Last week we hinted there might be a re-shuffle based on a closer look at all results and more discussion. All-in-all, the first three spots for the 2016-17 season are a slam dunk but after that for the next three it’s basically a three-way tie. Last week we saw it one way and in this...
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Girls BB: SoCal Open & D1 Finals
It was the type of gritty, tough contest that Long Beach Poly’s girls basketball team has won many times over the years, but this time it was Clovis West of Fresno that got the triumph and did its part to set up a rematch with Archbishop Mitty in the CIF Open Division state final. The […]
Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
Pinewood avenges a loss to Bishop O’Dowd and has now joined the top five while looming and seemingly ready for a NorCal Open Division showdown against state No. 1 Archbishop Mitty is 2015 Open Division state champ St. Mary’s of Stockton. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with expanded writeups of the first eight teams […]
Boys/Girls BB Open Divisions Roll On
There were what you’d call upsets in each one of the four NorCal & SoCal brackets that had games on Friday, but the sizzler of the first night of the CIF Open Division state playoffs had to be the Chino Hills boys topping L.A. City champ Birmingham 130-110 in one of the highest scoring games […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
With earlier wins over Sacred Heart Cathedral and Cardinal Newman at almost full strength, we know that the St. Mary’s of Stockton girls will be a force in the NorCal Open Division now that the Rams are getting back to total full strength due to injuries. Still, they are going to have to win twice...
Girls of Spring: DeCosta and De Rest
For the top girls basketball prospects in the state from the Classes of 2017, 2018 and beyond, Aquira DeCosta from Stockton St. Mary’s reigns as the best. But she’s not the only one that analyst Harold Abend checked out during three springtime NCAA events. Go inside for writeups on the next 10 top prospects, the […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
It’s been a long time since Mater Dei has not had a spot in these state rankings, but after the Monarchs suffered two straight setbacks in the CIFSS Open playoffs with losses to Etiwanda and Santa Barbara they have to fall back. Will it be for good, however? They can still win a CIF state...
