Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for boys basketball. We wound up going with none of these five divisional winners from teams that won CIF state titles. All five, though, had compelling reasons to be chosen and we’re sure once you read about all of them you can see […]
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Friday Girls BB State Finals
The first champions on the female side crowned at the Golden 1 Center are Windward of Los Angeles (Division I), Rosary of Fullerton (Division III) and Eastside College Prep of East Palo Alto (Division V). Eastside repeated, Windward won its second crown while Rosary topped a school that was going for its fifth title and […]
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...
Girls BB: D2-D3-D4-D5 Regional Finals
In girls basketball regional finals played on Friday-Saturday but not at Long Beach State or Santa Clara, winners were Mater Dei of Santa Ana and Vanden in D2, Rosary and Campolindo in D3, Los Osos and West Campus in D4 and Eastside College Prep and Rolling Hills Prep in D5. Mater Dei actually won its […]
Girls BB Open/Regional Projections
The big question all season is the possibility of state No. 2 Clovis West (which was No. 1 in the nation for several weeks in January) being moved to the NorCal Open Division instead of where the Golden Eagles have been for many years. After talking to the CIF, it’s still possible but if there’s […]
Thursday CIF Girls Finals
Make it 10 CIF state titles for legendary program Brea Olinda after Ladycats claim Division I state title with win against St. Francis of Sacramento. The other two winners on the day at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento are Sacred Heart Cathedral (D3) and Eastside College Prep (D5). Additional writeup (D3) by Cal-Hi Sports editor […]
Girls 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 Brea Olinda of Brea (D1), Cajon of San Bernardino (D2), Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco (D3), Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa (D4) and Eastside College Prep (D5). Go inside to see which...
Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. One of them started out 1-26 while another is a cancer survivor. Here is the rundown for each CIF division (note that Open Division coaches were considered for the CIF divisions their teams would have played in had teams not […]
Boys, Girls BB State Rank Updates
The big news this week is on the girls side since a D5 school with just six players on the roster is now inside the State Top 20. Say hello to Eastside Prep. Among the boys, no teams crack the State Top 20 as a vast majority of playoff favorites win in the early rounds […]
