This post includes teams ending in the No. 21 thru No. 40 positions. The first five were all in the next-to-last State TOP 25. The next 15 in order as usual were very difficult to rank, but we felt strong about Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa, Viewpoint of Calabasas, Camarillo and St. Joseph of Santa...
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Mr. Basketball/Ms. Basketball Finalists
The Cal-Hi Sports State Players of the Year honors have been selected for more than 40 years and the winners go onto all-time state lists that go back for more than 120 years. Here are the finalists for this year’s boys & girls top honors (four boys & six girls). Note: We hope you enjoy […]
Girls BB: CIF Saturday Finals
When the CIF last staged staged state championships in basketball in 2019, the Open Division girls champion was Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. Much has changed in the world since then due to COVID, but the Trailblazers have returned to the top of California girls hoops with an impressive win over Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. […]
Boys & Girls BB: CIF Friday Finals
The theme of the CIF state championships in Division 1 on Friday at the Golden Center for both boys & girls was about longtime successful coaches winning their first state crowns. The Damien of La Verne boys also broke a streak of five straight wins for Northern California teams and showed the gap between the […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The pecking order for this week’s next to last rankings was set with the Monday morning release of the Girls BB: State Rankings By Division so these rankings will mirror them. Now we explain it. There were some changes in the top 14 spots which belong to Open teams and there was some movement after...
Girls BB: State Rankings By Division
There’s only one new team in a No. 1 position after Saturday night’s regional semifinals, and that would be Branson of Ross in D4. Entering Tuesday’s regional finals, the other No. 1 teams are Etiwanda (Open), Salesian of Richmond (D1), San Joaquin Memorial (D2), Oakland Tech (D3) & San Domenico (D5). Note: We hope you […]
NorCal / SoCal Players of the Week
This will be the final week for Girls and Boys Basketball Players of the Week as next week we will switch to softball and baseball just as we’ve done every year when the funnel narrows limiting the number of teams in the CIF basketball state playoffs. This week we have four solid honorees from Anaheim […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
This week’s rankings go down the line in the CIF Open Divisions with those 14 teams, seven each in the Southern and Northern Regional playoffs. From there comes the teams that are in the NorCal and SoCal Division I bracket, but not in the exact order of the seedings. The top three teams stay the...
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...
