Category Archives: boys basketball
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We begin with a look at a 121-game league losing streak on the boys side that was snapped last week in Livermore. We also have more details on the 25 steals for Westlake’s Olivia Elsokary in one game from before Christmas. This time we also have honor roll mentions for grid-hoop standouts like Luke Lemke...
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 Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Salesian of Richmond, St. John Bosco and Harvard-Westlake get a bump as a result of the Braves’ clutch double OT win over previous No. 3 Santa Margarita in the latest boys basketball state rankings for 2026. Top-ranked Sierra Canyon and the top tier of teams are clearly established, but there are many changes in the...
State Basketball Players of the Week
After a one-week break with the craziness of the holiday tournament schedules, we’re back to the Tuesday announcements of our boys/girls state basketball players of the week. We begin with the NorCal boys where we honor a senior from a small town in the valley who has stepped up his scoring in a major way […]
Harvey Kitani: Record Updates
Year-by-year results kept by Cal-Hi Sports via the historian Bruce McIntosh, and records kept by the coach himself, shows current San Pedro Rolling Hills Prep and former L.A. Fairfax mentor Harvey Kitani seven wins short of becoming the third coach in state history with 1,000 career wins (counting forfeits/defaults). Below is a tale of the […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
This is a combination of highlights mostly from tournaments that ended before Christmas plus others that just ended earlier this week before New Year’s Eve. We begin with the 68-point outing by Santa Fe Springs St. Paul’s Will Bryson III. It’s a record for large schools in the San Gabriel Valley. Other boys include a...
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 […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We begin this edition of this week’s honor roll with big news from Long Beach on Thursday as the state’s longest league win streak in girls basketball came to a close. Not only that, but Long Beach Poly’s loss to Lakewood snapped a streak that was only eight wins away from breaking the state record....
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 […]
