The state’s No. 2 ranked boys basketball team and the state’s No. 3 ranked girls squad both got knocked off on Friday night in their very first CIF Open Division regional quarterfinal games. Here’s where to go for a statewide breakdown of all of the results plus leading individual performances.
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CIF Picks: Head Scratcher Of The Year
Most of the boys and girls Open Division basketball pairings for Northern California and Southern California released on Sunday by the CIF made sense, but as usual there was one choice that stood out the most for its absurdity. For the eight Open Division boys teams in the north and south and how we would […]
Boys Open Division: Super 8s
After all of the Friday and Saturday section finals, here would be the eight boys basketball teams in Northern California and the eight in Southern California that we’d pick for the CIF Open Divisions. Should state and national No. 1 Chino Hills get a first-round bye in the South? For recap of Chino Hills’ win […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
This week’s honorees made some threes, brought opponents to their knees and in the clutch did not freeze. They’re from Tulare, Lake Isabella, Sherman Oaks and Los Angeles. Note: For purposes of this feature, we are considering the CIF Central Section to be in the north. To nominate a player for next week, email markjtennis@gmail.com […]
State Stat Stars Of The Week
Considering the circumstances (his father passed away less than 24 hours earlier), D.J. Wyatt from Sierra of Manteca turned in one of the best performances of the year last Friday. Other boys on the honor roll include Fabian Arciniega of Calexico Vincent Memorial, who had a 60-point game three weeks ago and 38-point game this […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Going for more than 40 points does the trick for both Sydney Sharp from Foothill of Tustin and Eric Shaw from Amador of Sutter Creek. This week’s two other honorees are from Rancho Mirage (boys) and Lincoln of Lincoln (girls).
State Stat Stars of the Week
We don’t know if there’s a glory road near Colusa, but there’s a Mad Max there as Max Moreno has been red hot for the RedHawks all season and had a 46-point game last week. Other boys racking up big totals last week included 31 points for high-rising Kobe Smith of Gardena Serra and two […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
All four of our picks this week played starring roles for teams from Sacramento, Auburn, Palmdale and Chino that wrapped up league championships. One also has a brother playing big-time college football while another is averaging 22.5 points per game.
CIFSS Open Division hoops teams set
Pairings were still to be determined but the CIF Southern Section released a list on Friday Feb. 12 of the 16 teams that will be playing in its own Open Division for boys and girls basketball this season.
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
World War Z rages in Long Beach as Zafir Williams shines for Long Beach Poly in avenging win over Millikan. This week’s other honorees also include a girl from Sacramento who now has 1,000 career rebounds to go with more than 1,000 career points plus plus one from Laguna Beach and another from Los Altos […]
