Category Archives: boys basketball
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
The career state scoring record is beginning to come into focus for Santa Maria St. Joseph standout Tounde Yessofou, who already has 29 and 30 points in two games this week. He’s close to moving up to eighth on the all-time state list and recently became the 11th in state history to reach 3,000. Tyran...
State Basketball Players of the Week
We didn’t have any entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book to track among this week for State Basketball Players of the Week award winners, but we did have some talent that was discovered, including a freshman girls who can light it up from outside, among this week’s honorees. This week our stops are […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
After the plethora of holiday tournaments and New Year’s events, the top five remain the same in our weekly State Top 30 boys basketball rankings. The big questions are is No. 6 JSerra as strong as the first five and can NorCal’s top clubs realistically compete with any of them? There are five newcomers led...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
The stars were shining bright at The Classic at Damien as Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth and Jason Crowe Jr. of Inglewood faced each other. They ended up trading the tourney single-game record on separate nights. They weren’t the only ones to get it going in that tourney, either. Brandon Benjamin of Anaheim Canyon had a...
Boys/Girls Top Tourney Triumphs
Roosevelt of Eastvale boys need overtime to win in a No. 1 vs No. 2 state ranking showdown over St. John Bosco in the top division of The Classic at Damien. Other major boys tourney winners include JSerra, Lincoln of Stockton, Folsom and Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach. State No. 3 girls team Etiwanda, meanwhile, […]
State Basketball Players of the Week
It’s Christmas week, but there still was plenty of action last week all across the state and worthy candidates for these honors were not hard to find. We’re taking a break for New Year’s for this feature next week and then we’ll be back going week-to-week for the rest of the season. This week’s stops […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
It’s a mix of football and basketball but for football it’s just a few wrap up items, including final career passing stats reported for Fresno Sunnyside’s Tanner Wilson, who finished in front of Bryce Young and behind Jayden Daniels on the all-time state list. We also have milestone basketball coaching wins for Richard Masson of...
State Basketball Players of the Week
It’s our second group of honorees this season for boys and girls basketball. We’ll do another foursome next week on Christmas Eve, take a break for New Year’s and then we’ll be back going week-to-week for the rest of the season. This week’s stops are in Kerman and Vista for the boys and then we […]
State Basketball Players of the Week
It’s our first set of honorees this season for boys and girls basketball. If you didn’t know, it’s the same NorCal/SoCal designations as in past years but all four players also are now considered State Players of the Week. We begin with stops in La Crescenta and San Jose for the boys and then head […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
These are the first rankings for the 2024-25 regular season. The top nine remain the same from the preseason. Redondo Union moves into the Top 10 with three of the top four clubs winning games at the Take Flight Challenge that the Sea Hawks hosted over the weekend. There’s only one loss among the top...
