After debuting at No. 3 in the preseason Cal-Hi Sports state rankings and going 5-0 to start the season at the Nike Central Valley Showdown, the Clovis West girls basketball team will head to the Iolani tourney this weekend in Hawaii where several other top teams from California will be as well. Go inside for […]
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Girls BB: Preseason State Top 25
Archbishop Mitty starts in the No. 1 position, but it’s not as clear-cut as in some other recent seasons. Long Beach Poly also was strongly considered for that ranking while Clovis West has its best team ever. Two CIF state champions from last season – Sacred Heart Cathedral (D3) and Cardinal Newman (D4) – also […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
Some of these writeups each week can come from the smallest divisions, even wild-and-wacky eight-man playoff games, but this week we also have an outing from a losing team that can’t be missed because it was against one of the top teams in the nation. Yes, we know a lot of teams have already played […]
Girls of Summer: Early viewing recap
(This is part 1 of a two-part recap) With the conclusion of the San Diego Classic on July 3 there was a short 2-day respite before the Girls of Summer Caravan resumed its coverage with two NCAA certified viewing events in Southern California that kicked off the first half of the NCAA July viewing period […]
Girls of Summer: San Diego Classic
After her commitment to Cal, La Jolla Country Day’s Alaysia Styles seems to have risen to another level. She, along with one of the top incoming freshmen in the nation, led team competing as Wiggins Waves to 3A Division title. Clovis West of Fresno, competing as Cen Cal Chaos, also did very well during the […]
All-State Girls BB: Insider Info
There are still a few items from girls basketball to announce and some recent developments involving all-state players. Leading off is the choice of Livermore Granada’s Sue Vi as our most inspirational player of the year. We also have more players listed who just missed making it onto the all-state underclass teams, one key transfer...
Going Inside Open Division QFs
The state’s No. 2 ranked boys basketball team and the state’s No. 3 ranked girls squad both got knocked off on Friday night in their very first CIF Open Division regional quarterfinal games. Here’s where to go for a statewide breakdown of all of the results plus leading individual performances.
State Stat Stars of the Week
We don’t know if there’s a glory road near Colusa, but there’s a Mad Max there as Max Moreno has been red hot for the RedHawks all season and had a 46-point game last week. Other boys racking up big totals last week included 31 points for high-rising Kobe Smith of Gardena Serra and two […]
Final Look: Class of ’16 Player Ranks
After the Class of 2015 was dominated by quarterbacks, for the Class of 2016 it was the wide receivers. It also ended up as a virtual tie (although we don’t have ties) as to which player should be viewed as the state’s top prospect overall. To see which players were selected to our annual All-State...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
It’s a bit of a shame this year as the playoffs approach is that it’s not looking like the top two teams in the state will play in the CIF Open Division title game. Usually this is because the top two are in the south, but this year the top three girls teams are in...
