Three days after the final, expanded boys basketball state rankings for every CIF division were done, it’s time to get the girls season completely wrapped up. We ended up giving bumps to a lot of teams in a lot of divisions, especially Chaminade, Alemany and West of Torrance in Division 1. Others moving up are...
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Girls BB All-State Nominations Part 1
Although the CIF Southern Section has already released its basketball honors, we’re just getting started. This will be the 39th year for the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams in girls basketball. The process begins by posting a list of nominees from every CIF section in the state. It’s an honor in and of itself, but the […]
State Player of Year Finalists
To get going on this year’s selection for Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year and Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year, we decided not to give away so many of our eventual picks for first team all-state and have gone with a lower total of finalists than from years past. This year, we […]
CIF Central Sec: Sierra Pacific Salute
Here’s some record updates and highlights of top coaches, players & teams from the past week as reported to us from CIF Central Section historian Bob Barnett of Fresno. Bob has done phenomenal work on behalf of CIF Central Section schools, athletes and coaches for more than 40 years.
Girls BB State Team of Year 2018
Windward of Los Angeles gets onto the all-time year-by-year list of California’s best girls basketball teams after collecting 2018 CIF Open Division state championship. This is the school’s first-ever No. 1 overall state finish in any sport and it’s only the second time ever that a school with a Los Angeles address has finished No. […]
CIF Finals: Windward Open Champs
Saturday’s CIF state girls basketball finals at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento wraps up with Windward of Los Angeles completing an impressive postseason by winning Open Division title over Pinewood of Los Altos Hills. We also have writeups and photos of the two other CIF state girls finals played on Saturday won by Redondo […]
Chino Hills, Serra win CIF crowns
Friday’s games at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento highlighted by the D1 finals, which saw the Huskies and big man Onyeka Okongwu capture their second CIF state title in three years. The Serra girls also won second CIF state title in their third championship appearance in six years. Other state championships earned on Friday […]
CIF Basketball Picks & Previews
Here are the predicted scores, what to watch for and more for each of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state championship games coming up this weekend in Sacramento. We will focus most on the Open Division and Division I, but also have the picks for each of the other divisions too. With more […]
Girls BB: Division State Ranks (3rd)
Of the five No. 1 teams that we started out last week with, four of them took home regional titles and are headed to Sacramento for the CIF state finals. Congrats to Serra of Gardena (D1), Redondo Union of Redondo Beach (D2), West Campus of Sacramento (D3) and Sierra Pacific of Hanford (D5). The new...
