Category Archives: Girls of Summer
Girls of Summer: Player Rankings
For the 20th time since 2005, here’s a chart of the top players from California high school girls basketball viewed by the Girls of Summer Caravan during all events attended in person starting in June and extending into August. This time, it’s a list with 180 names. It starts with the only two players to...
Girls BB: NorCal Stop Ends Live Period
The Chico Tarheels, made up mostly of girls from Pleasant Valley of Chico with twin sisters from Sacramento mixed in, went 6-0 in their division to make a big impression at the End of the Trail (EOT) Summer Showcase last weekend in Roseville. Longtime girls hoops analyst Harold Abend also has more younger players to...
State’s All-Time MLB 1st Round Picks
There were only two players from the state who heard their names called at the 2023 MLB Draft in Texas, but that was an all-time low as there are usually between five and eight. Here’s as complete a list as possible of high school players and former high school players in college from California who...
Girls of Summer: Return to Oregon City
Bay Area teams show strength at End of the Trail tourney, but much has changed in the girls basketball summer recruiting season since the last time our girls hoops lead analyst went there in 2005. North Bay Elite & San Jose Cagers shined most, but Bulldawgs Basketball Black of Daly City also did well. FOR […]
Girls Cali Live 23: Top Player Ranks
Connecticut-committed Morgan Cheli from Archbishop Mitty of San Jose and Brazilian transplant and newfound phenom Taissa “Tissa” Queiroz of Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman were the top two players among some pretty impressive talent that performed for around 75 college coaches at the Roebbelen Center in Roseville two weeks ago. We have starting top five, next...
Girls of Summer: End of Trail Visit
The Girls of Summer Caravan was able to visit two events this past summer in a continuing process to update readers about California’s leading girls basketball players. This story is part one and focuses on the EOT (End of the Trail) Ultimate Challenge in Roseville during the NCAA Viewing Period in July. The second story […]
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
Despite action now underway throughout the state with the exception of some schools in the city sections, the pandemic is still forcing cancellations and re-scheduling as the drive continues in the Southern Region for section playoffs in the Central, San Diego and Southern Sections, and then a Southern Regional championship playoffs. With Tuesday night games...
NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
We had our first somewhat big upset of the season with Rosary of Fullerton topping Mater Dei of Santa Ana, but after all was said and done what looked like might be total chaos as a result of that, nothing changed in the first nine spots. One upset just can’t erase more than one significant...
Girls of Summer: Paopao & Early Standouts
Harold Abend’s Girls of Summer kicks off its 15th year of the Caravan roaming throughout California, and in years past outside the Golden State, in search of the state’s top girls high school basketball talent. Abend profiles Te-hina Paopao of La Jolla Country Day and profiles other early standouts on the summer circuit. Note: We […]
Girls of Summer: Recap of all events
Cal Stars goes 51-1 in showing it was the best club team in the nation. Three of the five starters will be at St. Mary’s (Stockton) for the 2017-18 season, but it was a deep, talented roster for head coach Kelly Sopak. Go inside this report for more of how California’s top girls hoopers and […]
