Teams on the move the most this include new No. 30 Etiwanda, new No. 32 St. Bonaventure and new No. 34 Simi Valley. There are only two newcomers and one of those, San Clemente, has been up there before. Glendora is the other after winning in battle of unbeatens vs. Ayala of Chino Hills. One...
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NBA Draft: Big Night for State
While most basketball fans in the state were buzzing about the L.A. Lakers getting superstar Russell Westbrook in a trade, the hugs and high fives were plentiful for those young players from the state who were selected on Thursday in the 2021 NBA Draft. California actually tied a record with players going at No. 2 […]
More Girls BB State Players of Year
Two of these honorees were among those written up after the 2020 season as Isuneh “Ice” Brady of San Diego Cathedral Catholic and Jazmine Soto of Strathmore were given the accolades for sophomores and for CIF Division V, respectively. Brady is now on top for juniors while Soto has repeated for her division. Both the […]
Boys BB: More State Players of the Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2021 honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. State Team of the Year Corona Centennial has added a state player honor. With our Mr. Basketball being a junior, we also had to choose a senior of the year separately, and similar […]
FINAL State TOP 40 Boys BB Ranks
As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings, this time covering the shortened 2020-21 spring season. There is not too much movement from our previous weekly update among the Top 25 because there were no NorCal regionals, so many teams played their last game...
Boys BB State Team of Year 2021
After three straight years of Sierra Canyon finishing on top of the state, and in a season unlike any other with no official CIF state champions for the second straight year, this year’s selection is claimed by Centennial of Corona. The Huskies didn’t win a CIF SoCal Open Division title on Saturday night, but No. […]
Girls BB: State Ranks By Divisions
We also have been doing divisional state rankings for the girls for many years as well, based on the CIF’s and our own five divisions. For this year, we are combining the teams in the SoCal regional brackets (AA & A) into one division and then injecting where the NorCal teams would fit in based […]
NEW State TOP 25 Boys BB Rankings
For another week, there is only one new team in the state boys hoops rankings, as the big news is the shakeup at the top because of the results so far in the ultra-competitive CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. The No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 teams all lost on Friday,...
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
Over the first weeks of these rankings, we’ve tried to be fair since this spring season is an anomaly in more than one way. Not only did it start when it should have ended, the CIF relaxing its bylaws to allow for club and high school competition to go on simultaneously has caused many of...
NEW State TOP 25 Boys BB Rankings
There are three new teams in this week’s boys basketball State Top 25, one each from the CIF Central, San Diego and Southern Sections. Many teams took a loss last week but a lot of those teams also weren’t at full strength. The rankings also reflect the volatile nature of the season with the backdrop...
