State No. 1 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) defeats No. 2 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) by outscoring the Monarchs in every quarter to clinch its second consecutive CIF Southern Section Open Division title o Friday night at the Pyramid in Long Beach. With the victory, the Trailblazers wrapped up the top seed in the SoCal Open regional […]
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Boys BB: Nike Extravaganza Recap
State No. 3 Rancho Christian of Temecula scores a big national win over Washington (D.C.) power Gonzaga, while Nike Extravaganza host Mater Dei of Santa Ana loses to Chicago power Whitney Young of Chicago. State No. 9 Harvard-Westlake lost to FAB 50 ranked Gorman of Las Vegas, as state powers went 1-2 vs. out-of-state foes, but the […]
Boys BB: Updated ’21 Player Ranks
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top college prospects in the sophomore (2021) class since we last updated our player rankings in October. The top-shelf point guards are beginning to emerge in a class that is led by a duo from the same high school....
Boys BB: WEST Region Top 20
As a follow up to the boys basketball preseason FAB 50 National Team Rankings compiled by long-time Cal-Hi Sports managing editor Ronnie Flores and as a prelude to our preseason state rankings, we present the West Region’s Top 20 teams. The FAB 50 goes 20 teams deep from five separate regions of the nation. Preseason No. 1 ranked […]
CA Schools with Most NBA Pros
In the most populous state in America, the stats show just how difficult it is to play a single game in the National Basketball Association since there’s been less than 500 to do it from the Golden State. Mater Dei of Santa Ana may not have had an eventual superstar, but the Monarchs’ total of […]
Boys BB: Mater Dei Wins 23rd Title
State No. 4 Mater Dei of Santa Ana wins its first CIF Southern Section Open Division title since the Stanley Johnson era with a thrilling 55-53 victory over state No. 2 Sierra Canyon. With the win, Mater Dei will receive the top seed in the SoCal Open regional bracket set to be released Sunday afternoon. […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (1-15)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. The most tumultuous summer and fall we can ever recall in college and grassroots basketball has trickled down to the high school ranks in California and will undoubtedly impact the landscape. Even after all that has transpired with […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (Part 2)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we are doing it with a preseason Top 40 of the top boys teams from all across the state. This group is led by No. 16 JSerra and includes the rest of teams down to No. 40 Capital Christian of Sacramento, plus a list […]
Boys BB: WEST Region Top 20 Rankings
As a follow up to the preseason FAB 50 published on Ballislife.com, here are the preseason FAB 50 West Region Top 20 rankings. The regional rankings go 20 teams deep from five separate regions of the nation, with Mater Dei of Santa leading the way out West. These are a prelude to our preseason Cal-Hi […]
Boys BB: All-Time Preseason No. 1s
Here is a look at preseason No. 1 teams in California boys basketball and how those No. 1 teams ended up going back to the 1979-80 season, which was the first season Cal-Hi Sports did state rankings. We start with a history lesson that we did prior to the start of the 2017-18 season.
