As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings, this time covering the 2017-18 season. With Sheldon losing in the CIF State Open final, we adjust some open division teams with L.A. Westchester and Santa Ana Mater Dei getting upward bumps. Find out where D2 champ...
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Boys BB: Mater Dei Wins 23rd Title
State No. 4 Mater Dei of Santa Ana wins its first CIF Southern Section Open Division title since the Stanley Johnson era with a thrilling 55-53 victory over state No. 2 Sierra Canyon. With the win, Mater Dei will receive the top seed in the SoCal Open regional bracket set to be released Sunday afternoon. […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
The postseason is now here for the entire state. There were no upsets in the big quarterfinal matchups in the CIF Southern Section Open Division, but one of the lower seeded teams did win one of the games. The only team outside the Southern Section’s top division to lose was Mission Bay of San Diego....
Gary McKnight’s HOF numbers
All of the information below was done in support of Santa Ana Mater Dei boys basketball coach Gary McKnight getting a positive vote as a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame nominee. He has been nominated for the Class of 2018 and his high school accomplishments are more than comparable to the high school coaches […]
Mater Dei Boys BB Wins at 1,529
Thanks to contributor Bob Atwell and Mater Dei statistician Steve Colton, who helps with record-keeping for the Mater Dei of Santa Ana boys basketball program, the Monarchs’ all-time varsity record since their first season in 1953 has been confirmed at 1,529 wins and 375 losses. Here’s some perspective on where that total ranks in the […]
Boys BB (1976-2012 Final Division State Ranks)
Welcome to the online Cal-Hi Sports State Record Book & Almanac. These lists are the final state boys basketball rankings according to our traditional five divisions dating back to the first season in which we compiled state rankings, which was for the 1975-76 season. For final rankings from 2013 to 2019, separate links can be found...
Boys BB State Team Records
Here is a collection of updated state records in team categories. These are the categories that relate most closely to the Ball Brothers at Chino Hills along with Santa Ana Mater Dei’s brilliance under the tenure of legendary head coach Gary McKnight. Also included: Modesto Christian league win streak, Long Beach Poly all-time wins and...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
Most of the state’s best teams won last week, as the highest-ranked team to lose, L.A. Westchester, did so by only three points in the state’s best overall rivalry game versus No. 8 L.A. Fairfax. There is some movement at the bottom of the rankings, however, and a lone newcomer which returns. If you can’t...
State Coaching Records Updated
All five California high school sports that we primarily cover on this web site – football, boys hoops, girls hoops, baseball and softball – now have all of its coaching records updated through the 2015-16 school year. We started doing these updates earlier last week and got word that one of the winningest coaches in […]
Softball: 1,000 Wins For Liggett
Carlmont of Belmont softball coach Jim Liggett reaches milestone win on Tuesday and joins select group of just two others in state history who’ve won 1,000 games in one sport. Many former players were on hand for the 3-0 triumph by the Scots over Capuchino of San Bruno. To see Gold Club post of winningest […]
