Sierra Canyon tightens its grip on the No. 1 ranking after results from another memorable Nike Extravaganza, but still may have to get past defending CIF Open Division state champ Chino Hills in the CIF Southern Section Open Division. This week’s pecking order also sees a three-spot rise into the top 10 for both Sheldon...
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NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
Stockton is becoming synonymous with knee injuries after State Freshman and State Sophomore of the Year Aquira DeCosta went down with a torn meniscus last week. Earlier in the week at the MLK Showcase, Sierra Smith, DeCosta’s former teammate now at Salesian, went down in a heap and later found out she tore her ACL....
St. Mary’s MLK Showcase: No. 1 falls
State and national girls basketball No. 1 Clovis West of Fresno still looking at silver lining despite lopsided loss to Centennial of Las Vegas at Monday’s St. Mary’s MLK Showcase in Stockton. State No. 2 Archbishop Mitty, meanwhile, beats No. 10 Mission Hills of San Marcos while the No. 6 host Rams top No. 12 […]
Young no more: Salesian wants it all
With Bishop O’Dowd already owning a win over nationally ranked Bishop Montgomery, Northern California’s preseason No. 1 team also will be looking to start strong when it opens its season on Thursday. Go inside for the full rundown on the Pride and for links to the NorCal and SoCal basketball preview issues (both boys and […]
Girls BB: Preseason State Top 25
Archbishop Mitty starts in the No. 1 position, but it’s not as clear-cut as in some other recent seasons. Long Beach Poly also was strongly considered for that ranking while Clovis West has its best team ever. Two CIF state champions from last season – Sacred Heart Cathedral (D3) and Cardinal Newman (D4) – also […]
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. Bishop Montgomery of Torrance has all five starters returning from a SoCal Open Division finalist team and is the preseason No. 1 team for the 2016-17 season. Sierra Canyon starts out at No. 2 […]
All-State Girls BB: Insider Info
There are still a few items from girls basketball to announce and some recent developments involving all-state players. Leading off is the choice of Livermore Granada’s Sue Vi as our most inspirational player of the year. We also have more players listed who just missed making it onto the all-state underclass teams, one key transfer...
More State Girls Players of the Year
We also choose honorees for juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. The most difficult this year might have been for the ninth graders. We also could have had co-players of the year in a couple of places. There are three players of the year from the CIF Southern Section with two from […]
Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. Two of the five for divisions played each other in the NorCal Open Division semifinals. Another also has been an assistant for a U.S. national team while another did a great job after his girls lost in a section semifinal.