One year after Lonzo Ball was written up for this top group of 10 players, brother LiAngelo gets his turn and joins nine others as first team overall and headliners for the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. These players are named regardless of year in school or CIF division and two of […]
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Boys BB: All-State Underclass
We are tipping off the release of our annual all-state basketball teams with the underclass boys. This means the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. These teams last year featured four players from mythical national champion Chino Hills. This year, the Huskies are well-represented again with two honorees. There are eight other...
State Stat Stars of the Week
We ran out of time to get last week’s honor roll posted due to Mr. Basketball State POY announcement, but have two weeks rolled into one for this post. In baseball, Ashwin Chona of Sage Hill (Newport Beach) gets a two-hit shutout, but did not throw a fourth straight no-hitter. Alex Reelfs of Los Altos […]
Mr. Basketball 2017: Ethan Thompson
State’s top honor goes to versatile guard from Bishop Montgomery of Torrance whose skill level, work ethic and leadership led his team to coveted CIF Open Division state crown. Team success helps one of the best players ever from L.A.’s South Bay region edge UCLA-bound point guard Jaylen Hands and junior standouts Marvin Bagley and Jordan […]
More Boys BB State Players of Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2017 selections for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. Marvin Bagley (Sierra Canyon) wins in a close call over someone from the opposite end of the state among juniors while for sophomores it was more of a case of one teammate from […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
The big four from the CIF Southern Section is down to the big three as Sierra Canyon loses to San Diego St. Augustine and drops to No. 6 in this week’s rankings. All four of the CIFSS teams in the SoCal Division 1 semifinals also are ranked, led by top seed and No. 8 Damien....
Super 8 Boys BB State Ranks Update
St. Augustine moves from No. 7 to No. 4 after big win over Sierra Canyon in CIF SoCal Open Division. Damien of La Verne also is now at No. 8 and looking strong in CIF SoCal Division I bracket. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with lists of many other teams on the bubble will […]
Boys BB State Player Records
Here is a collection of updated state records in player or individual categories. DeMarcus Nelson is still state’s all-time leading scorer while Darnell Robinson is still state’s all-time leading rebounder. These also are the categories that relate most closely to the Ball Brothers at Chino Hills, including La’Melo’s 92-point game and Lonzo’s assists and steals...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
We finally have a week where there is a big shakeup in our boys basketball rankings following memorable CIFSS Open Division semifinal games. We have a new No. 1 team — and its actually the team we had in that position to begin the season back in early November. Read on to see the new...
More Melo: Record updates, reaction
LaMelo Ball of Chino Hills is just becoming part of state record-breaking era at Chino Hills, which includes his older brothers and his teammates who are helping the Huskies score 100 points 33 times now in the last two seasons combined. We have more on last week’s 92-point game vs. Los Osos, more details from […]
