Category Archives: State Top 20 Rankings
Girls BB: Open-D1 State Predictions
When you have two teams that have played before and went to overtime, that’s the recipe for a great game and that’s what’s in store for CIF Open Division state final between No. 1 Archbishop Mitty and No. 2 Clovis West. Still, we have to pick a winner and we do. In the D1 state […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
There was some movement after the first three spots and we might even move the next four spots around next week again after taking a closer look at each team’s overall bodies of work. They are difficult to gauge with injuries and lineups at full strength vs. limited strength and all sorts of other aspects...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
It will be No. 1 Bishop Montgomery vs. No. 4 Woodcreek in Saturday’s Open Division state final to see which school will win its first Open state crown. The only other state final that will match two ranked teams will be in Division I with No. 8 Roosevelt of Eastvale taking on new No. 20...
Boys BB: NorCal Open & D1 Finals
Woodcreek of Roseville doesn’t let CIF Sac-Joaquin Section rival Sheldon win in a rematch and advances to an Open Division final that will be closer to home than either the section final or the NorCal final. Jordan Brown was again the difference on Saturday, but not the same way he was when the two teams […]
Girls BB: NorCal Open & D1 Finals
There was no more magic for Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa as the run by the No. 7 seed Cardinals in the NorCal Open Division came to a crashing halt in a 24-point loss to No. 1 seed and No. 1 state-ranked Archbishop Mitty. The Monarchs will now travel to Sacramento for attempt to win […]
Girls BB: SoCal Open & D1 Finals
It was the type of gritty, tough contest that Long Beach Poly’s girls basketball team has won many times over the years, but this time it was Clovis West of Fresno that got the triumph and did its part to set up a rematch with Archbishop Mitty in the CIF Open Division state final. The […]
Inside look at No. 1 Buchanan
Few programs in the state have had the continued success of the baseball team at Buchanan of Clovis. It’s not stopping anytime soon and while the Bears are rolling along at 11-0 and will stay at No. 1 in next week’s state rankings after three pitchers combined on a no-hitter on Friday, they will be […]
NEW Baseball State Top 20
South Hills falls in a mid-week game to league rival Bonita of La Verne, which causes a lot of changes in this week’s rankings, including Huntington Beach going to No. 2 with Rancho Bernardo up to No. 4. With Chaminade and Harvard-Westlake set to battle next week, we also gave the Eagles a major boost...
NEW Softball State Top 20
Norco moving to No. 1 is a no-brainer after its win at Dave Kops TOC in Arizona over elite field. The hard part is what to do after that. La Habra does go up from No. 13 to No. 2 while previous No. 1 Mission Viejo has to fall to No. 9. This week’s newcomers...
