St. Mary’s of Stockton edges Archbishop Mitty of San Jose for the top position as games get underway immediately this week with two of the top three teams in Southern California facing off on Wednesday. Northern California team also fare well at the top with Pinewood of Los Altos Hills at No. 3 and Salesian […]
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Preseason Girls BB Ranks (16-35)
This group is led off by the team that No. 15 Rosary Academy defeated in the 2016 CIF Division III state final, Campolindo of Moraga. Defending CIF Open Division state champ Clovis West of Fresno loses five D1 players, but still checks in at No. 19. We also are breaking in up-and-coming SoCal power Ribet […]
Girls of Summer Player Ranks 2017
More than 90 players are evaluated in this annual post, including the top 30 ranked in order, from a series of girls hoops events attended in person during June and July. Most are from Northern California with a handful from SoCal schools like Mission Hills, Brea Olinda, Rosary Academy, Santa Maria St. Joseph and San...
Girls BB: Paopao Ready To Break Out
Before she went down with a knee injury last fall, La Jolla Country Day incoming phenomenal sophomore Te-Hina Paopao was poised to have what many analysts believed would be a phenomenal freshman season. Instead, Paopao rehabbed and although at only around 50-60-percent she actually made a return for the final four games of the season […]
Why no Cali girls on U.S. U16 bb team?
After four days of trials that began on May 25 with 133 hopefuls at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, two California girls were among the 18 finalists, but when the 12-member 2017 USA Basketball Women’s U16 National Team was announced on Wednesday there were no girls from the Golden State […]
Inside the Girls BB All-State Teams
Some choices are never easy and this year the toughest perhaps was for Sophomore Player of the Year. Go inside for a glimpse at how this pick was finalized and for more on who we would have chosen as CIF Southern Section Player of the Year. Plus, we have more on the Clovis West Conundrum,...
Girls BB: All-State Best of Best
With great pleasure, here are the leading players for the 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports Girls Basketball All-State Teams. These 10 include many who were finalists to be the Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year. They are selected regardless of year in school or CIF division and represent some of the top teams in the […]
Girls BB: All-State 2nd, 3rd Overall
The 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State girls basketball teams continues with these 20 players featured prominently on second & third team overall. With so many injuries, there were some girls honored who missed more than a couple of games. Also, comparisons among girls who competed in Open Divisions both at the section and statewide level […]
Girls BB: Divisional All-State
As with the boys, we have returned to the format of releasing these teams by CIF divisions instead of large, medium and small. To account for differences in competitive equity, however, the combined Open Division & Division I all-state squads are doubled in size. CIF Open Division champion Clovis West is the only team with...
Girls BB: All-State Underclass
After wrapping up all of the boys hoops all-state teams last Thursday night, we jump right into the girls, which we’ve now done for 38 straight years. It begins with the best of the best for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. This also can be a preview of the next season so here are the schools...
