For boys sports only, Mater Dei of Santa Ana is considered tops for the state for 2020-21 despite year of transition in the athletic department. For the girls, Harvard-Westlake is going to be listed alongside its overall State School of the Year selection. Other schools topping the list for overall state sports excellence honors for […]
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Preseason STATE TOP 50 (Part 1)
With positive thoughts that there won’t be the similar numbers of games cancelled this fall as there were last spring due to COVID, we present the starting point of state football rankings for the 2021 fall season. This will be the 44th season in which Cal-Hi Sports founder Nelson Tennis (1936-2004) or Cal-Hi Sports publisher […]
Preseason All-Orange County FB Team
Our third stop in our tour of the state with these preseason all-area honors is for the Orange County region of the CIF Southern Section. It is being presented on purpose right after the Long Beach-South Bay-San Gabriel Valley region since this is the one dominated by mythical national title contender Mater Dei of Santa...
All-State Girls BB: 2nd & 3rd Teams
Here’s the place to see all of the writeups for those who are second team overall and third team overall on the 41st annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. The second team features two freshmen from the same team plus two from state-ranked Clovis West. The third team has two more freshmen and two...
All-State BB: Best of the Best
Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Amari Bailey of state power Sierra Canyon and two terrific seniors from the CIF Southern Section’s Baseline League headline the 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. Go inside to see why these 10 have finished their careers as First Team Overall honorees out of the thousands […]
All-State BB: 2nd & 3rd Team
Here’s the place to see all of the writeups for those who are second team overall and third team overall on the 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Boys Basketball Teams. The second team features two players from CIFSS Open Division champ Corona Centennial and some overlooked talents in terms of scholarship offers. There also is...
Ms. Basketball 2021: Calling Ms. Curry
It goes down to the last game, but that’s the difference for Centennial of Corona guard Jayda Curry in gaining this year’s most prestigious and longest running girls basketball individual honor in California. Choosing a Ms. Basketball with no state championships for a second straight year was made even more complicated by the fact there […]
Class of 21 FB: FINAL Hot 100
Here’s one final look at the top 100 ranked football recruits from California for the Class of 2021. A good chunk of them did not get to experience a senior season, of course, due to the pandemic, but there were others who waited it out and were able to get in a short spring season....
Girls BB State Team of Year 2021
With no state championship as a final moment for the second straight season, we go back again to our longstanding tradition of naming a State Team of the Year for girls basketball that has been done for every season since 1972. Following La Jolla Country Day for last season, the only choice for 2021 is […]
All-State FB 2020-21: First Team
Here are the absolute headliners for the 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. Go inside this post for writeups of the 11 players on offense plus a kicker, then 11 on defense plus a punter and then six multi-purpose players who have been selected First Team Overall. This is the group that is being […]
