Category Archives: State Record Book
Ms. Basketball 2023: 2nd Jump for Juju
If there was any doubt that Sierra Canyon’s multi-talented Juju Watkins shouldn’t be considered one of California’s all-time great players, her now being a repeat winner as Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year ends that doubt. The accomplishment puts her in a group with some of the best players in women’s hoops history, especially […]
More Girls BB Players of the Year
CIF Open Division state champion Etiwanda already had the State Coach of the Year and now there are two state player of the year honors headed to the Inland Empire as well. Junior Kennedy Smith and sophomore Ahlayana “Puff” Morris were just too tough for the Eagles in their final games. The freshman honoree also […]
Mr. Basketball 2023: Husky Repeat
It turned out to be closer than one might have thought with one month to go in the 2023 season, but Jared McCain makes it two in a row for Centennial of Corona having the California Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year. He follows teammate Donovan Dent from last season. He’s just the third […]
Boys BB: More State Players of the Year
Here’s the place to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2023 honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division with Open & D1 combined. CIF Open Division champion Harvard-Westlake gets its first major winner with point guard Trent Perry landing State Junior of the Year selection. All of the CIF state champions from […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. For baseball, Fowler head coach Bill Feaver wins 500th game, alma mater of Aaron Judge has started 10-0 with leadoff hitter well over .500 and we detail the bad karma/good karma pair of games for Lodi’s Andrew Wright. For softball,...
State Coach of the Year: Mike Hansen
It all came together for the team this season at Dougherty Valley of San Ramon. For winning its first-ever CIF North Coast Section Open Division title and for rising up to compete at the highest levels of the state, head coach Mike Hansen has been named 2023 State Coach of the Year. This also is […]
Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the Year for boys basketball for the 2022-23 season. We have one selected for each CIF division and like the all-state teams the Open Division & Division I are bunched together.
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We still have two from basketball from Tuesday’s McDonald’s All-American Game. In baseball, a 19-inning marathon game between Sequoia of Redwood City and Palo Alto generated not one but three state record listings. And in softball, we have another slugger...