State No. 1 Etiwanda girls crank up the defense to win Platinum Division title at 21st annual La Jolla Country Day Sweet 16 early season tournament. Host school reaches the title game and its longtime head coach, Terri Bamford, won the 700th game of her career to join an illustrious all-time state list. We hope […]
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Preseason Girls BB Ranks (1-15)
Welcome to the start of our coverage of the 2023-24 girls basketball season in California. We begin with the same format for the boys — top 40 overall preseason state state rankings — and have matched the coverage of the two genders for more than 40 years. Despite transfers and graduations aplenty, the top four […]
NBA Draft: Camarillo’s Finest
Camarillo High grad Jaime Jaquez Jr. completes rise in the NBA Draft with No. 18 selection in first round by the Miami Heat. For the second straight year of the NBA Draft, California also has two selected in the second round. FOR UPDATED GOLD CLUB LIST OF STATE’S ALL-TIME NBA DRAFT PICKS (SINCE 1950), CLICK […]
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
With one week to go in the season and before State Teams of the Year are named, the top five shuffles a bit with Valley Christian (San Jose) inching up to No. 2 behind JSerra. The opt out of the Lions for this week’s CIF regional playoffs just can’t cause a change at the top....
All-State Girls BB: Best of the Best 2023
Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Juju Watkins plus State Junior of the Year Kennedy Smith, State Sophomore of the Year Alijahna “Puff” Morris and newly named NorCal Player of the Year McKenna Woliczko headline the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams. Go inside to see why these 10 have finished their […]
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
There’s one Monday game from the CIFSS D1 playoffs involving No. 4 JSerra that is not included in this week’s rankings. Those playoffs will start to see huge matchups as early as the second round, including two top 10 teams playing each other. Valley Christian of San Jose in the CCS, De La Salle in...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Monday scores are counted this week, which is why Torrey Pines of San Diego has moved from No. 19 to No. 12 in this week’s rankings. Valley Christian of San Jose also has been bumped back up into the top five. We also have move ups for La Mirada and Etiwanda after both claimed league...
More Girls BB Players of the Year
CIF Open Division state champion Etiwanda already had the State Coach of the Year and now there are two state player of the year honors headed to the Inland Empire as well. Junior Kennedy Smith and sophomore Ahlayana “Puff” Morris were just too tough for the Eagles in their final games. The freshman honoree also […]
State Coach of the Year: Stan Delus
The highest coaching honor in California, the one that now goes back 52 years, heads to the Inland Empire this time as Etiwanda’s Stan Delus is named for the 2022-23 season. It’s not a surprise since he hadn’t been named before and his team this year broke through to win the school’s first-ever CIF Open […]
