Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2024 top honorees for juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division with Open & D1 combined. Three different sophomores have collected a player of the year honor since two of them have been chosen for their CIF divisions.
Latest News
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. We begin this week with basketball coaches who have won their 800th, 500th and 400th games. There also...
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (16-40)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we are doing it with a preseason Top 40 of the best boys teams from all across the state. This group is led by No. 16 and NorCal open contender Branson of Ross and includes the rest of these teams down to No. 40 […]
Boys BB Records Ready for Season
All of the exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state records for boys basketball have been updated prior to the start of the 2023-24 season. Both team and individual categories have been completed through the 2022-23 season. Coaching records already were updated approximately one month after last season ended. Go inside for a list of players and teams […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. It’s now mostly baseball & softball players getting into the spotlight, but there are some wraps as well for basketball, especially with where Lynwood’s Jason Crowe Jr. has been added into the state record book. We also have our first...
Boys & Girls BB: CIF Friday Finals
On the first day and night of the CIF state championships at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, there were no games that were decided in the final minutes. Favored teams Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (boys) and Oakland Tech (girls) completed their tasks with the Tech girls also making history with their fifth state title […]
CIF State Basketball Picks & Previews
As is another custom of ours going back more than 30 years, here are the predicted scores, what to watch for and more for each of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state title games this weekend in Sacramento. This is done with the best of wishes for all 24 teams, but the goal […]
Boys BB: State Ranks By Divisions
Yes, we will once again have final divisional state rankings this season, but we can’t get them started until the CIF does its divisional placements and then there’s not enough time to get them done until the first round of the regional playoffs begin. No. 1 teams at this point of the sprint to the […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We skipped last week to get out Super Bowl alums, final all-state football teams and preseason state baseball rankings. That’s why this week’s edition has more stat stars than usual. For boys hoops, we have just the second freshmen ever...
Boys BB: Introducing 2026 Class
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a first look at the state’s top ninth-graders. The freshman (2026) class has 10 elite talents who are already making a huge impact and at least 15 who track as high major prospects. Some in the group are already mature and it’s important to keep that...