Author Archives: Harold Abend
LJCD Sweet 16 Roundup
State No. 1 Etiwanda girls crank up the defense to win Platinum Division title at 21st annual La Jolla Country Day Sweet 16 early season tournament. Host school reaches the title game and its longtime head coach, Terri Bamford, won the 700th game of her career to join an illustrious all-time state list. We hope […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
With so few games being contested in the final week of football playoffs, as has been the tradition with this feature since even before we went to a full slate of CIF regional/state championships, this will be the final week for football players of the week as we switch to basketball. As one would expect, […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
One of the goals of this feature besides tracking potential entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book is to uncover hidden talent that might otherwise only get local recognition. However, with the field of teams pretty much halved last week with just a couple of exceptions, the narrowing funnel in the final weeks of […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
The funnel this week is even narrower than last week as the 2023 football season winds down and we get close to switching our Players of the Week from football to basketball. Despite the number of teams in action being nearly halved this past week, we still found six worthy honorees. We have one who […]
Preseason Girls BB Ranks (1-15)
Welcome to the start of our coverage of the 2023-24 girls basketball season in California. We begin with the same format for the boys — top 40 overall preseason state state rankings — and have matched the coverage of the two genders for more than 40 years. Despite transfers and graduations aplenty, the top four […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Two of the selections this week came from nominations. Keep them coming because believe it or not there’s only a few more chances for a football player to get one of these honors before we switch to basketball. We also have another entry this week into the state record book. This week’s stops are in […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This week not only have we uncovered some hidden talent which is one of the goals of this feature but there’s a huge new entry for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book for rushing yards plus a state record tie in another category. This week’s stops are in Laguna Beach, Upland and San Diego in […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
This is another week in which not only do we fulfill one of the purposes of this feature, and that’s to uncover hidden gems that might otherwise only get local attention, but we also use it to track potential entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book. Both bases are covered but the record entry […]
