The section championships are now complete and the regional brackets are out with games beginning on Tuesday. There are only three weeks left in the season, with the focus on the open and D1 brackets among the top boys basketball teams in the state. There wasn’t much surprise among ranked teams, with the only caveat...
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Section Title Hoops Highlights
In the two biggest matchups of state-ranked teams on Friday and Saturday, it was the No. 1 boys from Centennial of Corona and the No. 1 girls from Etiwanda that prevailed in CIF Southern Section Open Division finals against No. 2 Harvard-Westlake and No. 3 Sierra Canyon. We have compiled additional highlights and historical achievements […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We have more this week from baseball & softball with some season-ending performances in basketball. For girls hoops, there are outings of 62, 52, 43 and 41 points. For boys, the most prolific are 49 and 43. We also have...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
We’ve hit a week where we actually have major changes because of what transpired in playoff games around the state, as Harvard-Westlake of Studio City took down previous state No. 2 Sierra Canyon in their final pool play game to advance to the CIFSS Open Division championship versus No. 1 Centennial. Other big upward movers...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We actually have a couple of them this week for the first time from baseball & softball, including a season-opening perfect game in baseball plus a coach winning his 500th game in softball. There’s still more from boys & girls...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
There is no new team able to crack the updated boys basketball State Top 25 rankings, but there is plenty of movement because of first game results in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs and big results in Northern California. Getting a nice upward bump this week is Mitty of San Jose, Lincoln of...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. For the girls, congrats are in order for Harvard-Westlake head coach Melissa Hearlihy for becoming just the second in state history to win 800 career games. We also have girls with 43 pts & 30 rebounds in one game and...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
As the basketball season is about to hit the section playoffs throughout the state, for our Southern California honorees we visit Escondido in the North County portion of the CIF San Diego Section and Newport Beach in Southern Orange County. In the north, there’s a player from a team that was undefeated in Visalia until […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
There is some movement this week in the updated boys basketball Top 25 state rankings, as the eight teams and matchups for the upcoming CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs have been announced. Check out the rankings to see one highly-ranked team that didn’t make the field. There’s one more week left in the regular...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. For girls hoops, go inside for details about a 65-point outburst and where it really ranks on all-time state list plus a girl with 54 points and two girls from the same team who both scored 41 points. For boys,...
