Category Archives: basketball events
Fantag Games of the Week No. 4
It can be argued that the Folsom boys and Bear Creek girls of Stockton should be considered the top-ranked teams in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section heading into the fourth weekend of January. Both teams will be featured in our next group of contests as Cal-Hi Sports Fantag Games of the Week. The first game this […]
Salesian holds on to NorCal summit
Is it too early to start thinking about being the No. 1 seed for this year’s CIF Northern California Open Division boys basketball playoffs? When a team is unbeaten, ranked nationally and No. 5 overall in the state, maybe not. Salesian of Richmond is that team and the Pride closed out the headline game of […]
Fantag Games of the Week No. 3
So far, the choices of games written up in this feature have all been great to see. This time, we’re doing our first Fantag Game of the Week for one team from outside of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, although it will be for one of the featured girls games at Saturday’s Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Fantag Games of the Week No. 2
With the first set of games in this new series resulting in an upset and an overtime among the three featured, this second set begins Wednesday with a major girls hoops matchup in the Sacramento area. It will continue Thursday with a new State Top 20 boys team in the spotlight and will extend to […]
Fantag Games of the Week
The first set of games in this new series will be Friday and Saturday in the Sacramento area. We’re focusing on new teams in new leagues on the boys side with a matchup of CIF state playoff regulars for the girls on Saturday. TO GET THE FANTAG APP ON YOUR PHONE RIGHT NOW, CLICK HERE: […]
Girls BB: Pinewood keeps climbing
Los Altos Hills school wins Platinum Division at the West Coast Jamboree with a slug-it-out victory over Salesian of Richmond in title game matchup of two state top 10 squads. The elite division at one of the state’s top tournaments also concluded on Saturday with state No. 9 Carondelet of Concord taking third-place and with […]
Girls BB: Nike TOC Nailbiters
Defending CIF Open Division champion Windward of Los Angeles falls in the final minute of the top divisional title game at the nation’s most prestigious girls basketball tournament. In the Joe Smith Division, an all-California final is won by Redondo of Redondo Beach in another heart-stopper by three points against Mater Dei of Santa Ana. […]
Boys BB: SJM loves Modesto trip
San Joaquin Memorial forgets about a poor showing from a weekend tournament in Las Vegas before Christmas by winning one in Modesto after Christmas. The Panthers also avenge two of their four losses, including one against host Modesto Christian in tourney championship. Clovis West of Fresno also makes the CIF Central Section look good with […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
As the major holiday tournaments heat up, we are updating our boys basketball rankings from the preseason order. Our next update will be January 2 after those tournaments provide us key results. Mater Dei of Santa Ana holds on to the top spot but has a slew of tough upcoming games. Rancho Christian also makes […]
St. Mary’s MLK Showcase: No. 1 falls
State and national girls basketball No. 1 Clovis West of Fresno still looking at silver lining despite lopsided loss to Centennial of Las Vegas at Monday’s St. Mary’s MLK Showcase in Stockton. State No. 2 Archbishop Mitty, meanwhile, beats No. 10 Mission Hills of San Marcos while the No. 6 host Rams top No. 12 […]
