Chino Hills, Crossroads of Santa Monica and View Park of Los Angeles go up into No. 1 positions in Division I, Division II and Division IV leading into this weekend’s CIF state championships in Sacramento. Still on top are Pleasant Valley of Chico (D3) and Santa Clarita Christian (D5). The lowest ranked state finalist is...
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NEW Boys BB State Top 20
Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth retains its No. 1 ranking and will face Sheldon of Sacramento in the CIF Open Division state championship game on Saturday evening in Sacramento. Find out how high Sheldon moved up in this week’s State Top 20 after defeating previous No. 5 Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland in the NorCal Open Division...
Boys BB: Regional Finals (Divisions)
Here are writeups and breakdowns of the two Division I boys regional championship games played on Saturday night at Long Beach State and the University of Santa Clara. Read on as well for scores and briefs from the other CIF regional finals in other divisions.
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
It’s our final chance to write about boys and girls hoopsters for this feature, since it’s switching to baseball and softball next week. One of them was previously an all-state freshman, another was previously the State Freshman Player of the Year. The final four, so to speak, are from Chino Hills, Spring Valley, Reedley and […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
We finally hit the week where the tougher competition in the playoffs causes some major changes in our weekly State Top 20, including at the very top. With Bishop Montgomery going down in the CIFSS Open Division playoffs, read on to see why Salesian of Richmond gets the nod as the new No. 1 in...
CIF Open Division Changes For 2018
It’s been a common joke whenever the CIF Southern Section has competitive equity playoffs in whatever sport that the team that loses in a No. 4 vs. No. 5 seed quarterfinal for its highest classification automatically becomes a favorite to win the CIF Division I state championship. Note: We hope you enjoy this free post […]
Boys BB: WEST Region Top 20 Rankings
As a follow up to the preseason FAB 50 published on Ballislife.com, here are the preseason FAB 50 West Region Top 20 rankings. The regional rankings go 20 teams deep from five separate regions of the nation, with Mater Dei of Santa leading the way out West. These are a prelude to our preseason Cal-Hi […]
Prep Notes With A Twist
Linden’s Aaron Judge gets more MLB all-star votes than anyone as his amazing season continues. We look back at the honors he got in his senior season for the Lions in 2010 and the advice he got from his football coach. In this column, we also have an updated list of state’s all-time leaders in […]
Boys BB: Final ’19 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look at the state’s top college prospects in the sophomore (2019) class. Our final 2019 Cal-Hi Sports Top 65 for the 2016-17 school year shows 10 newcomers since our winter edition. Our final 2016-17 rankings for the 2020 class will be published in the next...
NBA Draft Recap: Lonzo Stays Home
The Los Angeles Lakers select Chino Hills product Lonzo Ball at No. 2 overall in the 2017 NBA Draft. There are four California products chosen in the first round on Thursday in Brooklyn and there were some notable second round selections as well.
