Author Archives: Harold Abend
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...
Clovis Girls BB Wins Jamboree Crown
State Top 20 team tops Hawaii team in prestigious Bay Area tourney’s Platinum Division title game behind MVP Sadie Sin. The Cougars also avenged an earlier loss in the semifinals. Their league rivals from Central East won the third-place game with Villa Park taking the consolation crown. For the first time in 25 years in […]
State Basketball Players of the Week
This is another week in which we don’t have any entries to track for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book. That is one of the goals of this feature, but there is no shortage of hidden talent to earn a statewide award to go with local recognition, and that’s our other goal. This week our […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
As has been the case in years past, we follow up the preseason pankings with an initial first rankings prior to major tournaments like the Nike TOC in Arizona, the Nike Holiday Classic in Oregon and the West Coast Jamboree in the Bay Area. As of this time there is still a lot of uncertainty...
State Basketball Players of the Week
We don’t have any entries this week for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book to track, which is one of the goals of this feature, but the other goal of the feature, to find diamonds in the rough and hidden talent for statewide honors to go with local recognition, was very much accomplished. For this […]
State Basketball Players of the Week
For the first week of the Cal-Hi Sports State Basketball Players of the Week for the 2025-26 season, we don’t have any entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book to track, which is one of the goals of the feature, but we more than accomplished the other goal. That is to find some hidden […]
