Category Archives: boys basketball
Boys BB: All-State Underclass 2024
It’s time to start getting out the honors for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Boys Basketball Teams. This first set of teams is for the most outstanding juniors, sophomores and freshmen in the state. While this is a Gold Club post, the next one for all-state teams according to CIF divisions will be free....
FINAL Boys BB All-State Noms
Here is an updated list of nominees for all of this year’s All-State Boys Basketball Teams. Thanks to all who sent in information about players not on the first list and about those already listed. It’s is still not too late to get something in, but the first teams are going to be selected in...
Mr. Basketball 2024: Trent Perry
In another close race for Mr. Basketball, what Trent Perry did for CIF Open Division state champ Harvard-Westlake is just too hard to ignore. Today, the two-time state champion edges another San Fernando Valley standout who played in the same league for California’s most prestigious, long-running individual honor. For this season’s State Players of the […]
Boys BB: More State Players of the Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2024 top honorees for juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division with Open & D1 combined. Three different sophomores have collected a player of the year honor since two of them have been chosen for their CIF divisions.
2024 Boys/Girls BB Coach Milestones
Both of the boys and girls all-time coaching records lists have now been updated for everyone through the 2023-24 season. The biggest milestone win for the boys was from Pasadena Poly’s Brad Hall (700th). For the girls, Mater Dei’s Kevin Kiernan (900th) and Archbishop Mitty’s Sue Phillips (800th) were the biggest. We also say best […]
State Coach of the Year: Matt Dunn
For winning at a high level in a terrific league and becoming just the fourth coach in CIF history to win state titles at two different schools, Matt Dunn from St. John Bosco of Bellflower has been named the 2024 State Coach of the Year. From a historical view, however, just winning an outright league […]
Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the Year for boys basketball for the 2023-24 season. We have one selected for each CIF division and like the all-state teams the Open Division & Division I are bunched together. FOR MORE ON THE 2024 OVERALL STATE COACH OF THE YEAR, CLICK HERE. We […]
FINAL Boys BB State TOP 40 Rankings
As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings for the 2023-24 season. There is some movement from our previous weekly Top 35 update, as CIF Southern Section teams that didn’t make the regional playoffs deserve to move up over some NorCal and SoCal D1...
Boys BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
These divisional rankings can only be done three times now in this era of competitive equity when no one knows the divisions teams will be in until the CIF regional playoffs start. Still, we have them as final in our archives for every season and here are the final rankings for boys hoops for the...
