There’s been several monstrous outings to get details about from the last two weeks, so here they are. On the boys side, we had 53 points from Sanger’s Luke Dillon, 50 from San Ysidro’s Jurian Dixon (that school’s “other” freshman), and 47 from Carmel’s J.T. Byrne. For the girls, how about 50 from freshman phenom...
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SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
There were no state record book entries this week but we found some diamonds in the rough and some budding young stars in our four winners, and that’s part of what this feature is all about. We start out in the island city of Coronado just across the bay from San Diego, and then head […]
NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
One big difference between rankings, seedings and competitive equity is the last two don’t take into consideration the nuances that can take place during a season like injuries, family emergencies and coaching changes in mid-season. Other situations also can arise that usually impact but are not created by the girls. We hear all about these...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
It’s a valley-style edition of this weekly feature as we hit four separate valleys to find our four honorees, beginning with the San Fernando Valley, then the Sacramento Valley, followed by the San Gabriel Valley and finishing up in the Santa Clara Valley. We also have three guards and one post player getting the nods. […]
NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
We had a hunch there could be some movement with all the MLK weekend events and that’s exactly what has happened with the biggest change coming at the top of the heap and with four of the five top teams playing musical chairs. This past week also saw two coaches in the top five reach...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
There were a couple of honorees this week who were slam dunks and then a couple of others that took a lot of digging, but we came up with four very deserving recipients, including a freshman whose name you might want to remember. This week’s winners are from Thousand Oaks, Rocklin, Los Angeles and Oakhurst. […]
NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
We had our first somewhat big upset of the season with Rosary of Fullerton topping Mater Dei of Santa Ana, but after all was said and done what looked like might be total chaos as a result of that, nothing changed in the first nine spots. One upset just can’t erase more than one significant...
Boys & Girls BB State Stat Stars
Catching up on some amazing performances from the two weeks of holidays plus a few from already this week, we start out with a pair of Andersons — Amoud of Lawndale Leuzinger and Cole of Fresno Clovis West — and end with some freshmen girls who are putting up big numbers from Spring Valley to...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
We took a hiatus for our Players of the Week feature for the holidays but we’re back with some outstanding performances that include the past two weeks. We have honorees from Richmond and Los Gatos in the north plus Saugus and Villa Park in the south. We hope you enjoy this free story on Cal-Hi […]
NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
There weren’t a lot of changes in this week’s rankings but with more showcases the next two weekends that involve ranked teams in Northern and Southern California that is likely to change. The top tier teams, however, have shown there’s quite a big drop-off to the teams in even the second tier so barring a...
