It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. There are three big questions heading into the 2024-25 season regarding the use of computer rankings by the CIF Southern Section, the placement of St. Joseph of Santa Maria for the regionals and whether […]
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Preseason Boys BB Ranks (16-40)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we are doing it with a preseason Top 40 of the best boys teams from all across the state. This group is led by CIF San Diego Section open favorite and No. 16 Montgomery of San Diego and includes the rest of these teams […]
Boys BB Records Ready for 2024-25
All of the Cal-Hi Sports state records in boys basketball are updated and ready to go before teams begin playing games later this month to start the 2024-25 season. Here’s a recap of the new additions and a look at the career state scoring record currently held by Sacramento Sheldon’s DeMarcus Nelson. We hope you […]
“The Bonfather” enjoying retirement
Redwood Empire journalist sits down for dinner with legendary boys basketball coach Tom Bonfigli (who retired last March after his last game at St. Vincent de Paul of Petaluma) and they covered a variety of subjects. We hope you enjoy this free story on Cal-Hi Sports.com. All of our state record lists and all regular […]
2023-24 Grid-Hoop All-State Team
To continue our end-of-school year content of honoring the best multi-sport and overall athletes of the year (boys and girls), we take a deep look at the state’s 15 best football-basketball combo athletes on our 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. Leading the 15-man group is player of the year Caden Pinnick from Del […]
More 2023-24 Grid-Hoopers We Loved
In addition to the first 15 all-state grid-hoop players, here are nearly 60 others uncovered in our research that embodied the best of grid-hoop success. This honor roll includes the son of a prominent college football head coach and two brothers from a CIF state finalist football team. FOR THIS YEAR’S ALL-STATE FIRST, SECOND AND...
Salesian, Riordan impress at CaliLive
The team from Richmond that repped the north in the 2024 CIF Open Division state final and the team from San Francisco that has picked up a big recent transfer both won in their pool division final games at the huge BoysCaliLive24 scholastic event on Sunday in Roseville. We have a list of every team […]
NBA Draft: McCain Stands Tall
The 2023 Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year from Corona Centennial goes at No. 16 in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft to the Philadelphia 76ers. There was one more from the state in the first round and there were three in the second round, with the most attention obviously on the […]
NBA Finals Alums: Point Guard Special
The greatest point guard ever from a Northern California high school will be in the head coaching chair for one team in this year’s NBA Finals while the other team will be partially led by one of the greatest point guards ever from a Southern California high school. There’s only one other player on the […]
All-State Boys BB 2024: First Team
Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Trent Perry from CIF Open Champ Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, finalist Mercy Miller of nearby Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and NorCal Player of the Year Aaron Hunkin-Claytor of NorCal open champ Salesian of Richmond are among those near the top of the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys […]
