With the first six slots seemingly locked in for awhile, there are two teams that this week have moved up into the Super 8 echelon of this week’s rankings — new No. 7 Alemany of Mission Hills and new No. 8 Roosevelt of Eastvale. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with lists of many other […]
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Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
Stockton St. Mary’s drops again after losing All-American Aquira DeCosta with a knee injury and then loses on the court to Cardinal Newman. The Rams are now just out of the Super 8 but not forgotten. Teams coming up include Mission Hills and Bishop O’Dowd. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with expanded writeups of […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
After all the results of the major holiday tournaments have been analyzed, it’s evident there are four teams statewide a cut above the rest and that NorCal will be a big underdog in the CIF Open Division state title game. Read on to see why we didn’t drop Sierra Canyon after losing its first game...
NorCal Nike Regional: TEs & a DB
After collecting opinions as well as observations during Sunday’s Nike Football The Opening NorCal regional, it’s a great group of tight ends for the upcoming California season. It was a defensive back, however, who may have stole the show.
State Stat Stars Of The Week
Alissa Cienfugos of Carson is latest home run hitting standout from softball program that’s had many in recent seasons. Maddie Dwyer’s great outing for Orange Lutheran against Amador Valley also just had to be written up. For baseball, a great doubleheader outing by Burney’s Ray Guerrero and a no-hitter in the super tough Mission League […]
Final Girls BB Division State Ranks
Open Division teams from the north and south aren’t eligible for these rankings, but we wish some of them were because not all Open Division teams were in the final Top 40. Those moving up in these expanded, final rankings include McClatchy of Sacramento (D1), Fairmont Prep of Anaheim (D2), Shasta of Redding (D3), West...
State Stat Stars of the Week
We don’t know if there’s a glory road near Colusa, but there’s a Mad Max there as Max Moreno has been red hot for the RedHawks all season and had a 46-point game last week. Other boys racking up big totals last week included 31 points for high-rising Kobe Smith of Gardena Serra and two […]
CIFSS Open Division hoops teams set
Pairings were still to be determined but the CIF Southern Section released a list on Friday Feb. 12 of the 16 teams that will be playing in its own Open Division for boys and girls basketball this season.
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
It didn’t take a buzzer beater for previous No. 19 Santa Barbara to taste defeat, but it sure did for Pinewood of Los Altos Hills. Pinewood thus drops from No. 8 to No. 11 this week with San Diego teams plus Bishop O’Dowd going up. This week’s lone newcomer, meanwhile, is Oak Ridge of El...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Point guard Jaelen Ragsdale takes over big game down the stretch with 21 points in the fourth quarter for Weston Ranch of Stockton and grabs this week’s NorCal honor for boys. The other boys winner also is a point guard while the two girls honorees are from Upper Lake and Murrieta. Note: For purposes of […]
