Jarod Lucas’ chase for the CIF Southern Section (and fourth spot in state history) career scoring record continued on Tuesday night, but there was additional attention among prep basketball scribes in Southern California directed toward Joel Pastrana from small school Calvary Baptist of La Verne, who set a reported state record by making 23 three-pointers...
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NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
We had another change at the top of the state rankings with Windward of Los Angeles regaining the No. 1 spot after losing it to Pinewood of Los Altos Hills two weeks ago. The Wildcats, however, will wait less than 24 hours before playing new No. 2 Sierra Canyon. Also in the top 10 group,...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Ranks
We could have shaken things up even more from the preseason top five and while there is a change in that group the real changes are after that and particularly in the second 10 where it seems like teams not expected to lose have tanked and the who-beat-whom syndrome dropped a lot of teams from […]
Preseason Girls BB State Ranks (1-15)
With the multitude of transfers changing the landscape, it took a lot of digging once we got past the first few teams but one thing that didn’t change from the final expanded rankings after last season was the top three teams: Windward of Los Angeles, Archbishop Mitty of San Jose and Pinewood of Los Altos […]
Girls BB: All-State Best of Best 2018
The four finalists for Ms. Basketball are joined by 26 others on the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams regardless of CIF division or class. This year’s first team only has three seniors but it’s loaded with six juniors and in a rare occurrence one freshman. We’re lucky to have covered some of the greatest […]
Girls BB: All-State 2nd, 3rd
Here’s where to go to check out all of the writeups for those who are second team overall and third team overall on the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. While we don’t agree that a team that didn’t win the CIF Open Division state title should be No. 1 in the nation, […]
Ms. Basketball 2018: It’s got Charisma
If there were ties or co-players of the year, this would be the perfect year for it. But in the history of the Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year honor, which goes back to the early 1970s, there are no co-players. And there are none in any other state player of the year selection. […]
State Player of Year Finalists
To get going on this year’s selection for Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year and Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year, we decided not to give away so many of our eventual picks for first team all-state and have gone with a lower total of finalists than from years past. This year, we […]
Pinewood, Windward win Open titles
It’s a stunner in the CIF NorCal Open Division girls basketball championship as Pinewood of Los Altos Hills goes to three overtimes to knock off previously unbeaten state No. 1 and national No. 1 Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. In the CIF SoCal Open title game, Windward of Los Angeles takes down defending Open Division […]
