Author Archives: Harold Abend
State Football Players of the Week
We didn’t have any entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book to track this week, which is one of the purposes of this feature, but not only did we fulfill another reason we do this feature, and that’s to uncover hidden talent for statewide recognition, we got a chance to play a rhyme game […]
Girls of Summer 2025: Player Rankings
For the 21st time since 2005, here’s a chart of the top players from California high school girls basketball viewed by the Girls of Summer Caravan during all events attended in person starting in June and extending into August. This time, it’s a list with more than 250 names. This isn’t a ranking of the...
State Football Players of the Week
This is one of those weeks where we cover all the bases. Not only have we uncovered some hidden talent that might only get local recognition, which is one of the goals of this feature, but we also have entries to track for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, and that’s the other purpose of […]
State Football Players of the Week
With the CIF North Coast Section and CIF Central Coast Section in action this past week for the first time this season we had one NorCal winner each from those two sections. Those two stops were in Lafayette and Soquel, while in Southern California we visited Orange, La Jolla and a stone’s throw away from […]
Girls HER Skills Summit: Family Affair
Well respected boys basketball scout and analyst Devin Ugland has produced his annual Skills Summit for boys for six years, but this year after holding the boys event, he decided to duplicate the format for girls. By all accounts, it was a smashing success, or shall we say a slam dunk. We hope you enjoy […]
Preseason Redwood Empire FB Team
Since the CIF North Coast Section (both East Bay & Redwood Empire portions) still haven’t played any games yet as this feature was being finalized, the preseason label still fits. We begin with an intro to the new head coach at Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa and then it’s a lineup of players led by...
State Football Players of the Week
With the CIF North Coast Section and CIF Central Coast Section not beginning action until this week, the NorCal choices were a little lighter, but for the first week of this feature this season we still have some very deserving winners from north of the Grapevine. We had one winner who will etch his name […]
Preseason All-NCS East Bay FB Team
Concord De La Salle starts the season after stretching its streak of consecutive CIF section titles to 33 years, but there have been some close calls the past two seasons. The Spartans have 15 returning starters this year with many of them honored on this team. Pittsburg had a super group of seniors move on,...
Girls of Summer: A Swoosh & A Dance
San Jose Cagers squad dominates at Hype Her Hoops Big Dance event last Sunday and Monday in Anaheim while one of the stories at the EOT Summer Swoosh last Saturday in Thousand Oaks was improved play from a pair of girls from Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa). We also have incoming freshmen to watch at both...
Girls of Summer: Tati’s tale & more
We started our annual Girls of Summer tour after the Cali Live 2025 event last month in Roseville with a stop last Saturday at the OGP Hype Her Hoops Cali Cup, but what happened the next day as we were driving north likely changed the course of the 2025-26 season in the state as big-time […]
