Author Archives: Harold Abend
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
We start out this week with an intro to the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs, which will be 12 teams this season. Two of the 12 will be done for the season when the section playoffs are done even though those two teams will be vastly superior to many other teams moving on to...
State Basketball Players of the Week
There were no entries to track for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book once again this week, but we had lots of hidden talent that gets statewide recognition, including one of the state’s girls’ basketball scoring and rebounding leaders. We also visit the CIF Central Section for another NorCal pick. Our stops this week are […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
There is only one newcomer to the Top 30 this week and that is a St. Joseph of Lakewood team that has high marks in the CIF Southern Section point system-based rankings. The biggest news also came from the CIFSS where the word is that there could be a ‘flex’ in CIF state berths which...
State Basketball Players of the Week
We didn’t have any entries to track for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, which is one of the goals of this feature, but we more than fulfilled the other objective and that is to track and uncover hidden talent for statewide recognition to go with local acknowledgement. It’s also a week we where we […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
A lot has happened since the last rankings done after games completed by January 10, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the top four teams, and maybe new No. 5, that appear to be head and shoulders above the rest. After the first four teams there were no teams that held on to the...
Another MLK Special: Sage Hill shines
Lightning stretch win streak to 14 games after massive 88-58 win on MLK Monday at the Royal Showcase event in Fullerton over Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas. Gorman was No. 5 in the nation last week. Etiwanda and Fairmont Prep also post wins on the same court. We hope you enjoy this free post on […]
State Basketball Players of the Week
This is another week where we don’t have any entries to track for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, which is one of the goals of this feature, but we more than fulfilled the other objective of the feature and that is to track and uncover hidden talent for statewide recognition to go with local […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
In the past we have mentioned we like to get out and see teams personally, and so far this season, despite having some medical issues, we’ve seen seven of the Top 10 teams and all five at the top. We’ve even announced games like the six we took the mic for at the Kay Yow...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
For our first rankings since before all the tourneys on Christmas and New Year’s weeks, it is now a case of the who-beat-who syndrome in full swing. Not only were players who were not eligible prior to the sit out period now in action, there were additional injuries and even a case where more than...
