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2026 Boys/Girls BB Coach Milestones

By Mark Tennis | Published March 31, 2026

Presented by our partners from CalGamesWanted.com, both of the boys and girls all-time state coaching records lists have now been updated for everyone through the 2025-26 season. One boys coach was able to celebrate a 1,000th career win even though our records still show him one win short. California’s winningest boys coach ever also has […]

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FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 Rankings

By Harold Abend | Published March 29, 2026

Another season is now completely in the books and what a wild one it was. The seeding system employed by the CIF of blending the competitive equity formulas of all 10 sections, all different, had its flaws, and the further narrowing of the teams that really should qualify for the Open Division is something we...

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Girls BB: FINAL Division State Ranks

By Mark Tennis | Published March 27, 2026

From a divisional standpoint, two of the final No. 1 teams — Centennial of Corona in D1 and Sierra Pacific in D2 — have moved up after winning CIF state title games over the previous No. 1 team. The other four final No. 1 teams — Ontario Christian (Open), El Dorado of Placentia (D3), Faith...

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Girls BB All-State Nominees (SoCal)

By Isai Gutierrez | Published March 26, 2026

We still have our first draft list of all-state girls hoops nominees to get out into the space. This list covers the CIF sections in Southern California (not including the Central Section). This will be the 47th year of the annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams for girls basketball. Yes, we started doing the girls with […]

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Girls BB All-State Nominees (NorCal)

By Isai Gutierrez | Published March 19, 2026

This will be the 47th year of the annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams for girls basketball. Yes, we started doing the girls with the same coverage as the boys in the late 1970s. We start the process with an initial list of nominees on our board for teams that will be chosen. This list covers […]

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State Stat Stars & Record Updates

By Mark Tennis | Published March 19, 2026

(Click Arrows To See More Photos) It’s time to start focusing on big early-season outings in baseball & softball along with wrapping up some of the top performances ending the season in boys & girls hoops. We start in hoops with state’s top combo records (boys, girls) after CIF state final plus try to figure...

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Boys/Girls BB State Teams of Year 2026

By Mark Tennis | Published March 17, 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 […]

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CIF Saturday Girls BB State Finals

By Harold Abend | Published March 15, 2026

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 […]

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Friday CIF State Finals

By CalHiSports.com Staff | Published March 14, 2026

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) […]

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Girls BB CIF State Previews & Picks

By CalHiSports.com Staff | Published March 12, 2026

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 […]

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