Among others being selected for top state honors is one of the most dominating wrestlers in the nation — Seth Nevills of Clovis (juniors) and one of the best distance runners in the last 20 years — Cooper Teare of Alameda St. Joseph Notre Dame (Division IV). And when learning of his background, how could […]
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Boys BB: Divisional All-State Teams
We go back to choosing these teams by CIF divisions instead of large, medium & small, but for the combined Open Division & Division I we have doubled it in size compared to the others to account for the difference in competitive equity. Every CIF state champion has at least two players chosen to one...
FINAL All-State Boys BB Nominees
Barring any last-minute nominations coming in (which is still possible and we still accept them), this is the final list of names we’ll be working off of to choose the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State boys basketball teams. We’ll have our super elite first team, second team and third team of 10 players each and...
Boys BB Final Divisional Rankings
In conjunction with our final, expanded State Top 40 rankings, we also are releasing our final divisional state rankings for boys basketball. We have expanded each division by five teams and we list teams to watch for the 2017-18 season. Teams getting moved up for the final rankings include Bellarmine of San Jose (D1), Foothills...
Boys BB Open/Regional Projections
We pick which eight teams in both Southern California and Northern California to us seem headed toward this year’s Open Division. We then go through each division both north and south to see if it’s possible to point toward certain teams as leading state title contenders. The group includes one team that is unbeaten at […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
For the second consecutive week, there is only one newcomer to this week’s rankings at No. 20, but this time we pull up the next NorCal team instead of one from down South. Of the 16 teams in the CIF Southern Section Open Division, 11 are state-ranked and we break down Friday’s first round matchups...
More State Boys Athletes of Year
Among others earning top state honors are Najee Harris of Antioch (juniors), U.S. Olympian Ben Hallock of Harvard-Westlake (Division III) and Andrew Daschbach of Sacred Heart Prep (Division IV). Alexander Mattison of San Bernardino also is third-ever State Three-Sport Athlete of the Year. Finally, what would a State Athlete of the Year package be without […]
FINAL Divisional Baseball Rankings
Each of our divisional rankings has been expanded by five teams for the final installment and these will be the ones that go into the state record files. Teams that moved up for the final rankings include Leland of San Jose (D2), Laguna Beach (D3), Capital Christian of Sacramento (D4) and Bradshaw Christian of Sacramento...
More State Boys Players of the Year
We choose honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. Among the most difficult picks was for freshmen (which one from Chino Hills?) and for those divisions in which players from Open Division teams were deemed eligible. Brandon McCoy of San Diego Cathedral Catholic also emerges as the State Junior of […]