Category Archives: CIF State Championships

Girls BB: CIF Saturday Finals

In perhaps the best CIF Open Division state finals played since the format began in 2013, Etiwanda edges Archbishop Mitty of San Jose on a put-back at the buzzer to win its first-ever state crown. The Monarchs just came up one play short in what would have been regarded as an upset. Central of Fresno […]

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Boys BB: CIF Saturday Finals

In a year with a lot of individual players in the state getting major media attention, Harvard-Westlake of Studio City proved what a great team can do as it wins the CIF Open Division state title. The Wolverines defeated St. Joseph of Santa Maria in a game that the Knights kept within 10 points for […]

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Boys & Girls BB: CIF Friday Finals

On the first day and night of the CIF state championships at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, there were no games that were decided in the final minutes. Favored teams Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (boys) and Oakland Tech (girls) completed their tasks with the Tech girls also making history with their fifth state title […]

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CIF State Basketball Picks & Previews

As is another custom of ours going back more than 30 years, here are the predicted scores, what to watch for and more for each of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state title games this weekend in Sacramento. This is done with the best of wishes for all 24 teams, but the goal […]

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Girls BB: State Ranks By Divisions

There also will be final divisional state rankings this season for the girls, but just like the boys we can’t get them started until the CIF does its divisional placements and then there’s not enough time to get them done until the first round of the regional playoffs begin. It’s a two-week sprint to the […]

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Boys BB: State Ranks By Divisions

Yes, we will once again have final divisional state rankings this season, but we can’t get them started until the CIF does its divisional placements and then there’s not enough time to get them done until the first round of the regional playoffs begin. No. 1 teams at this point of the sprint to the […]

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Boys BB: Saluting Section Champions

State No. 1 team Centennial of Corona wins on a dunk at the buzzer in CIF Southern Section Open Division championship. We also have roundups of other games at the Honda Center in Anaheim and from the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Every section champion also deserves to get a mention so that’s what this […]

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Girls BB: Saluting Section Champions

State No. 1 Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth keeps on rolling with CIF Southern Section Open Division title. We also have roundups of other games at the Honda Center in Anaheim and from the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Every section champion also deserves to get a mention so that’s what this massive list of teams […]

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Alternate Universe State FB Playoffs

In this universe, the state’s high school sports landscape evolved much differently, with two very large sections (north & south) and a much more robust CIF state association. No results were changed in the 2022 state playoffs that just ended in our alternate universe, but the Open Division state championship saw St. John Bosco defeat...

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FINAL State TOP 75 FB Ranks (1-25)

It takes us extra time for the final football rankings since all of them are expanded and checked through several times. Here’s the first 25 teams in which the changes are minimal compared to the previous rankings due to various head-to-head results. Liberty of Bakersfield inched upward one spot while CIF San Diego Section Open...

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