Boys BB CIF State Previews & Picks

Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth (left) looks to score during 2024 CIF D4 state championship game. At right, Roosevelt of Eastvale head coach Steve Singleton celebrates with players after 2017 team won CIF D1 state title. That also was the first year of CIF state finals being played at then new Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento. Photos: Willie Eashman & Mark Tennis.


It’s harder to pick teams to win in the lower divisions of the CIF state finals due to competitive equity seeding factors, but at the top the advantages for the CIF Southern Section teams haven’t gone anywhere in more than 10 years and that is the case once again. There is no CIFSS team in D2, however, and the D4 South team is actually from Fresno. We’re looking to do better than 8-4 for last year and 9-3 from 2023. We do this with respect to all 12 teams who’ve made it to a CIF state championship and with a historical touch. Editor Mark Tennis has been credentialed at every CIF state championship weekend since the first one in 1980 in Oakland. Highlights from some of the regional finals also included in these previews.

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Note: Our lead boys basketball analyst, Ronnie Flores, did the breakdowns for Open Division boys and Division I boys. Editor and publisher Mark Tennis did the rest with help from Ronnie in D2.

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(All games played at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento)
(All state rankings references to State Top 30, which were done before any of this week’s games)

Open Division (Boys)
State No. 1 Roosevelt of Eastvale (SoCal) 34-2 vs. State No. 4 Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco 29-1 (NorCal), Saturday, 8 pm

This will be a terrific game to close out the 2024-25 CIF season, as the top seeds in reach region will meet in a matchup of two teams participating in their first CIF open title game and looking for the program’s second overall CIF state crown. Roosevelt, under current coach Steve Singleton, won in 2017 in CIF D1. The Crusaders, under then coach Rich Forslund, won the CIF D3 state title in 2002.

This year’s marquee game of the CIF State Basketball Championships has some noticeable similarities to last year’s contest pitting Harvard-Westlake of Studio City vs. Salesian of Richmond, which was won by Harvard-Westlake.

Similar to Harvard-Westlake, Roosevelt also won the coveted CIF Southern Section Open Division title as the state’s No. 1 ranked team and defeated the state’s No. 2 team, in the Mustangs’ case Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks, to get to Sacramento. Similar to Salesian, the Crusaders are balanced, extremely deep and come into the game as the state’s No. 4 ranked team with a single loss to a CIFSS open team. In Salesian’s case it was to No. 3 St. John Bosco, which won the CIF D1 title the previous night. In Riordan’s case it was to No. 12 JSerra of San Juan Capistrano in the title game of the 2024 Torrey Pines Holiday Classic.

Andrew Hilman of Riordan is one of the state’s top juniors. Photo: Mark Tennis.


The year’s JSerra is not quite as good as last year’s Bosco’s club, but that JSerra loss is no big reason of concern for Crusaders’ coach Joey Curtin. Riordan, the CIF Central Coast Section open champs and the first CCS team to make the CIF open final since its first season in 2013 when Aaron Gordon-led Mitty of San Jose represented NorCal, had a key missing piece and some transfers it was breaking into its rotation. The Crusaders have been more cohesive in the second half of the season.

Roosevelt should have its hands full with Riordan’s size and depth, as that is two areas of the game the Crusaders have to take advantage of. Steve “Nas” Emeneke (10 ppg, 6 rpg), a 6-foot-10 senior bound for UC-Irvine and 6-foot-9 junior J.P. Pihtovs, that key earlier missing piece, have not done much scoring in the regional, but the duo has clogged the lane and controlled the interior to help take this club to another level defensively. After a slow start offensively, the Crusaders’ defense did its job after the offense got rolling in the 64-57 NorCal open semifinal win over state No. 10 and No. 4 seed Salesian. Emeneke’s and Pihtovs’ presence was really keen in Riordan’s 52-40 victory over state No. 8 and No. 2 seed De La Salle of Concord in Tuesday’s NorCal open final. Points were at a premium and once again after a slow offensive start, the interior defense contained the Spartans, who like to punish teams inside.

