After four days of trials that began on May 25 with 133 hopefuls at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, two California girls were among the 18 finalists, but when the 12-member 2017 USA Basketball Women’s U16 National Team was announced on Wednesday there were no girls from the Golden State […]
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Inside the Girls BB All-State Teams
Some choices are never easy and this year the toughest perhaps was for Sophomore Player of the Year. Go inside for a glimpse at how this pick was finalized and for more on who we would have chosen as CIF Southern Section Player of the Year. Plus, we have more on the Clovis West Conundrum,...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Three of this week’s choices — Jack Hinrichsen of Sacramento McClatchy (no-hitters), Dante Faicchio of Laguna Beach (doubles) and Ally Shipman of Valencia (home runs) — may be on their way to placing high in all-time state career record listings. The other, San Jose Archbishop Mitty sophomore Hannah Edwards, is on her way to playing […]
Girls BB: All-State Best of Best
With great pleasure, here are the leading players for the 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports Girls Basketball All-State Teams. These 10 include many who were finalists to be the Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year. They are selected regardless of year in school or CIF division and represent some of the top teams in the […]
Girls BB: All-State 2nd, 3rd Overall
The 35th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State girls basketball teams continues with these 20 players featured prominently on second & third team overall. With so many injuries, there were some girls honored who missed more than a couple of games. Also, comparisons among girls who competed in Open Divisions both at the section and statewide level […]
Girls BB: All-State Underclass
After wrapping up all of the boys hoops all-state teams last Thursday night, we jump right into the girls, which we’ve now done for 38 straight years. It begins with the best of the best for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. This also can be a preview of the next season so here are the schools...
More Girls BB State Players of Year
Some of these selections this year were among the most difficult ever, including sophomore and freshman. Not so much for some of the CIF divisional honorees, especially D5 where Kayla Tahaafe of Eastside Prep repeated. At least one school, Vanden of Fairfield, also was able to add a player of the year selection to a […]
FINAL Girls BB Expanded Top 35
Last week we hinted there might be a re-shuffle based on a closer look at all results and more discussion. All-in-all, the first three spots for the 2016-17 season are a slam dunk but after that for the next three it’s basically a three-way tie. Last week we saw it one way and in this...
Girls BB: 1989-2012 Final Overall Rankings
Welcome to the online Cal-Hi Sports State Record Book & Almanac. These state rankings lists are for the girls basketball final overall state top 20 dating from 1989 (when those rankings began) until 2012. For final rankings from 2013 to 2019, separate links can be found HERE. For more on late Cal-Hi Sports record book founder...
Girls BB: Open-D1 State Predictions
When you have two teams that have played before and went to overtime, that’s the recipe for a great game and that’s what’s in store for CIF Open Division state final between No. 1 Archbishop Mitty and No. 2 Clovis West. Still, we have to pick a winner and we do. In the D1 state […]
