Category Archives: Recruiting
June Live Events: No Go For CIF
New NCAA regulations as a result of the fallout from the NCAA federal bribery and corruption trails led to the creation of two June NCAA live recruiting periods to be sanctioned by the National Federation of State High School Associations. The 2019 June Scholastic events limit opportunities for many student-athletes and as a result of […]
Boys BB: Introducing 2022 Class
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a first look at the state’s top incoming ninth-graders. The freshman (2022) class has terrific talent in the post and some top-shelf point guards. Many in the group are already mature and it’s important to keep that in mind when projecting future success, especially for post...
Boys BB: Updated ’21 Player Rankings
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 (2021) has good players at every position, but the sure-fire All-Americans have not developed quite yet. We expand our 2021 rankings from 25 to 65 with five newcomers to the original 25...
Boys BB: Updated ’20 Player Rankings
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class. Last week we published our 2019 Hot 100 for seniors and today we take a look at the Hot 100 juniors (2020). Our post-summer Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 will be updated at least once during...
Boys BB: 2018-19 Transfer Rundown
Here’s a quick-hitting list of transfers that will impact this year’s boys basketball state rankings. It’s been a hectic off-season and we offer a rundown of where some of California’s elite players ended up, including some who left the state, and some who just transferred as recently as the last week. California also added some good players […]
Boys BB: Updated ’19 Player Rankings
We tip off our boys basketball coverage for the 2018-19 school year for Gold Club VIPs with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class, beginning with seniors (2019). Our post-summer Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 will be updated at least once during the season and we’ll come back and publish our final...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Corona Centennial edges in front of De La Salle for the third spot this week and it will likely stay that way until the CIF Southern Section D1 semifinals. Buchanan of Clovis, the team partly responsible for the switch, also gets a reward from No. 20 up to No. 17 in anticipation of its showdown...
A Big Payoff At The Slot
Here’s an inside look how a player who was a running back with 1,500 yards last season during a combine on his own thought he’d start working out with the slot receivers. Giles Jackson from Freedom of Oakley went on to become one of the nation’s top college prospects at that position. Note: This story […]
Wrapping Up The Preseason
Prior to the actual start of the CIF football season across the state on Aug. 18, we had done just about all of our preseason all-area, all-section teams. There were some regions of the CIF Southern Section that weren’t done in time and now to be fair to everyone here is one final preseason squad...
Preseason All-S.Bay/Long Beach FB
This is the group that includes St. John Bosco of Bellflower, which like Mater Dei of Santa Ana, also has been getting No. 1 in the nation preseason accolades. The Braves obviously dominate with 12 players written up. Serra of Gardena also is in this region of the CIF Southern Section and checks in with...
