Five of the six teams that were placed No. 1 in these rankings after Tuesday’s first round of the CIF regional playoffs are still there as we head to regional finals on Tuesday. Still No. 1 are Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth (Open), St. Mary’s of Stockton (D1), Colfax (D3), San Domenico of San Anselmo (D4)...
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Football State Team of the Year 2021
Here is the official updated list of the California high school football state teams of the year that goes back for more than 120 years. Mater Dei of Santa Ana puts its name on the list for the fifth time, but fourth in the last five years. This also is just its second State Team […]
Bosco FB in Eye of Media Storm
Dealing with four or five star player rankings on recruiting networks, going on trips to play in games shown on ESPN and handling social media are just part of what the support staff at a big-time high school football program at a place like St. John Bosco has to grapple with every week and throughout […]
CIF Bowl Board No. 1 (South)
Here’s a first look at how the teams may begin to be stacking up for this year’s CIF Southern California regional bowl games. We build these boards from the top down and from the bottom going up with the toughest choices for the middle divisions. All of these teams should be viewed as place-holders in […]
Girls BB Divisional State Rankings
California’s No. 1 teams according to our rankings heading into the CIF state championships continue to be Archbishop Mitty of San Jose (Open), Windward of Los Angeles (D1), Mater Dei of Santa Ana (D2), Campolindo of Moraga (D3), West Campus of Sacramento (D4) and Eastside Prep of East Palo Alto (D5). If you can’t see...
Boys BB CIF State Predictions
Here are the predicted scores by Cal-Hi Sports for each of the five CIF divisional boys basketball state finals plus the Open Division to be played this week at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento.
Boys Division Ranks & CIF Picks
We have updated rankings in this post plus our breakdowns of each CIF divisional state championship game. Our No. 1 teams are Crespi of Encino (D1), Serra of San Mateo (D2), Ayala of Chino Hills (D3), Harvard-Westlake of North Hollywood (D4) and St. Joseph Notre Dame of Alameda (D5). Go inside to see which three...
CIF Basketball State Final Picks
Our Cal-Hi Sports predictions for the 12 CIF state championship games for boys and girls basketball this weekend at Sleep Train Arena sees the south winning a bulk of the plaques.
CIF Girls BB State Finals Predictions
We’re going with Long Beach Poly for the win in the Open Division, which could cap a long weekend for NorCal girls other than the first game. On the other hand, we’ve picked much gloom and doom for the North before and it wasn’t that bad. Note: Full post containing analysis of each game for...
NEW Divisional Boys BB Rankings
Mater Dei and Bishop O’Dowd stay on track for Open Division state final showdown – but just barely. Most surprising regional finalist on Saturday is Drake of San Anselmo. These rankings include results from Wednesday and a projection for each CIF state final....
