Here’s the second group of nominees, which are from the CIF L.A. City, CIF San Diego and CIF Southern Section schools. We’ll do the same for girls in the next few days. This will eventually lead to selection of the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams. Think of this as our own virtual board of […]
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State’s All-Time WNBA Draft Picks
It’s only been around since 1997 (compared to 1947 for the NBA) so for the WNBA we have not only compiled a list of the all-time first round picks from California but for the entire first through third or fourth rounds. The first college player to ever be selected first in the WNBA Draft in...
Girls BB: State’s 30 Greatest Teams
Just a couple of weeks after we did the same for the boys, for the first time ever we present our writeups of the 30 greatest girls basketball teams in state history. This follows previous presentations for football, baseball and softball. The criteria for what we’re looking for is explained in this free, introductory post […]
Girls BB: State 30 Greatest Teams (1-15)
Teams connected to one of the greatest players in women’s basketball history and the winningest head coach in state history were considered for the No. 1 position, but the team that has landed that ranking just clicked too many boxes to be denied that honor. We also have other teams in the top group from...
All-State Football 2019: Juniors
Following the release of our all-state sophomores several days ago, it’s time just before the Super Bowl to announce those who are all-state juniors for the 2019 season. State Junior of the Year Tyler Buchner of La Jolla Bishop’s was placed multi-purpose due to his massive rushing totals to go with his passing. That left...
NEW State Top 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
There’s lots of shuffling this week after previous No. 7 Narbonne’s ouster from the CIF L.A. CIty Section playoffs plus previous No. 10 Cathedral Catholic of San Diego suffering an upset loss in its regular season finale. Most of these teams have now been seeded into their various section playoffs, but there’s still regular season...
Narbonne beats the heat & Buchanan
It was one of those hot August nights in the Central Valley, but the Narbonne of Harbor City football team didn’t wilt and showed a lot of determination in defeating Buchanan of Clovis on Saturday night. Both teams entered in the top 12 of the preseason state rankings and both were preseason No. 1 teams […]
Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team
To the surprise of no one, Narbonne of Harbor City is the overwhelming preseason favorite to win the L.A. City Section Open Division title for the third season in a row. Narbonne also is gunning for its sixth consecutive major division title to match the legendary Wilmington Banning program from 1976-81 for section dominance. The...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
We now have two of four big nights completed in which section titles have been decided with the biggest of course being at Cerritos College on Friday where No. 1 St. John Bosco is beaten by No. 2 Mater Dei 17-13 in CIF Southern Section Division I championship. No. 9 Central of Fresno also wraps […]
