Before the fireworks went off, Corona Centennial’s Josh Giles was selected State Coach of the Year in boys basketball. The fireworks may be cooling, but the school keeps on sparkling with Martin Woods named as State Coach of the Year for girls basketball. This is the first time a school has had both state coaches […]
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Insider Report: Windward (LA)
We are continuing with a series of girls basketball preseason-style features on some of the state’s most prominent programs and players for the 2020-21 school year. It’s almost been one year since any of them have played and it may end up being until December of 2021 for some. We hope that isn’t the case, […]
State Coach of Year: Vanessa Nygaard
Hopefully there will never be another high school basketball season like the one the Coronavirus ended prematurely, but nonetheless the awards go on, and despite falling just short of qualifying for the CIF Open Division state championship, this year’s State Coach of the Year is unquestionably one of the top coaches in the state and […]
State Coach of Year: Alicia Komaki
It’s a first in the 47 years of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of the Year honor as a former player of a previous State Coach of the Year has now captured the honor as well. This year’s choice, Alicia Komaki, of 33-1 CIF Open Division state champion Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth, once played for […]
New Frontier For Sierra Canyon Girls
Trailblazers win in No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown of state-ranked teams on Tuesday night (they were No. 2) over Windward of Los Angeles and now assume catbird’s seat in California girls hoops for the first time in school history. This isn’t new for the Sierra Canyon boys, who are defending CIF Open Division state […]
Ms. Basketball 2018: It’s got Charisma
If there were ties or co-players of the year, this would be the perfect year for it. But in the history of the Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year honor, which goes back to the early 1970s, there are no co-players. And there are none in any other state player of the year selection. […]
Girls BB State Team of Year 2018
Windward of Los Angeles gets onto the all-time year-by-year list of California’s best girls basketball teams after collecting 2018 CIF Open Division state championship. This is the school’s first-ever No. 1 overall state finish in any sport and it’s only the second time ever that a school with a Los Angeles address has finished No. […]
Pinewood, Windward win Open titles
It’s a stunner in the CIF NorCal Open Division girls basketball championship as Pinewood of Los Altos Hills goes to three overtimes to knock off previously unbeaten state No. 1 and national No. 1 Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. In the CIF SoCal Open title game, Windward of Los Angeles takes down defending Open Division […]
Girls BB: Top seeds roll in CIF Open
Unlike the boys, there were hardly any stunners in the first round of the CIF Open Division girls basketball state playoffs, which began on Friday across the state. The top four seeds all won in the Southern California bracket of eight teams. The only top four seed in Northern California to fall was No. 4 […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
There were no changes in the first eight spots for this week’s rankings and the first 11 were somewhat easy to place, but after that the records get checkered and placing importance on one win over another or a stinker loss mixed in with a quality win made it a little more difficult with so...