Roosevelt definitely doesn’t punish teams inside, as the Mustangs are more of a scrappy bunch that relies on its perimeter-oriented players to rebound. They do that with good timing and a nose for the ball, and Riordan is going to have to keep track of Roosevelt’s cutters and flare outs while on defense. If Roosevelt stays close on the boards, it will be in business down the stretch, so the contributions of role players Dom Copenhagen, a senior with plenty of experience, Christian Benjamin, a 6-foot-7 junior who’s shown flashes, and 6-foot-3 Cam Anderson, a freshman who is a shot in the arm on both sides of the ball, will tell the story. Copenhagen has been inconsistent offensively and Benjamin hasn’t made much of an impact in Roosevelt’s last three contests, but he’ll be needed against Riordan’s frontline.

Led by Texas A & M-bound wing Jasir Rencher (14 ppg, 5 rpg), the Crusaders’ backcourt can beat teams in a variety of ways and it’s hard to prepare for the Crusaders’ offensive attack because a host of players are capable. In four CCS open playoffs games, Riordan had four different scoring leaders: Rencher (12), junior D.J. Armstrong (12), 15 points from Pihtovs and underrated senior guard Ryder Bush (9 ppg, 3 apg) and talented junior Andrew Hilman (18), who is athletic as nearly any player Roosevelt has seen in the CIFSS open playoffs and regional. Rencher went for 20 points in the win over Salesian and Hilman (12.5 ppg, 5 rpg, 4 apg) was the leading scorer vs. De La Salle with 17. Reserve guard John Tofi has averaged 10 ppg in the two regional wins and will be valuable with his size against Roosevelt’s backcourt.

The team Harvard-Westlake defeated last season in both the CIFSS and SoCal open final was Roosevelt, which has been on a season-long mission to erase the memory of both of those defeats. The Mustangs have accomplished that with a close-knit core that has played travel ball together since they were in grammar school. Everyone knows about All-American Brayden Burries, who is averaging 29.1 ppg (1,048 points) and a team-leading 8.7 rpg from his “third guard” position, alongside long-time friends Issac Williamson (14.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg), a rangy defender and big-playmaker going to New Mexico, and point guard Myles Walker (12.3 ppg, 7.0 apg), the team’s heartbeat. Williamson and Walker are as about a good a defensive backcourt as you’ll find in the CIF ranks. Limiting Rencher will be key, and when Burries is not inside battling Riordan’s bigs, he will switch off on Rencher at times, but Williamson will be the one up for the challenge. He’s come out on the right side of matchups against bigger No. 1 offensive threats many times this season, so if Williamson scores like he did in the SoCal Regional final win over Notre Dame (21 points), Roosevelt has to like its chances at victory.

Burries, still undecided for college, netted 30 points in the 71-59 SoCal open semifinal win over state No. 3 and two-time CIF open champ Harvard-Westlake and was even better against Notre Dame on Tuesday. He made 9-of-11 free throws, including five in the final 45 seconds, and nailed six 3-pointers, including the final one with 1:11 remaining that gave Roosevelt a 70-68 lead it would not relinquish. Burries finished with 37 points, including 16 in the critical fourth period.

Riordan presents a different set of challenges than Roosevelt has seen since the holiday events with two true interior post presences and plenty of depth. Riordan, meanwhile, hasn’t faced a player over the course of this season who is playing to the current level Burries is. Last year’s experience has given this Roosevelt team an edge and a refuse-to-lose attitude that will last one more game. It will be close, but Roosevelt will finish unbeaten vs. CIF foes this season.

Prediction: Roosevelt 74, Riordan 69

Division I Boys
State No. 7 Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth 26-7 (SoCal) vs. State No. 20 Lincoln of Stockton 31-4 (NorCal), Friday, 8 p.m.

The top seed from SoCal is taking on the No. 3 seed from NorCal in a game with teams from contrasting backgrounds. Sierra Canyon, which has made a regional final in six of the past eight seasons, is making its first appearance in a CIF state title game since 2019, while its opponent Lincoln is not only making its first CIF state finals appearance in any division, but its first appearance in a CIF state final in any boys sport.

