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State Girls Athlete of Year: Kyla Ross
Since the prerequisite for this honor is for the athlete to simply attend a California high school (not compete for one of its teams), the all-around silver medalist from last October’s World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a leader of USA national team becomes too much for any other girl to beat.
More State Girls Athletes of Year
We are doing one change this year and that’s making it a requirement for each divisional state athlete of the year to have competed for their school. Among those earning top state honors are Arianna Washington of Long Beach Poly, Abbey Weitzeil of Saugus and Courtney Corrin of Harvard-Westlake. We also are starting a new […]
It’s been 10 years….
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 10 years since we lost the founder of Cal-Hi Sports. In case anyone has forgotten, we’d like to remind everyone what Nelson Tennis did to chronicle the history of California high school athletics.
Late Spring Snow In The Inland Empire
Tannon and Taylon Snow have been swinging hot bats for Chino Hills all season and already have more than 100 combined hits heading into the CIF Southern Section Division II playoffs. They’ll be playing together in college as well when they eventually both wind up on the roster at Washington. Attention young athletes: To check […]
State’s NBA stars in playoff mode
California’s current collection of NBA alums is borderline spectactular. Here’s our look at the 10 most important California high school alums as the NBA playoffs are getting into high gear.
Big Dancers From The Golden State
Mater Dei will have eight former players in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, a total that dwarfs any other school in the state. Our national and statewide search also reveals that San Diego State would win our bracket if we chose the team with the most California players in every round. Plus, it’s amazing […]
California Super Bowl Alums
Julius Thomas of the Denver Broncos, who we once chose for Division I all-state honors in basketball, along with Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks, who we wrote about last weekend, tops group of 22 (one of the highest totals ever).
A first-year coach like no other
Justin Alumbaugh has helped make it a seamless transition in his first season as De La Salle’s new head coach after the retirement of Bob Ladouceur. Coach Lad is still on the sidelines of California’s No. 1 team, but Alumbaugh is clearly the one in charge.
Girls BB Tour: Mater Dei wows
There’s more than Katie Lou as visit to scrimmage against Sierra Canyon shows. See links here as well for writeups on Long Beach Poly and new coach at Playa del Rey St. Bernard.
Girls BB Tour: First Stop Windward
A whirlwind series of visits to check in on some of the state’s top girls basketball teams for this season begins at Windward of Los Angeles where the All-American combo of Jordin Canada and Kristen Simon reside.
