There is one new team this week and it’s from the Sac Joaquin Section, but the big news in all the changes in the Top 10 surrounds the teams battling for the eight coveted spots in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoff bracket. We break down the potential field and why recent results should...
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NEW State TOP 25 Boys BB Rankings
There are three new teams in this week’s boys basketball State Top 25, one each from the CIF Central, San Diego and Southern Sections. Many teams took a loss last week but a lot of those teams also weren’t at full strength. The rankings also reflect the volatile nature of the season with the backdrop...
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
Lack of action may be a factor in some of the Northern California squads not being real sharp yet as some have only played two games, and some still none, while teams in the CIF Southern, San Diego and Central Sections have played as many as 16 games. No. 1 Mater Dei was especially sharp...
NEW State TOP 25 Boys BB Rankings
With the official announcement last week that CIF regional championships will take place in Southern California this June, we take a look at how that will impact our weekly boys basketball State Top 25 and our final rankings down the line. The nature of the season being in the spring with COVID-19 looming also has...
NEW State TOP 25 Boys BB Rankings
More NorCal teams are scheduled to tip-off in boys basketball this week, while teams in SoCal eye key wins with playoff seedings and placements in mind. As of now, most NorCal sections in the CIF are not holding postseason playoffs so league titles and key regular season games will be the focus for those teams....
FINAL State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Mater Dei takes over at the top as previously announced, Sierra Canyon joins the top five for the first time in its history and San Clemente moves up into the top 10. The 2021 spring season didn’t finish with anything else too drastic from the next to last rankings. Others moving up were Buchanan of...
State FB TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 2 Mater Dei gets four TD passes from its freshman QB in 34-17 win over No. 1 St. John Bosco on Saturday night. The highest-ranked team to lose on the weekend was No. 5 Mission Viejo, which fell to South Coast League rival San Clemente (No. 12). Sierra Canyon, Cathedral Catholic and Folsom also […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
De La Salle and Servite flip-flop at No. 3 and No. 4, but there are no other changes in the top 10 even though both Cathedral Catholic and Sierra Canyon deserve to go up. This week’s two major movers are Rocklin from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and Buchanan from the CIF Central Section. Nice bumps...
State FB TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
For the next few weeks, we’ll treat Friday and Saturday nights like we do for the fall with the compilation of a weekend scoreboard involving the state’s top-ranked teams. The game of Friday night was in Bellflower where No. 1 St. John Bosco was pushed by No. 3 Servite but came out on top, 38-28. […]
Boys BB: 2021 Preseason Primer
The boys basketball season in California is now getting underway, thanks to a lawsuit that made protocols for indoor sports feasible with restrictions a bit tougher than outdoor sports. We’re glad there is a season, but it will still be fragmented with NorCal sections already cancelling post-seasons and for the second straight year, no CIF […]