Similar to St. John Bosco of Bellflower last year, Sierra Canyon comes into the D1 contest with seven losses after bouncing back from failing to advance to the CIF Southern Section open title game and outlasted a region that contained 11 other CIF Southern Section teams that spent a majority of the season in the Cal-Hi Sports State Top 30 rankings. Lincoln, a CIF San Joaquin Section D1 semifinalist whose only losses were to finalists and NorCal open participants Folsom (once) and Modesto Christian (three times), prevented a second consecutive San Ramon Valley (Danville) appearance in this game by beating the Wolves for the second time this season in the regional final, 66-58. The Trojans jumped all over San Ramon Valley late in the second quarter and early in the third quarter and then held on at the end with solid defense and timely shots from leading player, 6-foot-5 senior Anthony Moore.

Freshman Tre Simmons led all scorers with 20 points in Lincoln’s SJS D1 quarterfinal playoff win vs Monterey Trail. Photo: Mark Tennis.


San Ramon Valley is the last NorCal program to win in this division in 2015, when it knocked off Lonzo Ball and Chino Hills, 79-71, in double overtime after the future NBA guard fouled out in overtime in a memorable event at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley.

Sierra Canyon is known for its famous alums, including an incredible 11 players since the 2016-17 season that have played in at least one NBA game, among them the Los Angeles Lakers’ Bronny James. Bronny is not the only famous alumnus of the school, as many of Los Angeles’ entertainment and sports elite send their children to the Chatsworth school. Lincoln has its alums as well, including Los Angeles Chargers’ owner Dean Spanos, and is known for being one of the largest schools (via enrollment) in Northern California. Some of its facilities, including the football stadium with no running track, are among the best in Northern California as well (partly because many Spanos family members are from the school). The athletic teams at Lincoln and others in the Stockton Unified School District don’t receive any daily coverage from the region’s newspapers, so a trip to Sacramento means plenty for the community and to Lincoln’s student body. The last team from Stockton to play in a state final was St. Mary’s in 2006 in D3 and the Rams had to face James Harden of Lakewood Artesia and a very strong squad and lost big. Brookside Christian (now closed) was slated to play in the 2020 state final in D2 vs Bakersfield Christian but that game was cancelled when COVID began. Brookside also played in a state final in D5 in 1998. Stockton High (now closed) is the only team from the city to win a CIF state title and did that in 1928. After that year, there were no CIF state basketball championships until 1980.

James’ younger brother Bryce James (8.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg) is now a senior and there has been at least one son of the Lakers’ LeBron James on the Sierra Canyon roster for six consecutive seasons and this is the first time Sierra Canyon has played in a CIF final in that time frame. Bronny was supposed to make the trek as a freshman after the Trailblazers defeated Etiwanda at the buzzer on a jump shot by future NBA player Ziarie Williams in the 2020 SoCal open final, but before the trip to Sacramento the sporting world literally shut down because of COVID-19.

The Lakers are scheduled to play on Thursday night in Milwaukee and Friday in Denver, but with LeBron James suffering from a groin injury, the NBA star may finally get to watch one of his sons compete for a CIF state title in a NBA arena. Similar to Bronny as a senior (who was second team all-state as a senior in 2023), Bryce has improved immensely on the defensive side of the ball and with his 3-point shooting, but is far from the team’s best player. That would be another Bryce, as in Bryce Cofield, a rugged senior who plays with a non-stop motor and leads the team in scoring (12.8 ppg) rebounding (6.6 rpg) and is second in assists (3.1 apg). Cofied is a menace in the open court when he gets downhill, and also has the ability to put the clamps on the opposition’s top scoring threat. Sierra Canyon has plenty of bodies it can throw at Moore, who is bound for Weber State, and comes in averaging 17.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.9 apg and 1.4 spg. He’ll be the focal point of Sierra Canyon’s defensive game plan and the Trojans are going to have to find a way to shake him free early for some clean looks because they don’t want to get behind and let Sierra Canyon use its defensive depth to wear them down.

