The mess created with almost a dozen ranked teams in action on MLK Day that caused a delay in the rankings being released has been cleaned up but the who-beat-who syndrome continues with inconsistencies and a high number of knee injuries also impacting the pecking order as well. The first 12 spots didn’t change from...
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Nike TOC wrap: LJCD falls in final
State’s No. 3 girls team can’t survive second surge vs New York’s Long Island Lutheran in the top division at nationally prestigious Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona. Seven other State TOP 25 squads were in the tourney in different divisions and 34 overall, but the only one to win a title was young, talented […]
Preseason Girls BB State Ranks (1-20)
One week after our extensive boys basketball preseason state rankings, we do the same for the girls. With some teams starting in the CIF Southern Section on November 14 and some games in the CIF Central Section, adjustments to the original pecking order we planned had to be made to accommodate some of the results […]
Medium/Small School Watch List
Among those to watch among schools we think will be in the D2-A to D-4AA range of the CIF state bowl games if they were to win a section title are Apple Valley, Central Valley Christian of Visalia, Vanden of Fairfield, Kingsburg, Marin Catholic and Cajon of San Bernardino. For the small schools (roughly D-4A […]
FINAL Baseball All-State Noms (SoCal)
It will be the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams that is going to begin to be selected in the next few days. Here’s an updated list of nominees on our board. These are the ones from CIF sections in Southern California (with the Central Section in the north). Thanks to all who sent...
Girls BB: All-State Underclass 2022
It’s now time to get out all of our 2022 girls basketball all-state teams, beginning with the best of the best from the 2021-22 season for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. There’s also more than 40 years of history behind the Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams for girls hoops and we have selected just as many girls...
FINAL Boys BB All-State Nominees
This is the second, updated list of nominees after receiving input from many coaches, parents and fans from the first list. We have combined both the NorCal & SoCal lists from before into one huge statewide list. The teams will begin to be finalized and announced next week (after Ms. Basketball Player of the Year...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The rest of the state will be joining the CIF Southern Section as playoffs begin this week for the other nine sections. Speaking of the Southern Section, first round play in the Open Division didn’t produce any upsets but the two Pool A games were closer than expected. This week’s two newcomers are Oak Ridge...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
We were going to skip a week but we had some movement due to results at the Matt Denning Nike Hoops Classic and word is starting to come out that some games this week and MLK events like the one at Bishop O’Dowd have been cancelled or postponed. The result is we will do a...
