As is our custom, we like to release at least four and often more finalists among those who are being considered the most strongly for the annual Mr. Basketball and Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year selection. In some years it’s more obvious who’s going to get the final nods, but in other years […]
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Boys BB: CIF Friday Finals
Chino Hills and standout big man Onyeka Okongwu make it three state titles in the last four years with victory against James Logan of Union City in Division I championship. It wasn’t easy, though, as a foul-marred contest saw numerous starters foul out, including Okongwu. We also have recaps and photos from La Jolla Country […]
CIF Basketball Picks & Previews
Here are the predicted scores, what to watch for and more for each of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state championship games coming up this weekend in Sacramento. We will focus most on the Open Division and Division I, but also have the picks for each of the other divisions too. Last year, […]
Boys BB: All-Time Regional POYs
As the CIF regional playoffs reach the semifinal round in all divisions on Saturday night, here’s a look back at the NorCal and SoCal regional players of the year, as selected last April by Cal-Hi Sports. One of the 2018 honorees, Onyeka Okongwu of Chino Hills for SoCal, is still tearing in up for the […]
Boys BB: Updated ’19 Player Ranks
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top college prospects in the senior (2019) class since we last updated our player rankings in October. Our winter Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows 13 newcomers from our post-summer edition. Our final rankings for the 2018 class will be...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
No. 1 ranked Salesian of Richmond continues to roll, and Sierra Canyon and Bishop Montgomery survived pool play to advance to the CIF Southern Section Open Division title game on Saturday. Does Bishop Montgomery now deserve to be ranked ahead of Rancho Christian? Three newcomers go in as the most in-depth boys basketball rankings across...
State Stat Stars of the Week
Jarod Lucas’ chase for the CIF Southern Section (and fourth spot in state history) career scoring record continued on Tuesday night, but there was additional attention among prep basketball scribes in Southern California directed toward Joel Pastrana from small school Calvary Baptist of La Verne, who set a reported state record by making 23 three-pointers...
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. It was a hectic summer and fall with player movement, but it’s not hard to predict the team at the top. Players came and went to and from California, left CIF programs, but when it’s all said […]
Boys BB: All-State Best of Best 2018
Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Onyeka Okongwu of Chino Hills and NorCal Player of the Year James Akinjo of Salesian are headliners for the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. This post includes writeups of all 10 on the first team. The Big O is the only junior to be this […]
Mr. Basketball 2018: It’s The Big O
State’s top honor goes to Onyeka Okongwu, a multi-dimensional center from Chino Hills whose skill level, defensive ability, team-first attitude and approach made him second-to-none in California this season. A D1 state crown helps the junior big man edge senior James Akinjo of Richmond Salesian.
