The 2023 Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year from Corona Centennial goes at No. 16 in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft to the Philadelphia 76ers. There was one more from the state in the first round and there were three in the second round, with the most attention obviously on the […]
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Mr. Basketball 2024: Trent Perry
In another close race for Mr. Basketball, what Trent Perry did for CIF Open Division state champ Harvard-Westlake is just too hard to ignore. Today, the two-time state champion edges another San Fernando Valley standout who played in the same league for California’s most prestigious, long-running individual honor. For this season’s State Players of the […]
Mr. Basketball 2023: Husky Repeat
It turned out to be closer than one might have thought with one month to go in the 2023 season, but Jared McCain makes it two in a row for Centennial of Corona having the California Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year. He follows teammate Donovan Dent from last season. He’s just the third […]
Boys BB: More State Players of the Year
Here’s the place to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2023 honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division with Open & D1 combined. CIF Open Division champion Harvard-Westlake gets its first major winner with point guard Trent Perry landing State Junior of the Year selection. All of the CIF state champions from […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
In this week’s new boys basketball State Top 25 there is plenty of movement following the result of a big NorCal vs. SoCal contest played at the State Preview Classic at Colony High School. There are also two newcomers, one from the North and one from the South, from traditional power leagues in each region....
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (1-15)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. It was a normal summer for the first time since 2019, as the long-term effects of COVID-19 begin to take shape and California deals with its “new” normal. That normal includes the impact that Name, […]
Boys BB: Final ’23 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look this school year at the state’s top college prospects in the junior (2023) class. Our 2023 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows 10 newcomers and plenty of movement in the Top 25. Our final 2021-22 rankings for the 2024 and 2025 classes will...
Mr. Basketball 2022: Making A Dent
There were many excellent candidates for the state’s top boys basketball honor, but in the end the catalyst for the state’s best team gets the nod and it’s Corona Centennial’s Donovan Dent. Today, the senior guard is named California Mr. Basketball by Cal-Hi Sports, becoming the first honoree from Riverside County since a future NBA […]
Boys BB: More State Players of the Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2022 honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. As mentioned in the Mr. Basketball writeup, Corona Centennial junior guard Jared McCain was a state player of the year according to a different criteria, but for juniors it’s plain and simple and […]
Boys BB: CIF Saturday Finals
Corona Centennial completes epic season that began with a decision last June to win its first CIF Open Division state title. It wasn’t as easy as winning section & regional playoff games at home, however, as Huskies had to get past a Modesto Christian squad that had it tied twice late in the fourth quarter. […]