State No. 1 Harvard-Westlake of Studio City defeats No. 2 Roosevelt of Eastvale to capture the program’s first CIF Southern Section Open Division crown. The Wolverines hold on at the end after missed free throws and a tough foul call against Roosevelt after the final missed Wolverines’ foul shot. Harvard-Westlake will now enter the SoCal […]
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NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
In this week’s new boys basketball State TOP 25 rankings, there is a state No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown for the CIF Southern Section Open Division title as St. John Bosco moves up for its highest ranking in boys hoops ever and gets its crack at top-rated Centennial. The Huskies haven’t lost in-state since...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The CIF Southern Section playoff brackets have been announced with games on weekdays that are beginning this week except the Open Division where action does not start until Saturday. The Open Division seedings matched last week’s rankings for all but the No. 8 seed and now we’ve brought that team in as a newcomer. Rosary...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The playoffs begin in the CIF Southern Section and with a couple of exceptions the seedings of the Open Division look more like these rankings than they ever did in any of the previous polls the CIFSS releases each week. With league play wrapping up and limited non-league action last week throughout the state, there...
White-Hot CIFSS Final Goes To MD
Monarchs capture their second straight CIF Southern Section Open Division title with an overtime win over Centennial of Corona on a buzzer-beating three-pointer by junior Lani White. Showdown matchups involving the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the state and with both sporting unbeaten records don’t always live up to the hype. This one […]
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
The playoffs in the CIF Southern Section, Central Section, San Diego Section and Central Coast Section will all conclude this weekend with teams that qualify moving on to the Southern Regional playoffs while the CCS teams join the other sections in the CIF Northern Region whose seasons have concluded. As for movement this week, the...
State Coach of Year: Dave Rebibo
In a season that wasn’t complete due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more coaches than ever were able to win their last game but more coaches than ever were also unsatisfied with how the season ended for their seniors. One boys basketball coach who didn’t win his last game of the season, but came away more […]
NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
The CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs have already completed one of the three games in pool play heading into this week and two of the games were decided by two and three points, and the other two games were not blowouts, either. Now, the rest of the state, except the Central Coast Section where...
NEW State Top 25 Boys BB Rankings
After one round of games in the CIF Southern Section open pool play format, we still don’t have solid evidence based on the game results that, outside of NorCal No. 1 Sheldon, any of the state’s other top playoff teams should be ranked ahead of those eight. That could change starting next week, however, as...
Girls BB: CIFSS & SJS Top Titlists
Leading champions in CIF Southern Section championship games played at Cal Baptist University in Riverside and CIF Sac-Joaquin Section championship games played at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento were Windward of Los Angeles and St. Mary’s of Stockton. Windward, the defending CIF Open Division state champions, turned the tables on league rival Sierra Canyon […]
