As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings, this time covering the 2017-18 season. With Sheldon losing in the CIF State Open final, we adjust some open division teams with L.A. Westchester and Santa Ana Mater Dei getting upward bumps. Find out where D2 champ...
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CIF Open: Sierra Canyon Champs
Saturday’s CIF state boys basketball finals at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento ends with Sierra Canyon taking its first Open Division crown with a win over hometown Sheldon. We also have writeups and photos of the two other CIF state boys finals played on Saturday won by Pleasant Valley of Chico (D3) and Santa […]
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. With more […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth retains its No. 1 ranking and will face Sheldon of Sacramento in the CIF Open Division state championship game on Saturday evening in Sacramento. Find out how high Sheldon moved up in this week’s State Top 20 after defeating previous No. 5 Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland in the NorCal Open Division...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
The postseason is upon us in some sections around the state, but don’t expect too much change until we get deeper in the playoff brackets. Of course, the 8-team CIF Southern Section Open Division bracket will have a big impact on that movement, but none of the teams would drop out if they lose in...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
For the second consecutive week, results in the competitive Trinity League in Southern California cause changes in the state rankings. No. 1 Bishop Montgomery, meanwhile, continued to put its clamps on the No. 1 ranking with another showcase win. More boys basketball CIF Open Division favorites in the South and North also are beginning to...
State Coaching Highlights for 2016-17
We have now updated all of our state coaching leader lists through the 2017 seasons for both baseball and softball. Here is a snapshot look at some of the major coaching accomplishments achieved during the 2016-17 school year in all five of the sports we primarily cover. We wrote up this post with thoughts of […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
There are no-hitters and then there’s what Corona High’s Michael Hobbs did for his no-hitter last week since it wasn’t exactly against some chump opponent. Then already this week, Vacaville Christian’s Lucas Sweany has his second straight playoff no-hitter and we have a baseball slugger in the state named Goldschmidt. For softball, the hits are […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
With section playoffs underway everywhere except in the CIF North Coast Section, of course last week’s biggest rankings shuffling result came from the NCS when Foothill of Pleasanton beat previous No. 5 Amador Valley of Pleasanton 2-0 to win a league title. We also are moving up Mission Viejo and Mater Dei in this week’s...
