Some teams began league play last week while others had non-league games but eight teams in the rankings, including No. 1 and No. 2, were in action in the nine-game Elite Is Earned Showcase put on by noted girls basketball analyst Chris Hansen last Saturday at Orinda Miramonte. Also, with the beginning of 2018, and...
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NEW Boys BB State Top 20
There is a change in the top five after Bishop Montgomery’s impressive win over Sierra Canyon, but still not at the top. We continue to reward teams that are playing tough schedules, but we’re getting to the point in the season where we are starting to seriously consider unbeaten teams or those with one tough...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
As the major holiday tournaments come to a close, we ring in the New Year with our updated our boys basketball state rankings. The results of those tournaments were about as random and unpredictable as we can remember in quite some years. After all of that, there are five newcomers for this week’s but Mater...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
The major tournaments in girls’ basketball for California teams begin this week with most of the top teams heading to the Nike TOC in Phoenix. From there some will come to the East Bay/Concord area for the 160-team West Coast Jamboree. For these updated rankings, six-time state champ Long Beach Poly is missing for the […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
As the major holiday tournaments heat up, we are updating our boys basketball rankings from the preseason order. Our next update will be January 2 after those tournaments provide us key results. Mater Dei of Santa Ana holds on to the top spot but has a slew of tough upcoming games. Rancho Christian also makes […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
Mater Dei moves to No. 1 prior to matchup with Archbishop Mitty in CIF Open Division championship. Earlier win is a factor in ranking, but means nothing at this point of season. Santa Margarita, Sierra Canyon & James Logan of Union City are only other State Top 20 teams involved in CIF finals. Competitive equity […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
The final four for the CIF Open Division state title is now down to No. 1 Torrey Pines, No. 2 Mater Dei and No. 3 Archbishop Mitty along with new No. 4 Marin Catholic. Regional finals for those four will be Saturday with this year’s CIF state championships set for the following weekend in Orange […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
No. 1 Torrey Pines and No. 2 Mater Dei receive the top two seeds for the CIF Southern California Open Division playoffs (starting Thursday) while No. 3 Archbishop Mitty and No. 7 Marin Catholic did the same in the north. There weren’t many changes in this week’s rankings, but Turlock has to go in after […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
Marymount and Mater Dei set up clash of top five teams with wins in Tuesday’s CIF Southern Section Division I semifinals. The week’s only new team in the top 10 is Corona del Mar of Newport Beach while this week there are two newcomers — Monte Vista of Danville and Menlo School of Atherton. All […]
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
As section playoffs are just getting underway, there is only one new team in this week’s rankings and it just had to go to the team that already has posted the first significant upset. That would be Foothill of Tustin, which took out previous No. 16 JSerra in the first round of the CIF Southern […]
