We finally hit the week where the tougher competition in the playoffs causes some major changes in our weekly State Top 20, including at the very top. With Bishop Montgomery going down in the CIFSS Open Division playoffs, read on to see why Salesian of Richmond gets the nod as the new No. 1 in...
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Individual Single-Game Highs (Boys)
As part of our continuing effort to maintain state records in boys basketball, we have to compile a list of single game highs toward the end of each season. We’ll be doing the same for girls on Sunday night. These are based on information in the MaxPreps database and on nominations that people have sent […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
The postseason is now here for the entire state. There were no upsets in the big quarterfinal matchups in the CIF Southern Section Open Division, but one of the lower seeded teams did win one of the games. The only team outside the Southern Section’s top division to lose was Mission Bay of San Diego....
CIF Open Division Changes For 2018
It’s been a common joke whenever the CIF Southern Section has competitive equity playoffs in whatever sport that the team that loses in a No. 4 vs. No. 5 seed quarterfinal for its highest classification automatically becomes a favorite to win the CIF Division I state championship. Note: We hope you enjoy this free post […]
Big Mac: Jordan Brown’s All-American Journey
From Woodcreek of Roseville to Prolific Prep of Napa to America’s Most-Celebrated High School All-Star Game, Jordan Brown’s Stock Keeps Rising Story By STEVEN WILSON Jordan Brown’s meteoric rise to basketball notoriety took another leap in January when his name was included on the 2018 McDonald’s All-American roster for the renown All-Star contest March 28 […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
It turned out to be the perfect week to do Oak Park’s Riley Battin for this feature since he only needs two rebounds in Friday’s game to reach 1,500 for his career and thus join a very select group of just three others in all of California prep history to have more than 2,500 points […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
The postseason is upon us in some sections around the state, but don’t expect too much change until we get deeper in the playoff brackets. Of course, the 8-team CIF Southern Section Open Division bracket will have a big impact on that movement, but none of the teams would drop out if they lose in...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Tulare High in the CIF Central Section has another record-breaker this winter after Kazmeir Allen lit up Friday nights during the football season. Now it’s Kiara Brown of the girls basketball team, who had 46 points and 30 rebounds for one game last week. In addition to Brown as our NorCal Girls POW, our other […]
