The 2020 NBA Draft went down on Wednesday at ESPN headquarters in Connecticut with many hoop fans from California focusing on where former Chino Hills High teammates LaMelo Ball and Onyeka Okongwu were picked. We knew it would be in the lottery and it was with Ball going at No. 3 to the Charlotte Hornets […]
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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...
Mr. Basketball 2019: Big O Repeats
For the second consecutive season, the state’s top honor goes to Onyeka Okongwu of Chino Hills. The USC-bound center has a skill level, defensive ability, and clutch post-season performances over four years that puts him in rare company as a two-time Mr. Basketball winner. It’s all just enough to help him edge guard Cassius Stanley […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (1-15)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. The most tumultuous summer and fall we can ever recall in college and grassroots basketball has trickled down to the high school ranks in California and will undoubtedly impact the landscape. Even after all that has transpired with […]
Boys BB: Final ’19 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look at the state’s top college prospects in the sophomore (2019) class. Our final 2019 Cal-Hi Sports Top 65 for the 2016-17 school year shows 10 newcomers since our winter edition. Our final 2016-17 rankings for the 2020 class will be published in the next...
Boys BB: All-State Underclass
We are tipping off the release of our annual all-state basketball teams with the underclass boys. This means the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. These teams last year featured four players from mythical national champion Chino Hills. This year, the Huskies are well-represented again with two honorees. There are eight other...
More Boys BB State Players of Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2017 selections for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. Marvin Bagley (Sierra Canyon) wins in a close call over someone from the opposite end of the state among juniors while for sophomores it was more of a case of one teammate from […]
Boys BB State Player Records
Here is a collection of updated state records in player or individual categories. DeMarcus Nelson is still state’s all-time leading scorer while Darnell Robinson is still state’s all-time leading rebounder. These also are the categories that relate most closely to the Ball Brothers at Chino Hills, including La’Melo’s 92-point game and Lonzo’s assists and steals...
More Melo: Record updates, reaction
LaMelo Ball of Chino Hills is just becoming part of state record-breaking era at Chino Hills, which includes his older brothers and his teammates who are helping the Huskies score 100 points 33 times now in the last two seasons combined. We have more on last week’s 92-point game vs. Los Osos, more details from […]
Melo Ball Scores 92 Points
One game and thee nights after Chino Hills sees its 60-game winning streak come to an end, sophomore LaMelo Ball goes off with a 92-point performance in a 146-123 victory over Los Osos of Rancho Cucamonga. It’s the No. 2 individual single-game scoring output in state history, according to Cal-Hi Sports.It’s also the most points […]