Another much improved player for coach Andre Chevalier, who is seeking his third state title as a head coach, is junior Maximo Adams (12.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg), who has come on in the second half of the season and been a difference-maker in the regional playoffs. Adams (the younger brother of CSUN’s Marcus Adams) led the way with 22 points, while Cofield added 14 points, in the 74-68 SoCal D1 final victory over state No. 9 and No. 3 seed Redondo Union. The game featured eight lead changes in the fourth quarter and wasn’t decided until Sierra Canyon’s best guard, senior Gavin Hightower (10.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 4.6 apg), came up with a huge offensive rebound put back and conventional 3-point play with 44 seconds remaining to give his team a 70-68 lead it wold not relinquish. Hightower is a four-year standout (who transferred in from L.A. Windward this season) and is one of the state’s best at getting into the key and getting fouled or making a play. If Lincoln’s 5-foot-10 senior Donez Lindsey (14.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 3.4 apg) and 6-foot-3 Jagger Merolla (11.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.5 apg) don’t find a way to slow him down, it could spell a long night for the Trojans. Hightower made 15 free throws vs. Redondo Union and scored a game-high 25 points, as Sierra Canyon made 25-of-32 free throws.

Coach Anthony Matthews’ Trojans also play a good brand of defense, too, as it held San Ramon Valley to a poor shooting night in its NorCal D1 final victory. Defense helped propel a 17-0 run in the second quarter and Lincoln can use a similar spurt on Friday night. Moore is a good passer and scored a game-high 21 points in the regional final. Lincoln will need him to get at least that many and have quality possessions to pull off the upset. During the June Scholastic Live period in Roseville, we got our first look at 6-foot-4 freshman Tre Simmons (7.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg) and the rest of the state is going to like what it sees as well. Simmons is fearless and can do damage around the basket. He scored 10 points vs. SRV and will be needed on the boards and to score timely buckets when defenses collapse on Moore and Lindsey. Don’t leave him open for corner three-pointers, either.

Sierra Canyon is a prohibitive favorite, but Lincoln has battled with quality teams. It just doesn’t quite have the finishers that Sierra Canyon does on a big court. Lincoln will need to keep the Trailblazers off the free throw line, knock down some outside shots and get off to a quality start. The Trojans can’t let Sierra Canyon build an early lead, as it will be hard to come back. Lincoln has to be patient, move the ball, and not get rattled by Sierra Canyon’s pressure defense if it trails by six or eight. This should be an exciting, fast-paced game with lots of activity around the basket. Lincoln will play tough and make Stockton proud, it won’t put together a big enough spurt like it did against Monterey Trail, St. Ignatius and San Ramon Valley in the NorCals or be able to stop all of Sierra Canyon’s horses.

Prediction: Sierra Canyon 72, Lincoln 60

Division II Boys
Chatsworth 26-8 (SoCal) vs. Jesuit of Carmichael 26-9 (NorCal), Sat. 4 p.m.

We always check computer state rankings before doing any of these predictions and had to stop laughing before doing this one as the MaxPreps list going into this game has the Chancellors at No. 27 (even ahead of CIF Southern Section Open Division teams La Mirada and Santa Margarita) and Jesuit at No. 22 (even ahead of Sac-Joaquin Section D1 runner-up Modesto Christian).

Those rankings do show that it should be a highly competitive close game.

Jesuit is making its first CIF state finals appearance since it lost in back-to-back years in D1 (before Open Division) in 1993 and 1994 to powerhouse Crenshaw of Los Angeles. The Marauders might have made it back in 2020-21, but there were no regional playoffs in the north that year (pandemic) and they had a 16-0 squad. Head coach Tim Kelly also was the D2 state coach of the year. This year’s team was moved to the Sierra Foothill League where it lost twice to SJS D1 champ Folsom and split with Rocklin. In a third game with Rocklin, Jesuit lost in a one-possession game that decided the SJS D2 title. Rocklin then took the top seed for the NorCal D2 bracket, but was upset in its second game by Clayton Valley of Concord. Clayton Valley then lost to Destiny Christian of Sacramento, which is the team Jesuit beat 65-55 to reach the state final.

Chatsworth was just in the CIF state finals last season when it lost to Monterey in the D4 championship. Alijah Arenas, listed as a sophomore at the time, scored 44 points (which is the second-most points ever scored in a CIF state final). Alijah has since reclassed to the Class of 2025, but despite giving up one season of high school ball will still finish in the top 15 all-time for career scoring in the state. He only needs 20 points in the state final to reach 3,000 and he is averaging 30.4 ppg. The team around him as been much improved over the last weeks of this season, especially 6-foot-11 center Taj Unuakhalu (3.6 blocks per game), guard V’Elijah Miller and sophomore guard Tekeio Phillips.

