Category Archives: Girls Basketball Blog
Girls BB: Frosh emerges at MLK event
In a matchup between state’s No. 5 and No. 7 girls teams on Saturday at the St. Mary’s MLK Showcase in Stockton, No. 7 Harvard-Westlake tops No. 5 Salesian of Richmond thanks to a breakout performance from freshman Oki Iriafen.
Girls BB: Paopao Ready To Break Out
Before she went down with a knee injury last fall, La Jolla Country Day incoming phenomenal sophomore Te-Hina Paopao was poised to have what many analysts believed would be a phenomenal freshman season. Instead, Paopao rehabbed and although at only around 50-60-percent she actually made a return for the final four games of the season […]
Why no Cali girls on U.S. U16 bb team?
After four days of trials that began on May 25 with 133 hopefuls at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, two California girls were among the 18 finalists, but when the 12-member 2017 USA Basketball Women’s U16 National Team was announced on Wednesday there were no girls from the Golden State […]
Girls BB: D2 to D5 CIF Title Picks
The somewhat awkward aspect of Santa Ana Mater Dei being in a “down” season from where the team usually finds itself (in the Open Division) to perhaps winning a Division II state title is one of the most interesting angles of this weekend’s CIF state finals. For SoCal’s sake, Mater Dei better win the D2 […]
Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
Mitty, Clovis West and Long Beach Poly are locked into the top three spots no matter what happens in the CIF Open Division state final between the top two. It’s after that, in which the order gets messy and the way it has been done this week may not be the way it ends up. […]
Girls BB: D2-D3-D4-D5 Regional Finals
In girls basketball regional finals played on Friday-Saturday but not at Long Beach State or Santa Clara, winners were Mater Dei of Santa Ana and Vanden in D2, Rosary and Campolindo in D3, Los Osos and West Campus in D4 and Eastside College Prep and Rolling Hills Prep in D5. Mater Dei actually won its […]
Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
Pinewood avenges a loss to Bishop O’Dowd and has now joined the top five while looming and seemingly ready for a NorCal Open Division showdown against state No. 1 Archbishop Mitty is 2015 Open Division state champ St. Mary’s of Stockton. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with expanded writeups of the first eight teams […]
Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
Both Pinewood and St. Mary’s of Stockton receive four-spot bumps in this week’s rankings and are now showing at No. 6 and No. 7 overall in the state. No. 1 Archbishop Mitty also may have to beat them both to earn place in CIF Open Division state championship. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with […]
Girls BB: San Diego Updates
Destiny Littleton of La Jolla Bishop’s sets a state record for most points scored in a season while La Jolla Country Day gets set to perhaps make a run at a D1 state title with big-time freshman guard now playing for the first time this season.
Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
Harvard-Westlake pins 11-point defeat on one-loss Etiwanda in earning trip to CIF Southern Section Open Division finals opposite state No. 3 Long Beach Poly. The Wolverines also move up to No. 8 in this week’s rankings. No. 1 Archbishop Mitty and No. 2 Clovis West, meanwhile, continue to roll in section playoffs. NOTE: Our updated […]
