Most this week once again are from football, but there are plenty from baseball and softball (with basketball players waiting in the wings). Football’s best include a 400-yard outing from Santa Margarita QB Colt Fulton, a great first game for the new running back star at Edison of Stockton (replacing the one who is now...
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NEW State Top 25 Girls BB Rankings
We had our first somewhat big upset of the season with Rosary of Fullerton topping Mater Dei of Santa Ana, but after all was said and done what looked like might be total chaos as a result of that, nothing changed in the first nine spots. One upset just can’t erase more than one significant...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
There is no change in the top two spots this week and barring an upset of Sierra Canyon in an early round of pool play in the newly formatted CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs or of Archbishop Mitty in its remaining four West Catholic Athletic League games there shouldn’t be a change for at...
More State Schools of the Year
Baseball and wrestling No. 1 finishes spark Buchanan of Clovis to School of the Year choice for boys sports only. Great Oak of Temecula, meanwhile, gains the nod for girls sports only. Other schools gaining overall statewide sports excellence accolades for 2015-16 include Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach (D2), Cathedral Catholic of San Diego (D3), […]
Boys Division Ranks & CIF Picks
We have updated rankings in this post plus our breakdowns of each CIF divisional state championship game. Our No. 1 teams are Crespi of Encino (D1), Serra of San Mateo (D2), Ayala of Chino Hills (D3), Harvard-Westlake of North Hollywood (D4) and St. Joseph Notre Dame of Alameda (D5). Go inside to see which three...
Final Boys BB Ranks By Divisions
Each CIF division also is expanded in these final rankings. All top 10 teams in each division will be added to our rankings archive, which go back to the 1970s. Both El Camino of Oceanside and Buckley of Sherman Oaks get ranked right at the end. SoCal teams also go way up in final D3...
CIF Boys BB State Finals Predictions
We’re going with Bishop O’Dowd for the upset in the Open Division, but Southern California teams still should win a majority of the titles to be handed out this weekend in Sacramento. Note: Full post containing analysis of each game for Gold Club members only. To sign up, CLICK HERE....
NEW Divisional Boys BB Rankings
With the Open Division teams now being shown separately, the biggest changes are in Division III. Some of those in that division, however, are due to the usual way there are changes – and that’s ranked teams getting knocked off. These rankings include results from Wednesday and a projection for each CIF state final....
Friday CIF Boys Basketball Picks & Previews
Pleasant Grove vs. Santa Monica is one of those battles that political pundits declare “too close to call.” We make a call and do the same for the Division V and Division III finals.
New State Boys BB Divisional Rankings
There are two new No. 1 teams this week with Mater Dei of Santa Ana taking over in Division I and St. Augustine of San Diego in Division III. The highest rising newcomer is College Park of Pleasant Hill in D2.
