Author Archives: Harold Abend
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
This is a week when we fulfill both purposes of this feature, to find and track potential entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, and we have one honoree that makes a huge record book splash, and to uncover talent that usually would only get local attention. This week our stops are in Madera […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
There were no entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book to track this week, which is one of the purposes of this feature, but we have some huge talent to honor, including two who are heading to the opposite side of the country for college in the fall. This week’s stops are in Rancho […]
West Coast Jamboree Names 2023 Scholarship Winners
The 23rd Annual West Coast Jamboree (a 501C-3), the largest education-based girls’ basketball tournament in the nation, is pleased to announce the applicants chosen as winners for its 2023 West Coast Jamboree Scholarship Program, the only one of its kind for any high school tournament in any sport in the nation, girls or boys.
Ms. Basketball 2024: Kennedy Smith
It’s now being called the quad and that’s being a state player of the year for California among freshmen, sophomores and juniors and then finishing it off by being named Ms. Basketball. Etiwanda’s Kennedy Smith has now completed the quad and has been selected as the Ms. Basketball for California girls hoops. She’ll now join […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Although one honoree came close, there were no entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book to track this week, which is one of the things we do for this feature, but we have some exceptional talent, both from some college-bound winners, and an under the radar honoree who is getting statewide recognition. This week’s […]
Mini-Stampede Hits Livermore
State No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View and its state-ranked rivals from Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) both won twice on Saturday in a hastily-arranged doubleheader with Livermore schools. When the Livermore Recreation and Parks Department deemed the field at Robertson Park unplayable on both Thursday and Friday, it spelled doom for the 30th Annual […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
While we don’t have any entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book to track this week, we do have some exceptional talent that we’ve uncovered for statewide recognition that usually might only get local props, and that’s the other important function of this feature. This week our stops are in Costa Mesa and South […]
St. Francis MV, Norco Co-Champs
This year’s Michelle Carew Classic had four of the top five teams from the state and six of the top 10, but rain wiped out Saturday’s schedule so there was no No. 1 vs No. 2 championship in the Gold Bracket. There were still big developments as No. 1 Pacifica (Garden Grove) lost twice, the […]
State Coach of the Year: Anna Almeida
The highest girls hoops coaching honor in California, the one that now goes back 53 years, lands in the small town of Caruthers. It can be difficult to build a hugely successful program in a place like that, but it came together for 20-year head coach Anna Almeida with a CIF state title. She won […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Both of our Northern California honorees this week are known more for one thing — pitching in one case and hitting for another — but our two Southern California featured players do both almost equally well. Our stops are in Brentwood and Roseville up north and then it’s down to Calabasas and Aliso Viejo for […]
