This group is led off by the team that No. 15 Rosary Academy defeated in the 2016 CIF Division III state final, Campolindo of Moraga. Defending CIF Open Division state champ Clovis West of Fresno loses five D1 players, but still checks in at No. 19. We also are breaking in up-and-coming SoCal power Ribet […]
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CIF Bowl Board No. 1 (North)
Here’s a first look at how the teams may begin to be stacking up for this year’s CIF Northern California regional bowl games. We build these boards from the top down and from the bottom going up with the toughest choices for the middle divisions. All of these teams should be viewed as place-holders in […]
More FB Player of Week Nominees
Some of these could still be written up later on in the season as a NorCal/SoCal Player of the Week because the only rule we have for players of the week is that no one can be chosen more than once. Note: Nominations accepted each week at markjtennis@gmail.com. Micah Barnes (Kennedy, Richmond): On just 10 […]
Girls of Summer Player Ranks 2017
More than 90 players are evaluated in this annual post, including the top 30 ranked in order, from a series of girls hoops events attended in person during June and July. Most are from Northern California with a handful from SoCal schools like Mission Hills, Brea Olinda, Rosary Academy, Santa Maria St. Joseph and San...
More State Schools of the Year
Snakebit School of the Year had to be Mater Dei of Santa Ana because with just a couple of wins in big games at the end in a couple of sports and the Monarchs would have been tops in the overall quite easily. They’re still getting recognition as Division I State School of the Year. […]
More Girls BB State Players of Year
Some of these selections this year were among the most difficult ever, including sophomore and freshman. Not so much for some of the CIF divisional honorees, especially D5 where Kayla Tahaafe of Eastside Prep repeated. At least one school, Vanden of Fairfield, also was able to add a player of the year selection to a […]
Girls BB All-State Nominations (Part 1)
We’ve been doing all-state girls basketball teams for California almost as long as the boys (37 years compared to 38) and it’s now time to get going for No. 38. The first step is to post a list of nominees from every CIF section in the state. We’ll post a second updated list — which […]
Girls BB: D2-D3-D4-D5 Regional Finals
In girls basketball regional finals played on Friday-Saturday but not at Long Beach State or Santa Clara, winners were Mater Dei of Santa Ana and Vanden in D2, Rosary and Campolindo in D3, Los Osos and West Campus in D4 and Eastside College Prep and Rolling Hills Prep in D5. Mater Dei actually won its […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
If you haven’t noticed before, we do like to go young for some of these weekly honors and have done that this week with a freshman and a sophomore selected for the boys. This week’s choices also are headed to Hayward, Moraga, San Pedro and Alta Loma. We hope you enjoy this free story on […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
We go triple box this week at the top with boys hoops, girls hoops and football. Among those on this week’s honor roll are Shyla LaTone of Chula Vista Bonita Vista, who is showing there’s another prolific scorer in San Diego other than Destiny Littleton. Final numbers also are in for Calabasas QB Tristan Gebbia […]
