Category Archives: Gold Club Content
Girls BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
To go along with the final overall & expanded State TOP 40 rankings, we also do an expanded & final series of rankings of all teams in the state according to the same CIF divisions they played in. These also are the final rankings placed in our archives for every season for girls hoops that...
FINAL Boys BB State TOP 40 Rankings
As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings for the 2023-24 season. There is some movement from our previous weekly Top 35 update, as CIF Southern Section teams that didn’t make the regional playoffs deserve to move up over some NorCal and SoCal D1...
Boys BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
These divisional rankings can only be done three times now in this era of competitive equity when no one knows the divisions teams will be in until the CIF regional playoffs start. Still, we have them as final in our archives for every season and here are the final rankings for boys hoops for the...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. One basketball milestone from last week’s CIF state finals we hadn’t figured out yet was boys/girls combo titles...
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
There aren’t many changes from the first rankings of last week with Pacifica of Garden Grove holding strong at No. 1 and St. Francis of Mountain View at No. 2 (now with a big early season win). Clovis North and Granada Hills move closer to the top 10, and Del Norte of San Diego and...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The funnel doesn’t get any narrower than this week with respect to rankings. Heading into Tuesday night, there are only eight teams left in action that can possibly rearrange things in the top 16 for the final rankings. Then on Friday and Saturday it will all be over with CIF state championships in Sacramento. One...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The regional finals are set for Tuesday and for the second time in two weeks, it will be No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the Boys Basketball State Top 35 facing off and this time it’s in the SoCal open final. No. 1 Harvard-Westlake is one of six San Fernando Valley teams participating in a...
Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
These have been updated through Saturday night’s regional semifinals. New No. 1 teams are St. John Bosco (D1) and Alemany of Mission Hills (D3). Still No. 1 is Harvard-Westlake (Open), Heritage Christian of Northridge (D2), Cleveland of Reseda (D4) and Athenian of Danville (D5). FOR THE SECOND GIRLS HOOPS DIVISION RANKINGS, CLICK HERE. Note: This...
Girls BB: NEW Division State Ranks
These have been updated through Saturday night’s regional semifinals. New No. 1 teams are Pleasant Valley of Chico (D2), Caruthers (D3) and Montgomery of San Diego (D5). Still No. 1 would be Archbishop Mitty (Open), Bishop Montgomery of Torrance (D1) and St. Bernard’s of Eureka (D4). The St. Bernard’s regional semifinal vs Foothill of Palo...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. This week we have a mix of boys & girls hoops with the first writeups of the spring...
