In another close race for Mr. Basketball, what Trent Perry did for CIF Open Division state champ Harvard-Westlake is just too hard to ignore. Today, the two-time state champion edges another San Fernando Valley standout who played in the same league for California’s most prestigious, long-running individual honor. For this season’s State Players of the […]
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Boys BB: More State Players of the Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2024 top honorees for juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division with Open & D1 combined. Three different sophomores have collected a player of the year honor since two of them have been chosen for their CIF divisions.
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. We begin this week with softball player Cynthia Arellano of San Jose Silver Creek tying a state record...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
While we don’t have any entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book to track this week, we do have some exceptional talent that we’ve uncovered for statewide recognition that usually might only get local props, and that’s the other important function of this feature. This week our stops are in Costa Mesa and South […]
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
Michelle Carew Classic results had a major impact on this week’s rankings with upsets to four of the top 10 teams coming in. Previous No. 2 St. Francis of Mountain View or previous No. 3 Norco were not among them and naturally move up to No. 1 and No. 2. The longtime rival of St....
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Huge tourney titles lift Granite Bay and Torrey Pines up into the top 10 of this week’s rankings. Other high rising newcomers include Serra of San Mateo, Patrick Henry of San Diego and Centennial of Corona. This week’s Boras Classic for Southern California could force similar big moves in next week’s rankings or No. 1...
2024 Boys/Girls BB Coach Milestones
Both of the boys and girls all-time coaching records lists have now been updated for everyone through the 2023-24 season. The biggest milestone win for the boys was from Pasadena Poly’s Brad Hall (700th). For the girls, Mater Dei’s Kevin Kiernan (900th) and Archbishop Mitty’s Sue Phillips (800th) were the biggest. We also say best […]
St. Francis MV, Norco Co-Champs
This year’s Michelle Carew Classic had four of the top five teams from the state and six of the top 10, but rain wiped out Saturday’s schedule so there was no No. 1 vs No. 2 championship in the Gold Bracket. There were still big developments as No. 1 Pacifica (Garden Grove) lost twice, the […]
State Coach of the Year: Anna Almeida
The highest girls hoops coaching honor in California, the one that now goes back 53 years, lands in the small town of Caruthers. It can be difficult to build a hugely successful program in a place like that, but it came together for 20-year head coach Anna Almeida with a CIF state title. She won […]
Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the 2023-24 Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. These are the ones for each of the five state divisions, although we do combine the Open and Division I.
