Category Archives: State Top 20 Rankings
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
As the major holiday tournaments come to a close, we ring in the New Year with our updated our boys basketball state rankings. The results of those tournaments were about as random and unpredictable as we can remember in quite some years. After all of that, there are five newcomers for this week’s but Mater...
Boys BB: SJM loves Modesto trip
San Joaquin Memorial forgets about a poor showing from a weekend tournament in Las Vegas before Christmas by winning one in Modesto after Christmas. The Panthers also avenge two of their four losses, including one against host Modesto Christian in tourney championship. Clovis West of Fresno also makes the CIF Central Section look good with […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
The major tournaments in girls’ basketball for California teams begin this week with most of the top teams heading to the Nike TOC in Phoenix. From there some will come to the East Bay/Concord area for the 160-team West Coast Jamboree. For these updated rankings, six-time state champ Long Beach Poly is missing for the […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
As the major holiday tournaments heat up, we are updating our boys basketball rankings from the preseason order. Our next update will be January 2 after those tournaments provide us key results. Mater Dei of Santa Ana holds on to the top spot but has a slew of tough upcoming games. Rancho Christian also makes […]
FINAL Girls VB State Top 20
Amazing Mitty steps it up in final match once again as the Monarchs sweep Mater Dei to win CIF Open Division state title and finish No. 1 overall in the state for the seventh time. This was the 40th year of CIF state finals, but we’ve got Teams of the Year further back than that. […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
Mater Dei moves to No. 1 prior to matchup with Archbishop Mitty in CIF Open Division championship. Earlier win is a factor in ranking, but means nothing at this point of season. Santa Margarita, Sierra Canyon & James Logan of Union City are only other State Top 20 teams involved in CIF finals. Competitive equity […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
The final four for the CIF Open Division state title is now down to No. 1 Torrey Pines, No. 2 Mater Dei and No. 3 Archbishop Mitty along with new No. 4 Marin Catholic. Regional finals for those four will be Saturday with this year’s CIF state championships set for the following weekend in Orange […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
Marymount and Mater Dei set up clash of top five teams with wins in Tuesday’s CIF Southern Section Division I semifinals. The week’s only new team in the top 10 is Corona del Mar of Newport Beach while this week there are two newcomers — Monte Vista of Danville and Menlo School of Atherton. All […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
Archbishop Mitty and Torrey Pines move up into the No. 2 and No. 3 spots after Torrey Pines tops previous No. 2 Santa Margarita in the title match of the California Challenge. The Eagles then gave a valiant effort to try to knock off No. 1 Mater Dei on Tuesday but fell short. This week’s […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
It’s back to Mater Dei for the No. 1 ranking after the Monarchs win title at nation’s best tournament in Arizona. They beat national No. 1 team from Georgia in the final. Still, they may have to play league rival Santa Margarita three more times this season and it wouldn’t surprise anyone to see them […]
