Bishop Montgomery of Torrance wins the coveted CIFSS Open Division title over Etiwanda with a big second half. With the victory, the Knights will move to No. 2 in the state behind NCS D3 winner and season-long No. 1 Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland in the new Cal-Hi Sports State Top 20. The big question is […]
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CIFSS Open: Etiwanda-Montgomery Final
State No. 5 Etiwanda exorcises playoff demons at Mater Dei’s Meruelo Athletic Center and downs the state’s No. 2 team on Tuesday night to advance to Saturday night’s CIFSS Open Division championship game versus state No. 3 Bishop Montgomery.
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 […]
Boys BB: CIFSS Open Predictions
We break down the 16 teams in boys basketball that should be selected (and yes, we think 16 should be chosen) for the CIF Southern Section’s Open Division playoffs. It’s the second year for the massive section’s open division and it should include 11 teams ranked in this week’s Cal-Hi Sports State Top 20. The […]
Boys BB: Updated ’15 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top college prospects in the senior (2015) class since we last updated our player rankings in early October. Our winter Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows 13 newcomers from our post-summer edition. Our final rankings for the 2015 class will...
BB: Two Coaches Reach Milestones
On Saturday afternoon, Etiwanda coach Dave Kleckner won his 500th career game one day after Mater Dei of Santa Ana coach Gary McKnight became the first California coach to win 1,000 career games. McKnight talks his late mentor and what he meant to him.
Boys BB: Updated State Top 20
Price of Los Angeles and Jesuit of Carmichael join the list of California’s elite clubs as only two teams drop out based on the results of early-season games. We don’t penalize teams we know will be strong in the post-season too harshly for an early-season loss, especially when those teams have more tough games coming […]
BB: Centennial downs Etiwanda
On the same day its football team played for the CIFSS Pac-5 championship in football, Corona Centennial’s boys basketball team downed CIF state open division title contender Etiwanda, 67-63. Sedrick Barefield leads comeback victory, as Etiwanda coach Dave Kleckner is denied 500th career win.
FAB 50: Mater Dei & Etiwanda In
Four-time defending CIF state champion Mater Dei of Santa Ana and playoff rival Etiwanda ranked in preseason GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50 national boys basketball rankings. Rankings compiled by Cal-Hi Sports Managing Editor Ronnie Flores released in three parts with teams No. 16-30 published Monday. Nation’s top 15 teams will be released Tuesday.
Inside the All-State Girls BB Teams
All of the teams have been finalized and released, but we’re not completely done. Here’s an inside look at the toughest decisions that had to be made, why the Open Division was not treated separately and lists of more top players who just missed getting selected to at least one of our all-state teams....
