In one of the wildest weekends we can ever recall in covering boys basketball in our great state, NorCal No. 1 Sheldon is removed from the NorCal regional playoffs on Saturday by the closing of the Elk Grove Unified School District and its related activities for a week, only to see the same district ask...
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State Roundup: Games Overshadowed
We wish we were writing about Corona High, Corona Centennial or Corona del Mar, but Saturday’s CIF regional semifinals in both boys and girls basketball were eclipsed in significance by off-the-court developments relating to the coronavirus outbreak. Two-time defending CIF NorCal Open Division champion Sheldon of Sacramento (boys) thought on Saturday that its season ended […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
We update our boys hoops rankings after the major holiday tournaments and New Year’s showcases cases are in the books and there is a clear pecking order at the top, with one switch involving top-ranked teams. It’s at the bottom of the order where things are muddled, as we’re still waiting to see which team...
CIF Open: Sierra Canyon Champs
Saturday’s CIF state boys basketball finals at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento ends with Sierra Canyon taking its first Open Division crown with a win over hometown Sheldon. We also have writeups and photos of the two other CIF state boys finals played on Saturday won by Pleasant Valley of Chico (D3) and Santa […]
Sierra Canyon, Sheldon Open-bound
With a player like Duke’s Marvin Bagley, it was supposed to be last year’s team at Sierra Canyon going to the CIF Open Division state final. The Trailblazers booked their ticket to this year’s final with a come-from-behind win over Etiwanda. In the CIF NorCal Open title game, Sheldon of Sacramento won its second regional […]
Modesto Chr boys win SJS “Open”
No, they don’t call the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I boys basketball playoffs an Open Division bracket, but thanks to several years of the smaller private schools being moved up in divisions it’s just about the same as others that are officially labeled as open divisions. And the finishes over the past two years involving […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
For the second consecutive week, results in the competitive Trinity League in Southern California cause changes in the state rankings. No. 1 Bishop Montgomery, meanwhile, continued to put its clamps on the No. 1 ranking with another showcase win. More boys basketball CIF Open Division favorites in the South and North also are beginning to...
Boys BB: NorCal Open & D1 Finals
Woodcreek of Roseville doesn’t let CIF Sac-Joaquin Section rival Sheldon win in a rematch and advances to an Open Division final that will be closer to home than either the section final or the NorCal final. Jordan Brown was again the difference on Saturday, but not the same way he was when the two teams […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
Sierra Canyon tightens its grip on the No. 1 ranking after results from another memorable Nike Extravaganza, but still may have to get past defending CIF Open Division state champ Chino Hills in the CIF Southern Section Open Division. This week’s pecking order also sees a three-spot rise into the top 10 for both Sheldon...
