Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Te-hina Paopao of state No. 1 La Jolla Country Day and freshman teammate Breya Cunningham both get onto the top 10 slots for the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State girls basketball teams. Cunningham is not the only freshman to snag one of these elite positions, either. Go inside […]
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NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
Despite our wholehearted support of the state CIF and the difficulty of seeding so many teams in so many divisions with competitive equity looking over the shoulders of the seeding committees, we can’t help but think a different format may be needed for the Open Division going forward. Are five or six teams (and in...
Boys/Girls BB: More Section Finals
This isn’t a recap of all of them, but several of Friday’s CIF Sac-Joaquin Section title games and the showdown between state No. 2 Mater Dei and No. 4 Windward (Los Angeles) for the CIF Southern Section Open Division girls championship were witnessed by Cal-Hi Sports editors. Boys state No. 4 Sheldon (Sacramento) was nearly […]
NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
There weren’t a lot of changes in this week’s rankings but with more showcases the next two weekends that involve ranked teams in Northern and Southern California that is likely to change. The top tier teams, however, have shown there’s quite a big drop-off to the teams in even the second tier so barring a...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
Now is when the rubber really meets the road as the drive to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento for the March 8-9 state championships begins this week. There were not a lot of surprises in the Open Division selections for Northern California since we knew with a lack of Open Division level teams in...
Girls BB: CIFSS & SJS Top Titlists
Leading champions in CIF Southern Section championship games played at Cal Baptist University in Riverside and CIF Sac-Joaquin Section championship games played at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento were Windward of Los Angeles and St. Mary’s of Stockton. Windward, the defending CIF Open Division state champions, turned the tables on league rival Sierra Canyon […]
Preseason Girls BB State Ranks (1-15)
With the multitude of transfers changing the landscape, it took a lot of digging once we got past the first few teams but one thing that didn’t change from the final expanded rankings after last season was the top three teams: Windward of Los Angeles, Archbishop Mitty of San Jose and Pinewood of Los Altos […]
Girls BB: All-State Underclass
After wrapping up all of the boys hoops all-state teams last Thursday night, we jump right into the girls, which we’ve now done for 38 straight years. It begins with the best of the best for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. This also can be a preview of the next season so here are the schools...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
After a significant number of the top teams in the state rankings converged on Stockton for the St. Mary’s MLK Showcase, including the top two, there is a bit of a shake-up among the top 10 and even beyond. In some instances, a head-to-head win was used to determine placement but there were also some...
