No one can ever say again that we won’t pick San Diego area players at the top if the evidence points to that as the section also has nabbed the state’s top sophomore and freshman honors along with Ms. Basketball. Northern California girls, meanwhile, did the best for the CIF divisional honors but one of […]
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NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
The funnel is now as narrow as it gets with just two games remaining in each and all of the six CIF state divisions, and to no one’s surprise the top seeds held suit in the CIF Open Division regional semifinals. Those teams are now all ranked in the top nine for the state, led...
NEW State Top 25 Boys BB Rankings
The CIF stayed true to its message about competitive equity when it released its boys basketball state regional pairings with the state’s top teams in both NorCal and SoCal receiving byes. This model also created a situation where all of the six participants in the SoCal open division are from the massive CIF Southern Section,...
NEW State Top 25 Boys BB Rankings
This is section championship week around the state, as seeds and brackets will be announced for the NorCal and SoCal regional playoffs next Sunday. The big question will be how many teams from the CIF Southern Section are taken for the SoCal open because that will ultimately affect favorites for the CIF D1 state crown...
All-State FB 2019: 2nd & 3rd Teams
Releasing these teams on the same day as first team overall can tend to lessen the attention that these players receive, but we do it so people know right away which ones came the closest to first team. Still, these second team players are great in their own right and we know it’s almost a...
NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
There weren’t a lot of changes in this week’s rankings but with more showcases the next two weekends that involve ranked teams in Northern and Southern California that is likely to change. The top tier teams, however, have shown there’s quite a big drop-off to the teams in even the second tier so barring a...
NEW Girls Volleyball State Top 20
You could argue that there will be two separate No. 1 vs. No. 2 state showdowns on Saturday in the CIF San Diego Section Open Division and CIF Southern Section Division I championships. Officially, according to these rankings, it will be No. 1 Torrey Pines vs. No. 3 Cathedral Catholic in San Diego and No. […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Saturday score added. The highest ranked team to lose didn’t lose on Friday but in a Thursday night contest in Orange County that saw No. 5 JSerra fall to No. 16 Servite. Then on Friday the biggest winners included No. 13 Cathedral Catholic roaring back in the fourth quarter to beat its arch-rivals from St. […]
NEW Girls Volleyball State Top 20
California makes it 2-for-2 in winning top national tournaments by placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona. Marymount of Los Angeles won the championship final for the second straight year, but had a loss to Redondo in a big match heading into it. Mater Dei of Santa Ana was […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
The major movers of the week include Bishop Amat of La Puente (from No. 35 to 15) and Servite of Anaheim (up six spots despite losing its game). We also have smaller bumps for Central of Fresno and Cathedral Catholic of San Diego. The top 10 from last week, though, all rolled so no changes...
