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 […]
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FINAL Medium/Small School Ranks
We’ve already announced Clayton Valley of Concord (medium) and Ripon (small) as the final No. 1 teams in these classifications. Here are the final top 15 teams for each plus five more expanded teams in order and a few more added on as honorable mention. Medium school teams moving up at the end include Camarillo...
NEW NorCal/SoCal Bowl Projections
Every team listed is now officially either a No. 1 seed or high seed in its section playoffs. The big change is putting Camarillo on the board for the CIF Southern Section Division IV playoffs. We also are agreeing with the CIF North Coast Section seeding of Clayton Valley (Concord) at the top of its...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Serra of Gardena knocks off previous No. 19 Alemany and despite some losses when not at full strength now gets to come back up — way up — in this week’s State Top 50. Also new this week is Monte Vista of Danville and Cajon of San Bernardino. We’re also giving slight bumps for several...
NEW Medium/Small School FB Ranks
Half Moon Bay goes up to No. 1 for small schools after Ripon takes down previous No. 1 Escalon and we explain why it’s possible that Half Moon Bay might stay there even if it were to lose in a CIF Central Coast Section playoff game. Ripon charges up to No. 6 with Escalon at...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
For the second time in three weeks, there’s a team from the CIF Southern Section’s Southwestern League that wins a huge game, stays unbeaten and gets to jump way up into the state rankings. A big welcome to Chaparral of Temecula. We also have two other newcomers for this week’s rankings and both of those...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Around the state we go once again with visits to Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties for our Southern California honorees, and then for the NorCal winners it’s Santa Clara County, then a trip to Tulare County, and finally from there we go 375 miles north to Shasta County as our final stop. This week’s […]
Girls BB: All-State Underclass 2019
Several days after starting the boys all-state team selections, we’re going to begin with the girls. This is the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams and it starts with a look at the best of the best among juniors, sophomore and freshmen. It’s not a recruiting list so keep that in mind while...
More Boys BB State Players of Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2019 honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. Unlike Mr. Basketball, there are no repeat honorees, but this time there was no senior of the year. The hardest decisions were to have to pick one of two dynamic juniors leading a […]
FINAL Boys BB State Top 40
As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings, this time covering the 2018-19 season. With Sheldon of Sacramento losing in the CIF State Open final, we adjust some open division teams with Rancho Christian and San Diego open champ Torrey Pines getting upward bumps....
