For the first time in the more than 20 years of the Cal-Hi Sports State 25 rankings in football, a league with six members in it has all six teams ranked. Orange Lutheran, with just a three-point loss to Corona Centennial, becomes the sixth this week from the Trinity League. The Mission League of the […]
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Week 2 State Rankings Updates
Westlake joins the top 10 of the State 25 with Long Beach Poly coming up next. This week’s newcomers, meanwhile, are Santa Margarita, Fresno Edison and San Ramon Valley. Also, No. 1 teams for CIF bowl divisions are St. John Bosco, De La Salle, Rancho Verde, Clayton Valley, Newbury Park, Campolindo, Christian of El Cajon […]
Preseason 50: Teams 1-15
It shouldn’t be a surprise that St. John Bosco of Bellflower is No. 1 and De La Salle of Concord is No. 2 to start the 2014 season. The great news is that so many of the top-ranked teams are continuing to play each other early and often.
Mr. Basketball 2014: Stanley Johnson
No surprise here, but it is now official as Mater Dei’s four-year standout joins all-time state list that extends back to 1905 and includes others such as Bill Sharman, Paul Silas, Bill Walton, Bill Cartwright, Jason Kidd, Paul Pierce, Tyson Chandler, Kawhi Leonard and Aaron Gordon.
Final Boys BB Ranks By Divisions
Each CIF division also is expanded in these final rankings. All top 10 teams in each division will be added to our rankings archive, which go back to the 1970s. Both El Camino of Oceanside and Buckley of Sherman Oaks get ranked right at the end. SoCal teams also go way up in final D3...
Final Top 20 State Rankings
We will expand these out to at least 40 deep later this week, but for now here’s our final Top 20 for boys and girls basketball. Risers for boys include Monte Vista, J.W. North, El Camino Real and Cathedral. Risers for girls were none, except for different team at No. 20. Check below for this […]
Boys, Girls BB State Rank Updates
J.W. North boys didn’t play last week but jump up from No. 13 to No. 10 due to owning wins over three teams playing for CIF state titles this week. For the girls, we couldn’t quite get either Archbishop Mitty or Modesto Christian into the State Top 20, so one or both may have to […]
NEW Divisional Boys BB Rankings
Mater Dei and Bishop O’Dowd stay on track for Open Division state final showdown – but just barely. Most surprising regional finalist on Saturday is Drake of San Anselmo. These rankings include results from Wednesday and a projection for each CIF state final....
Big Dancers From The Golden State
Mater Dei will have eight former players in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, a total that dwarfs any other school in the state. Our national and statewide search also reveals that San Diego State would win our bracket if we chose the team with the most California players in every round. Plus, it’s amazing […]
Expanded Girls BB State Top 20
Just in time before Tuesday’s big matchups, each team gets broken down in this post from No. 1 Windward down through two new teams (Hanford & Troy) toward the bottom of the chart. A list of teams on the bubble is added as well. Get your Gold Club membership today to check it out if...