The Chancellors had lost in the CIF L.A. City Open Division final to Westchester, then when the CIF placed Westchester at No. 2 and Chatsworth at No. 3 for the D2 SoCal bracket when both easily could have been placed in D1 it was expected by many down south that either the Chancellors with Arenas or the Comets with Tahj Ariza (son of former NBA standout Trevor Ariza) would be going to Sacramento. Chatsworth then avenged its earlier loss to Westchester with a 75-61 win in the semifinals. The team was equally impressive in a 66-51 win vs Bakersfield Christian in the regional final.

Jesuit doesn’t have a big man like Unuakhalu but has gone up against other strong post players from Rocklin and one from Folsom. Asher Schroeder (6-5) is the Marauders’ leading player. He had 25 points in the regional semifinals and averaged 20 ppg in games played the The Classic at Damien. Amaury McKinney (6-6) also is one who has had experience up front with other bigs.

Prediction: Chatsworth 72, Jesuit (Carmichael) 66

Division III Boys
San Gabriel Academy of San Gabriel 20-13 (SoCal) vs. The King’s Academy of Sunnyvale 27-4 (NorCal), Friday, 2 pm

This is one of those matchups in which one team has played a much more difficult schedule than the other one, but it may not matter at the end with the talent playing on the court.

SGA is the team with the tougher schedule. Its first two games were against Sierra Canyon (going to D1 state title) and Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (No. 2 overall in state). The Eagles, who represent a school with a Seventh Day Adventist religious denomination that practices the Friday sabbath and hence had to have this game moved to an earlier start time on Friday, also were in the same league as CIF Southern Section D1 schools Pacifica Christian (Newport Beach) and Fairmont Prep (Anaheim). They found their sweet spot in the CIFSS D3AA bracket, but lost in the title game to Sage Hill of Newport Beach. Sage Hill was the No. 2 seed in the SoCal D3 bracket, but was upset in the first found. SGA went on a run from the fifth seed slot and got past Maranatha of Pasadena, 58-49, in the regional final on Tuesday.

The Eagles feature 6-foot-11 sophomore Mahamadou Diop, who was ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the state in the Cal-Hi Sports Class of 2027 player rankings done in late January. The only one higher is a player from non-CIF school Prolific Prep of Napa. Diop had 16 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocks when SGA defeated Maranatha. Mahamed Toure, a 6-foot-8 sophomore, is another inside threat that The King’s Academy will have to deal with.

The King’s Academy don’t have a schedule with a plethora of D1 style opponents. The Knights won the CIF Central Coast Section D4 title with a victory over Carmel, but in the NorCal D3 playoffs they beat both CCS D1 champion Carlmont of Belmont along with CCS D1 runner-up Palo Alto. In the win over Paly that secured their spot to Sacramento, freshman Boss Mhoon and senior Caedmon Dickson both scored 20 points.

Mhoon is a 6-foot-5 post player who may be the top freshman this season in the Bay Area. He’s also considered one of the top 20 Class of 2028 prospects in California. Junior guard Xavier Barnett and senior Karan Kalappa (20 pts, nine rebounds, six assists in win vs Carlmont) also have been outstanding over the last month. While the team hasn’t played the type of schedule that SGA has, most of the players have been on elite club teams that have gone up against many top-ranked players in their careers. It’s just a matter of how the Knights can handle the size of the Eagles on both ends of the court. Neither team has been this far before.

Predicted Score: San Gabriel Academy 54, The King’s Academy 52

Aden Milwee of Fresno Christian is shown going up against Santa Barbara High during early-season game. Photo: Tabitha Peters / thefeather.com.


Division IV Boys
Fresno Christian 30-6 (SoCal) vs Priory of Portola Valley 25-6 (NorCal), Saturday 12 noon

Yes, it is weird to call Fresno Christian from Southern California, which is where the CIF put the Eagles for the regionals, especially when it usually puts Fresno schools in the north and is during the same year when it should have put St. Joseph of Santa Maria from the CIF Central Section in the north as well.

Still, this is a D4 final of schedules and rosters involving teams that could have been in D3. That fact also is shown by both teams getting No. 1 seeds, which means they really were close to being a bottom seed in D3. No. 1 seeds in the current era of CIF seedings also don’t actually often go all the way to the state final, but they did in this division.

