which...
Boys Open: One More For Chino Hills
State and nation’s No. 1 team beats Bishop Montgomery for the second time in No. 1 vs. No. 2 state showdown for CIF Southern California Open Division title. The Huskies (34-0) will now play NorCal Open Division winner De La Salle next Saturday in attempt to finish off what would be one of greatest seasons […]
Girls Open: No 2nd Pinewood Upset
After taking down state and nation’s No. 1 team in the regional semifinals, a different unbeaten team, Miramonte of Orinda, cruises past Pinewood of Los Altos Hills to win CIF Northern California Open Division crown. The Matadors, with their one All-American, advance to their first Open Division state final where they will play Chaminade of […]
Girls BB: State Ranks By Divisions
Heading into Saturday’s regional championships at Sleep Train Arena, The Walter Pyramid, American Canyon High and Colony High (Ontario), our No. 1 teams are Brea Olinda of Brea (D1), Mater Dei of Santa Ana (D2), Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco (D3), Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa (D4) and Eastside College Prep (D5). These rankings...
Boys BB: State Ranks By Divisions
Heading into Saturday’s regional championships at Sleep Train Arena, The Walter Pyramid, American Canyon High and Colony High (Ontario), our No. 1 teams are Crespi of Encino (D1), J.W. North of Riverside (D2), Ayala of Chino Hills (D3), Viewpoint of Calabasas (D4) and St. Joseph Notre Dame of Alameda (D5). These rankings also were done...
Girls Stunner In CIF Open Division
State and national girls hoops No. 1 St. Mary’s of Stockton loses out on bid to repeat as CIF Open Division champions with upset loss to Pinewood of Los Altos Hills on Tuesday night. Pinewood will now try to take down another unbeaten team in Saturday’s NorCal final.
Going Inside Open Division QFs
The state’s No. 2 ranked boys basketball team and the state’s No. 3 ranked girls squad both got knocked off on Friday night in their very first CIF Open Division regional quarterfinal games. Here’s where to go for a statewide breakdown of all of the results plus leading individual performances.
CIF Picks: Head Scratcher Of The Year
Most of the boys and girls Open Division basketball pairings for Northern California and Southern California released on Sunday by the CIF made sense, but as usual there was one choice that stood out the most for its absurdity. For the eight Open Division boys teams in the north and south and how we would […]
Boys Open Division: Super 8s
After all of the Friday and Saturday section finals, here would be the eight boys basketball teams in Northern California and the eight in Southern California that we’d pick for the CIF Open Divisions. Should state and national No. 1 Chino Hills get a first-round bye in the South? For recap of Chino Hills’ win […]