Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
Boys BB Saturday CIF State Finals
Harvard-Westlake completes its mission of winning CIF Southern Section Open Division & CIF Open Division state titles with a victory over Salesian of Richmond. It wasn’t easy, though, as the Pride had the lead in the fourth quarter with less than two minutes left. Also earning CIF state titles on Saturday were Monterey (D4) and […]
Girls BB CIF State Previews & Picks
It was sub-par year for us doing predictions of state finals last year at 9-3 after a 11-1 showing from 2022. It’s time to take a crack at the 2024 lineup of games for girls basketball that will be played this weekend at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. We do this with respect to […]
Boys BB CIF State Previews & Picks
It was sub-par year for us doing predictions of state finals last year at 9-3 after a 11-1 showing from 2022. It’s time to take a crack at the 2024 lineup of games for boys basketball that will be played this weekend at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. We do this with respect to […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The funnel doesn’t get any narrower than this week with respect to rankings. Heading into Tuesday night, there are only eight teams left in action that can possibly rearrange things in the top 16 for the final rankings. Then on Friday and Saturday it will all be over with CIF state championships in Sacramento. One...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The regional finals are set for Tuesday and for the second time in two weeks, it will be No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the Boys Basketball State Top 35 facing off and this time it’s in the SoCal open final. No. 1 Harvard-Westlake is one of six San Fernando Valley teams participating in a...
Softball: 1st State TOP 35 Ranks Of Year
The earliest ever start to the high school season in Southern California prevented a preseason ranking and the prestigious Dave Kops Tournament of Champions has already happened in Arizona. Some Northern California schools still haven’t played a game yet. Still, this proved to be a perfect time to begin another season of statewide coverage with […]
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...
Girls BB: Salute To Section Champions
There were a lot more girls teams that earned CIF section championships over the weekend besides state No. 3 Etiwanda and the ones we covered on Wednesday in Sacramento. Here’s a roundup of all of the other section champions from around California. Each team deserves to get a mention with all of the others that […]
Boys BB: Salute To Section Champions
There were a lot more boys teams that earned CIF section championships over the weekend besides state No. 1 Harvard-Westlake and the ones we covered on Wednesday in Sacramento. Here’s a roundup of all of the other section champions from around California. Each team deserves to get a mention with all of the others that […]