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All-State Girls BB 2025: First Team
Out of the thousands who played girls basketball during the 2024-25 season, here’s where the 46th annual all-state teams gets broken down to just 10 players. This includes Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Aliyahna “Puff” Morris plus State Junior of the Year Jerzy Robinson plus two freshmen. Both Etiwanda and Ontario Christian have […]
All-State Boys BB 2025: First Team
Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year Brayden Burries from CIF Open Division state champ Roosevelt of Eastvale, State Junior of the Year Tyran Stokes of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and NorCal Player of the Year Tounde Yessoufou of Santa Maria St. Joseph are among those leading the way on the 46th annual Cal-Hi Sports […]
NFL Draft: Two Friars in the Top 10
Former Servite of Anaheim teammates Mason Graham and Tetairoa McMillan made history in Thursday’s first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. They were selected at No. 5 overall and No. 8 and have become the highest drafted teammates in the first round from the same California high school team in the same draft. We have […]
State’s All-Time NBA All-Star Alums
[/caption] California’s 50th player to appear in an NBA All-Star Game was Klay Thompson in 2015. In honor of that total, we decided to start a new NBA All-Star Alumni list for our exclusive state record book. It has now been updated through the 2024 All-Star Game....
Cali Super Bowl Alums 2025
If you want some proof that even a team that has won back-to-back Super Bowls has a lot of turnover on its roster on a yearly basis, look no further than this year’s Kansas City Chiefs. The team last year only had one player from a California high school, but this year there are seven. […]
Tounde Yessoufou Stands Alone
St. Joseph of Santa Maria four-year star moves to No. 1 on the all-time state career scoring list with 30 points in a win on Saturday at the school’s gym vs Weston Ranch of Stockton. We have all of the record-breaking details, what is coming next for the Knights, who is next in line to […]
Boys BB: Introducing 2028 Class
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a first look at the state’s top ninth-graders. The freshman (2028) class has an excellent talent level and some are already making an impact on state ranked clubs, but it’s still too early to tell how it will stack up to the terrific 2025 and 2026...
Mr. Football 2024: Brady Smigiel
Much improved rushing totals plus only three interceptions compared to 49 TD passes all helped Newbury Park junior Brady Smigiel to capture the state’s longest running and perhaps most prestigious high school football honor. It was a very difficult selection and we spell it all out. Smigiel, who led the Panthers to the CIF Southern […]
The Bean Is Born
It has only taken three games for Sydney “Bean” Douglas to make an impact as a 6-foot-6 freshman at Ontario Christian. The daughter of former Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Maylana Martin and former NFL lineman Rome Douglas was the leading scorer for the Knights in their big win last week over preseason […]
OLu Wins CIFSS D1 Flag FB Crown
We also have some info on the other CIF Southern Section girls flag football championships played on Saturday at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange plus comments from speakers at the first-ever CIFSS press luncheon held the previous Wednesday that was sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. We hope you enjoy this free story on Cal-Hi […]
