Category Archives: CIF State Championships
Boys/Girls BB State Teams of Year 2026
(Click Arrows To See More Photos) One of these teams — the Sierra Canyon boys — has ended its season atop the state four times in the past nine years. The other — the Ontario Christian girls — are sitting in this position for the first time and the first time for the school in […]
CIF Saturday Girls BB State Finals
With junior sensation Kaleena Smith leading the way, Ontario Christian completes its remarkable build from small school to CIF Open Division state champion with victory in long-anticipated matchup over Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. Sierra Pacific also wins All-Central Section D2 title and Faith Christian wins D4 title in last game of record-breaking career of […]
CIF Saturday Boys BB State Finals
Despite early injury to key player, Sierra Canyon completes dominant season with win in Open Division state final against Salesian of Richmond. The Trailblazers become the first program in California to win three Open Division titles and now have five overall. Other boys winners on the day were San Joaquin Memorial of Fresno (D2) and […]
Friday CIF State Finals
Damien of La Verne continues CIF Southern Section dominance in D1 boys with win over Folsom. The D1 girls title also was won by a CIFSS school as Centennial of Corona topped Clovis. Other winners on the day were Cornerstone Christian (D3 boys), El Dorado of Placentia (D3 girls), San Marin of Novato (D5 boys) […]
Girls BB CIF State Previews & Picks
Since the incredible 96-87 overtime win by Ontario Christian vs Archbishop Mitty back in January at the Kay Yow Classic in Santa Ana (announced by Cal-Hi Sports girls hoops rankings compiler Harold Abend), the idea of a rematch for the CIF Open Division state title has been salivating. It’s going to happen on Saturday and […]
Boys BB CIF State Previews & Picks
The predicted scores of these games each year are done with great respect to all 12 teams who’ve made it to a CIF state championship and with a historical touch. Editor Mark Tennis has been credentialed at every CIF state championship weekend since the first one in 1980 in Oakland. Managing editor Ronnie Flores also […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Talk about some movement. Not one team in the first 15 spots maintained last week’s ranking this week after there were some upsets and seeds that went down. Ontario Christian is back on top and Archbishop Mitty is No. 2 as the two will need to win on Tuesday to force a rematch for the...
Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
Here are the updated divisional state rankings after Saturday’s CIF regional semifinals but before the regional finals. We will have no divisional rankings after Tuesday games but will have a CIF state finals preview and then there will be final divisional state rankings the following week. No. 1 teams are Sierra Canyon (Open), St. John...
Girls BB: NEW Division State Ranks
Just like the boys, we have a first look at expected favorites for each division of the CIF state championships. These rankings are determined after the CIF released pairings for each division last Sunday and then there were first-round games played on Tuesday night. We can’t do division rankings any earlier since there’s no way […]
