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Juju Watkins: Girls State Athlete of Year
Recent Sierra Canyon grad (now at USC) gains one last big honor for high school as she’s selected as the 2022-23 State Athlete of the Year. Juju has been compared to many of the state’s all-time greats for basketball and now the national player of the year joins them on another all-time list. She’s also […]
All State Records Ready For ’23 Season
All of the categories we have for our exclusive state football records are updated and ready to go before the start of the 2023 season. For this post, we go over some of the elite wide receivers added to all-time lists (more than one still playing but at new schools). We didn’t have a longest […]
Rodrick Pleasant: State Athlete of Year
This one is a no-brainer on many levels. Rodrick not only is moving up from being the State Sophomore and State Junior Athlete of the Year, but he was arguably even better than expected in football and track as a senior. He also joins an impressive list of State Athletes of the Year from the […]
MLB Draft: Skenes Skies To Top
Paul Skenes, a graduate from El Toro of Lake Forest, makes history in Sunday’s first round of the MLB Draft by becoming the 18th player from California to be selected in the No. 1 overall position. Skenes was followed by five others in the first round, including a player from Thousand Oaks who was a […]
State School of Year: Santa Margarita
For the second time in its history, Santa Margarita Catholic of Rancho Santa Margarita is named as California’s No. 1 school for outstanding overall athletic excellence. Winning CIF state titles in girls swimming, boys swimming and girls golf wasn’t all that the Eagles did in gaining the nod. For State Schools of the Year by […]
NBA Draft: Camarillo’s Finest
Camarillo High grad Jaime Jaquez Jr. completes rise in the NBA Draft with No. 18 selection in first round by the Miami Heat. For the second straight year of the NBA Draft, California also has two selected in the second round. FOR UPDATED GOLD CLUB LIST OF STATE’S ALL-TIME NBA DRAFT PICKS (SINCE 1950), CLICK […]
All-State Girls BB: Best of the Best 2023
Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Juju Watkins plus State Junior of the Year Kennedy Smith, State Sophomore of the Year Alijahna “Puff” Morris and newly named NorCal Player of the Year McKenna Woliczko headline the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams. Go inside to see why these 10 have finished their […]
All-State Boys BB 2023: First Team
Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Jared McCain of CIF Southern Section Open Division champ Centennial of Corona and our brand new named NorCal Player of the Year B.J. Davis of Modesto Christian headline the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. Go inside to see why these 10 have finished their careers […]
State’s All-Time NFL 1st Rd Draft Picks
After this year’s 2023 NFL Draft, we have updated this all-time list. California QBs went No. 1 and No. 2 in the first round for the first time, but as this list shows it did happen with an RB and a lineman in 1969. It might surprise some that the NFL Draft has been going...
State Coach of the Year: Mike Hansen
It all came together for the team this season at Dougherty Valley of San Ramon. For winning its first-ever CIF North Coast Section Open Division title and for rising up to compete at the highest levels of the state, head coach Mike Hansen has been named 2023 State Coach of the Year. This also is […]
