It’s a first in the 47 years of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of the Year honor as a former player of a previous State Coach of the Year has now captured the honor as well. This year’s choice, Alicia Komaki, of 33-1 CIF Open Division state champion Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth, once played for […]
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Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the 2019 Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. These are the ones for each CIF division and it’s a group that includes a coach who’s come through a battle with cancer and another coach who’s had to keep a program strong after the previous coach was arrested.
Girls BB All-State Nominees Part 1
Like the boys several days ago, we are beginning the process toward selection of the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams in girls basketball with this first list of those honored as nominees. Some of the earliest selections include Cheryl Miller (Riverside Poly 1982), Violet Palmer (Compton 1982) and Lisa Leslie (Inglewood Morningside soph 1988). […]
FINAL Girls BB State Top 40
There were no real huge surprises in the final rankings, and a lot of that has to do with our nearly 40 years of rankings always using our form of competitive equity, only over the years we’ve referred to it as “a body of work.” So coming into the final rankings, the top teams were...
Mr. Basketball, Ms. Basketball Finalists
As is our custom, we like to release at least four and often more finalists among those who are being considered the most strongly for the annual Mr. Basketball and Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year selection. In some years it’s more obvious who’s going to get the final nods, but in other years […]
Sierra Canyon sweep inspires combo state record update
Since the CIF Open Division format was adopted in 2013, there hadn’t been a school to sweep the Open Division state titles in boys and girls basketball until Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth did it last weekend in Sacramento. That accomplishment, plus the Trailblazer boys finishing with a 32-3 record with the girls wrapping it up […]
Girls BB State Team of Year 2019
Sierra Canyon goes atop the all-time list of State Teams of the Year that extends back to 1972 season. The Trailblazers also may still be able to get a mythical national title. Even if that doesn’t happen after all of the final rankings are out and all games played, we say they should consider claiming […]
Girls BB: Saturday State Finals
The battle to be California’s Open Division state champion was decisive at the Golden 1 Center as state No. 1 Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth earns its first title in the top division with a win against Pinewood of Los Altos Hills. Ashley Chevalier, the daughter of Sierra Canyon boys head coach Andre Chevalier, led the […]
