The first segment of the 2013-14 all-state teams for girls basketball (which marks the 34th year we’ve been doing them) highlights the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Leading the way with three players each on the various squads are Mater Dei of Santa Ana, Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland, St. Mary’s of Stockton and Sierra […]
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More State Girls Players of the Year
We choose honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. Two girls – Katie Lou Samuelson and Sabrina Ionescu – actually both collect two separate honors.
Girls Open: Public schools shine
Open Division Semifinals: Public schools come up big as Nos. 1 and 2 ranked teams, both top seeds and all four hosts fall
Girls Open 1st Round Roundup
For State Top 20 Scoreboards covering March 14-15 weekend, CLICK HERE. Miramonte explodes on St. Mary’s of Stockton
Expanded Girls BB State Top 20
Each team gets broken down in this post from No. 1 Mater Dei down through No. 20 Enterprise. A list of teams on the bubble is added as well. Get your Gold Club membership today to check it out if you haven’t done so yet....
State Stat Stars of the Week
Matthew Reese from Providence of Orland (with 56-point game) and Spencer Mattox of unbeaten National City Sweetwater (who had 44) tops the honor roll among boys. For the girls, watch out for Baylee Vanderdoes from Placer of Auburn, younger sister of UCLA gridder Eddie Vanderdoes.
Another triumphant trip for MD girls
Top-ranked Mater Dei girls headed south on Monday night for all-night bus ride after dispatching St. Mary’s of Stockton in Platinum Division final of West Coast Jamboree.
Mater Dei-St. Mary’s in Platinum final
The junior duo of Mater Dei’s Katie Lou Samuelson and St. Mary’s’ Bri Moore lead their teams to Platinum Division semifinal victories at the West Coast Jamboree Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 85, Carondelet (Concord) 74 When you’re the top team in the state everyone is going to throw everything they have at you every game, […]
Girls BB: Salesian gets upset in WCJ
Top-ranked Mater Dei recovers from first quarter deficit to roll past Sacramento while Salesian upsets one of the nation’s top teams At halftime of the nightcap in the four game, first day of the Platinum Division of the 14th Annual West Coast Jamboree, it was looking like an upset was in the brew. That was […]
Tracker No. 1: Ms. Basketball
Which one of the two All-America candidates from St. Mary’s of Berkeley will emerge as that team’s leader for player of the year? Neither one, however, is in front of Windward’s Jordin Canada or Mater Dei’s Katie Lou Samuelson to be the 2013-14 Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year.