This is a week when the eyes and mind and ability to analyze makes human rankings the far superior kind when you have nuances. On example is Stockton St. Mary’s beating teams at full strength and then being decimated by injuries and dropping completely out after being national top five to start the season. Another...
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Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
There are no changes at the top of this week’s overall pecking order and some of the teams are winning by almost 100-point margins. That will change once the section playoffs get going, which are coming up fast. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with expanded writeups of the first eight teams plus the next […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
It isn’t often that a top 10 team drops out of the rankings the next week but that’s the situation this week as previous No. 9 St. Mary’s of Stockton, a team that was top five nationally to start the season, has to drop out after a series of losses including for the first time...
Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
Stockton St. Mary’s drops again after losing All-American Aquira DeCosta with a knee injury and then loses on the court to Cardinal Newman. The Rams are now just out of the Super 8 but not forgotten. Teams coming up include Mission Hills and Bishop O’Dowd. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with expanded writeups of […]
Girls VB All-State & Ms. Volleyball POY
No surprise that Santa Fe Christian’s Lexi Sun tops our first dive into all-state teams for girls volleyball in several years. We also have a State Coach of the Year, first team all-state, second team all-state and have updated our Ms. Volleyball State Player of the Year list so it now shows an honoree from […]
Updated Girls VBall State Top 20
It’s down to four teams left in the chase for the first-ever CIF Open Division state title after Tuesday night’s regional semifinals. The big news was in the south where No. 2 seed Mater Dei was upset by Santa Fe Christian of Solana Beach. The Eagles will now play the Eagles of Santa Margarita for […]
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 […]
Updated Girls VBall State Top 20
There are no major changes after the various section finals as No. 1 Santa Margarita edges No. 2 Mater Dei and No. 3 Archbishop Mitty wins 22nd section crown. The only pause in regards to the various regional seedings is 34-2 Ventura only being at No. 4 in SoCal Division I. The Cougars have a […]
Updated Girls VBall State Top 20
It will be No. 1 Santa Margarita meeting No. 2 Mater Dei in the CIF Southern Section Division I championship. One of the teams moving up the most this week, however, is new No. 4 Ventura, which is in the CIFSS D2 finals. Others coming up include Long Beach Poly, Santa Fe Christian and Pitman […]
Updated Girls VBall State Top 20
We have our first significant upset of the playoffs and no surprise it comes in the CIF Southern Section Division I bracket where San Juan Hills is ousted in Tuesday’s first round by Great Oak of Temecula. Since Tuesday results count in our state rankings, that causes some changes this week, including Ramona of the […]