On one hand, Fresno Christian at first look has a stronger overall resume. All of the Eagles’ six losses are to teams from higher divisions, including their last loss to D1 San Joaquin Memorial. They also played Santa Barbara (had an early season win over Sierra Canyon), San Marcos of Santa Barbara and had a loss to Mission College Prep (Central Sec D2 champions). On the other hand, the top seeded Eagles barely got by in their last three SoCal regional games, had to come from behind in all three of those games and had to scratch and claw to edge Granada Hills Charter, 50-49, in the regional final.

Priory doesn’t have those kind of opponents on its resume, but in the NorCal final the Panthers took on a Santa Cruz High squad that played for the CIF D3 state title last season (lost to Alemany of Mission Hills) and beat the Cardinals, 60-48. They followed up a solid win vs Palma of Salinas to win their CCS title with regional wins vs Washington of San Francisco, Natomas of Sacramento, and Berkeley.

Fresno Christian head coach Jon Penberthy (brother of former L.A. Lakers assistant coach Mike Penberthy) has a group that features three 1,000-point career scorers. One of them, Aden Milwee, didn’t play at the school until he was a sophomore. He had 25 points in the section final. The other, Devin Gaines, reached 1,000 even though he is a junior. The 6-foot-6 forward scored his 1,000th on a go-ahead basket in the final seconds vs Ramona of Riverside in the D4 regional quarterfinals. The third is junior Noah Coulton.

Priory head coach David Moseley (a former player at Stanford) has had a 1-2 inside punch of 6-foot-8 Mate Palotai Jr. (19 points in the regional final) and 6-foot-6 Teddy Xanthopolous. Junior point guard Jai Gerrodette (15 points in the regional final) also has been outstanding in recent weeks.

Conor Maguire holds up paper showing how many points he scored for International of San Francisco during a game earlier this season vs Drew of SF. Photo: Courtesy school.


Prediction: Priory 62, Fresno Christian 59

Division V Boys
Diamond Ranch of Pomona 23-14 (SoCal) vs. International of San Francisco 23-12 (NorCal), Friday, 12 noon

It’s a good bet that neither one of these teams had ever heard about the other one until perhaps a week ago. They do have a lot in common, however.

Both schools are making their first-ever appearances in a CIF state final. They both lost in section finals before bouncing back in the regionals and both had to get revenge wins in those regionals as well. For Diamond Ranch, the Panthers won in the SoCal D5 regional quarterfinals, 52-47, over a Kaiser of Fontana squad that they lost to in the CIF Southern Section D5AA championship. For International, it lost to Alhambra of Martinez in the CIF North Coast Section D5 championship, but avenged that defeat with a 50-49 win against the Bulldogs in the NorCal D5 regional semifinals.

Neither Diamond Ranch or International was a top seed in the regionals, but the Panthers took care of SoCal top seed Wilson of Hacienda Heights, 56-46, in the semifinals. They won in the final, 65-59, over Math & Science of Los Angeles. International downed No. 4 seed Fortune Early College of Sacramento, 71-63.

While it’s a big difference in the size of the schools — Diamond Ranch has around 1,600 students compared to around 400 for International — the size of 6-foot-6 Will Savill-Welch could be a difference for the San Francisco squad. He had 11 points, nine rebounds and nine blocks in the regional final and is taller than any player for Diamond Ranch. The Panthers also will have to deal with 6-foot-3 senior Conor Maguire, who recently made 14 three-pointers and scored 63 points in a blowout win vs Drew of San Francisco. Maguire also had 39 points in the win vs Fortune Early College.

Diamond Ranch has some scoring punch of its own. Both Devin Turner and Michael Salazar knocked down 22 points in the region final vs Math & Science. Jaiden Pullien was the leading scorer with 14 points in the avenging win vs Kaiser and he had 11 in the region final.

Prediction: International (SF) 58, Diamond Ranch 52

Ronnie Flores is the managing editor of CalHiSports.com. He can
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Mark Tennis is the co-founder and publisher of CalHiSports.com. He can be reached at markjtennis@gmail.com. Don’t forget to follow Mark on the Cal-Hi Sports Twitter handle: @CalHiSports


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