Last week we hinted there might be a re-shuffle based on a closer look at all results and more discussion. All-in-all, the first three spots for the 2016-17 season are a slam dunk but after that for the next three it’s basically a three-way tie. Last week we saw it one way and in this...
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Girls BB: NorCal Open & D1 Finals
There was no more magic for Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa as the run by the No. 7 seed Cardinals in the NorCal Open Division came to a crashing halt in a 24-point loss to No. 1 seed and No. 1 state-ranked Archbishop Mitty. The Monarchs will now travel to Sacramento for attempt to win […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
It isn’t often that a top 10 team drops out of the rankings the next week but that’s the situation this week as previous No. 9 St. Mary’s of Stockton, a team that was top five nationally to start the season, has to drop out after a series of losses including for the first time...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
Stockton is becoming synonymous with knee injuries after State Freshman and State Sophomore of the Year Aquira DeCosta went down with a torn meniscus last week. Earlier in the week at the MLK Showcase, Sierra Smith, DeCosta’s former teammate now at Salesian, went down in a heap and later found out she tore her ACL....
St. Mary’s MLK Showcase: No. 1 falls
State and national girls basketball No. 1 Clovis West of Fresno still looking at silver lining despite lopsided loss to Centennial of Las Vegas at Monday’s St. Mary’s MLK Showcase in Stockton. State No. 2 Archbishop Mitty, meanwhile, beats No. 10 Mission Hills of San Marcos while the No. 6 host Rams top No. 12 […]
Girls BB: How good will Mitty be?
For more highlights from the Cal Sparks Ballin in the Ballroom event at Las Vegas, CLICK HERE. All of the girls from the AAU San Jose Cagers will be on the roster for Archbishop Mitty of San Jose during the 2016-17 season. Here’s a look at where some of the girls are getting offers from […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
It’s that time of the year when the CIF Southern Section gets a jump on some of the other larger sections such as the CIF Sac-Joaquin, North Coast and Central Coast sections that were either still in league play or in league playoffs at the start of this week. In a CIFSS league playoffs last...
State Stat Stars of the Week
We include some big-time efforts from players who have already led their teams this week to major national invitational titles such as Lonzo Ball (Chino Hills) and Aquira DeCosta (Stockton St. Mary’s). Others lighting up scorebooks include Johnny McWilliams of San Marcos and Junior Ballard of Lathrop for boys plus Janelle Sumilong of Hanford and […]
Inside The Girls BB All-State Teams
There are always some hard choices to make each year for the all-state basketball teams and each year we get great information from coaches and parents in the nominating process. Go inside for toughest decisions, some sophs and frosh who just missed and for details about new free throw shooting state record. If you can’t...
