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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 […]
State Coach of the Year: Stan Delus
The highest coaching honor in California, the one that now goes back 52 years, heads to the Inland Empire this time as Etiwanda’s Stan Delus is named for the 2022-23 season. It’s not a surprise since he hadn’t been named before and his team this year broke through to win the school’s first-ever CIF Open […]
All-Time All-State Honors
With the winter season completed, we’re in the process of gathering the material for our 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State boys basketball team and our 43rd annual team for girls hoops. We’ll be naming Mr. and Ms. Basketball, coaches of the year, players of the year by class and CIF Division and much more, including our overall 30-player elite […]
All-Time SoCal Unbeaten FB Teams
All teams that finished 3-0 for the once-in-a-lifetime-we-hope spring 2021 season were added to this all-time state/regional list, but there were none for 2022 or 2023. This honor roll list according to Cal-Hi Sports is of every reported unbeaten football team to ever play among schools currently in the CIF Central Section, CIF L.A. City...
Cali Super Bowl Alums 2023
There were only five players from California high schools on the active rosters for this year’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. That is the lowest total counted since we’ve been doing these state-by-state counts over the past 30 years. We do a lot better looking at the two coaching staffs. […]
Boys BB: Introducing 2026 Class
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a first look at the state’s top ninth-graders. The freshman (2026) class has 10 elite talents who are already making a huge impact and at least 15 who track as high major prospects. Some in the group are already mature and it’s important to keep that...
Mr. Football 2022: Roderick Robinson
There’s still a long way to go for San Diego Lincoln’s power-packed running back to really get compared to the school’s two most famous running back alums, but for what he did in high school he matches one of them by being named as Mr. Football State Player of the Year. Robinson led the Hornets […]
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...
