We could have shaken things up even more from the preseason top five and while there is a change in that group the real changes are after that and particularly in the second 10 where it seems like teams not expected to lose have tanked and the who-beat-whom syndrome dropped a lot of teams from […]
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NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
If the Open Division continues having 16 teams in the future, it’s going to be routine for just about all of the 16 teams to remain in the rankings even after eight of them get knocked out in the opening round of the regional playoffs. For this year’s group, 14 of the 16 Open Division...
Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
Both Pinewood and St. Mary’s of Stockton receive four-spot bumps in this week’s rankings and are now showing at No. 6 and No. 7 overall in the state. No. 1 Archbishop Mitty also may have to beat them both to earn place in CIF Open Division state championship. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with […]
Girls BB: All-State Underclass
It’s time to begin releasing the teams for the 36th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball selections. We’ll start with underclass players. This is the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Five different schools were able to land three players on this year’s teams: Archbishop Mitty, Clovis West, Long Beach Poly, Pinewood […]
Girls Stunner In CIF Open Division
State and national girls hoops No. 1 St. Mary’s of Stockton loses out on bid to repeat as CIF Open Division champions with upset loss to Pinewood of Los Altos Hills on Tuesday night. Pinewood will now try to take down another unbeaten team in Saturday’s NorCal final.
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
With the trip to Southern California for the CIF Southern Section finals at Azusa Pacific University last weekend, the Cal-Hi Sports girls basketball caravan has seen nine of the top 10 teams on the court this season and the other one as a team last summer at the San Diego Classic. Incidentally, our rankings also...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
San Diego threesome of Bishop’s, La Jolla Country Day and Mission Hills are practically tied so we’ve placed them in order at No. 10, No. 11 and No. 12. Newcomers include Santa Barbara, Antelope and Vista Murrieta while No. 1 St. Mary’s of Stockton has another unbeaten NorCal team nipping at its heels. <strongNote: There are...
Boys, Girls BB State Rank Updates
De La Salle of Concord, Damien of La Verne and upstart Campolindo of Moraga join the list of California’s elite State Top 20 boys hoops clubs. For the State Top 20 on the girls side, Carondelet of Concord is highest newcomer. Others coming up fast are Garces of Bakersfield, Brookside Christian of Stockton and Salesian […]
CIF Girls BB State Finals Predictions
We’re going with Long Beach Poly for the win in the Open Division, which could cap a long weekend for NorCal girls other than the first game. On the other hand, we’ve picked much gloom and doom for the North before and it wasn’t that bad. Note: Full post containing analysis of each game for...
