Graduate from Casa Grande of Petaluma who was at Arizona State named as the No. 1 pick in this year’s MLB Draft on Wednesday by the Detroit Tigers. He’s the seventh No. 1 selection in the MLB Draft from a California high school in the last 12 years and he goes at the top one […]
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State’s All-Time NBA 1st Round Picks
At some point there will be an NBA Draft this summer and there’s growing consensus that two of the very top choices will be former Chino Hills High teammates Onyeka Okongwu and LaMelo Ball. As a prelude to that draft and to match a list we did a few weeks ago that featured every first-round...
All-State Girls BB: 2nd & 3rd Team
Here’s where to go to check out all of the writeups for those who are second team overall and third team overall on the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. The second team features two players from NorCal Open Division champion Archbishop Mitty, various area & region players of the year and we...
Coaching: Most CIF State Titles
Here’s a sport-by-sport look at coaches who have won the most CIF state championships in various sports (through 2023 fall season). GIRLS BASKETBALL 7 – Tom Gonsalves, Stockton St. Mary’s (2002-2015) 6 – Kevin Kiernan, Fullerton Troy & Santa Ana Mater Dei (2003-2012) 6 – Doc Scheppler, Los Altos Hills Pinewood (1999-2014) 6 – Carl...
Girls BB: Divisional All-State 2020
Following the boys divisional all-state teams from last weekend, here are the same ones for the girls. These teams are based on the CIF state divisions (not sections) and in some cases we had to extrapolate where teams would have been placed for the CIF state playoffs to determine all-state divisional placement. With the final […]
Ms. Basketball 2020: Paopao Steps Up
Being Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year is one thing, but for La Jolla Country Day’s Te-hina Paopao the announcement of her getting the honor for this season carries additional meaning since she’s stepping up onto a prestigious platform in which two previous winners from the same school have already reached. Her journey to […]
Salute to Saturday CIF Finalists
There were 11 teams that for sure were supposed to have played on Saturday at the Golden 1 Center in the CIF state basketball championships. There also was a 12th that would have played as NorCal Open Division champion (but that title game wasn’t played either). As a salute to the teams and players we […]
NEW State Top 25 Baseball Rankings
After Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks and JSerra of San Juan Capistrano taste defeat for the first time, it’s now more of a No. 1 battle between De La Salle of Concord and Orange Lutheran with still unbeaten Ayala of Chino Hills moving up to third. The highest ranked newcomer is unbeaten Torrey Pines of...
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...