Category Archives: Gold Club Content
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
As the regional playoffs start up this week, St. Mary’s of Stockton moves up three spots and Mission Hills of San Marcos goes up two after winning CIF sectional titles last weekend. Etiwanda also exchanges positions with Sierra Canyon at No. 2 and No. 3 after its huge win in the CIF Southern Section Open...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The regional playoff brackets are set and the top two seeds in both the North and South open brackets receive byes, but after that there is a mixed bag of seedings that don’t really match our boys basketball weekly State Top 35. We’ll run down why and how some of the seedings don’t follow 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. This edition is for the last two weeks of action. The big news is on the boys side...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
This was a week of “almost” when it came to making some tweaks in the first 13 spots but in the end the decision was keep those teams intact heading into the final week of section playoffs. However, after that we had some upsets that caused some movement and in fact only one team from...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The playoffs are in full swing around the state and section champions will be crowned this weekend. For the fifth consecutive season, the CIF Southern Section Open Division title game will feature a matchup of the top two ranked teams in the state. The last time that game didn’t was in 2018-19 when Salesian of...
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List 2023
One week after the Super Bowl and two weeks after the last of our annual all-state teams went out, we look to the future. Here is a watch list of leading freshmen football players in the state from the 2023 season who are on track to be all-state sophomores next season. Zach Benitez from Granite...
Boys BB: Introducing 2027 Class
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a first look at the state’s top ninth-graders. The freshman (2027) class has good talent at the top already making a big impact, but it’s still too early to tell how it will stack up to the hot tracking 2026 class. Some in this group...
NEW Top 65 Class of ’26 Player Ranks
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class. The sophomore class (2026) has been a bumper crop so far and could one day rate among the state’s best all-time classes. We expand our 2026 rankings from 25 to 65 for this installment...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
It was looking like there would only be a No. 9 & No. 10 change this week and then we got to the tail end of the TOP 25 for another one. There was much movement from Nos. 26-35 based on wins and losses and also where teams landed in the CIF Southern Section playoffs....
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The playoffs are about to tip-off across the state, so check out the latest boys basketball State Top 35 rankings to see how and why our award-winning rankings differ plenty from the computer systems used to determine playoff seedings. What’s the point of head-to-head results if they don’t hold as much weight as strength of...
