Category Archives: Girls Basketball Blog
Troy Classic: Ontario Christian Triumphant
After knocking off two-time defending CIF state Open Division champions and Cal-Hi Sports and national preseason No 1 Etiwanda at the Harvard-Westlake tournament two weeks ago, preseason No. 4 ranked Ontario Christian headed to Texas for the Nike Hoopfest in Texas and came back victorious and looked to remain unbeaten at the Troy Classic in […]
Hearlihy Trading Hoops For Links
State’s second winningest girls hoops coach on the all-time list announced on Monday she will be joining the winningest head coach on the sidelines starting this season. We hope you enjoy this free post on CalHiSports.com. The first of our annual Girls of Summer posts was for free, but the rest of them plus the […]
All-State Girls BB Patch List
For those just wanting to check to see about a particular player on this year’s All-State Underclass Team for girls basketball without being a subscriber, here is a simple alphabetical list. If you want the full presentation and are not Gold Club, please check out getting a membership today.
West Coast Jamboree Names 2023 Scholarship Winners
The 23rd Annual West Coast Jamboree (a 501C-3), the largest education-based girls’ basketball tournament in the nation, is pleased to announce the applicants chosen as winners for its 2023 West Coast Jamboree Scholarship Program, the only one of its kind for any high school tournament in any sport in the nation, girls or boys.
Girls BB State Team of Year 2024
Going back-to-back as a State Team of the Year in California girls basketball history isn’t that unusual, so the biggest question in the aftermath of Etiwanda’s CIF Open Division state title game victory over Archbishop Mitty is whether the Eagles will join Mater Dei of Santa Ana next year as the only schools in state […]
Girls BB: Recognizing Some Classics
The Third Annual Recognize Game Classic at Merritt College in Oakland on Saturday had five teams ranked in the most recent Cal-Hi Sports State Top 25 rankings in action, and as expected four of the top-ranked teams that were favored came out victorious. We were honored to be asked to announce the six games contested […]
Special national title for Kinnebrew & Cal Sparks girls
Cal Sparks founder and director Elbert Kinnebrew led the charge to a crown in Chicago in July despite an ongoing fight against cancer. FOR A LOOK AT THE FINAL TWO STOPS IN HAROLD ABEND’S GIRLS OF SUMMER TOUR (GOLD CLUB), CLICK HERE. Because it was not possible to be in Orange County and Nevada at […]
Girls of Summer: Tahoe Kickoff
The first stop for the Girls of Summer Caravan was on the south shores of beautiful Lake Tahoe in an event prior to the NCAA July viewing period for club teams where girls played for their high school. There were no surprises at the 39th Lake Tahoe Girls Basketball Jamboree held June 23-25 at the […]
Girls BB State Team of Year 2023
There still hasn’t been a back-to-back State Team of the Year or a back-to-back CIF Open Division state champion in girls basketball since the Open Division format began in 2013. It was expected by many that it would happen this season, but Etiwanda had other plans. We hope you like this free post on CalHiSports.com. […]
WNBA Finals MVPs From California
Chelsea Gray of the Las Vegas Aces became just the fourth player from a California high school to be named WNBA Finals MVP on Sunday after the Aces won their first WNBA title with a 78-71 win over the Connecticut Sun. And looking at history, Chelsea, who was the 2009 Ms. Basketball State Player of […]