Category Archives: girls basketball
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The CIF Southern Section claims its Open Division playoffs are the toughest playoffs not only in California but the entire nation, and rightfully so, but after the opening rounds in both Pool A and Pool B, what’s even more obvious is the disparity between the top four seeds and the other four seeds in the...
State Basketball Players of the Week
We’ve reached that point in the season in which CIF section playoffs are going on everywhere in the state, which means choosing players of the week from winning teams still in action gets more challenging. Regardless, we have four more very worthy honorees. The spotlight is on those from Rocklin and Merced in Northern California […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
There are several players moving up the all-time boys hoops scoring list even with Tounde Yessofou and Jason Crowe Jr. near the top. The list includes Carlsbad’s Jake Hall (43 points on Wednesday night) and Chatsworth’s Alijah Arenas (63 points on Wednesday night). Malibu’s Dylan Goosen also ends the season with 36.8 ppg average, but...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
For the better part of next week there will be limited action in the CIF Southern Section with no games for the Open Division until Saturday and Thursday for the lower divisions. That’s not the case in other CIF sections. The Central Coast Section doesn’t even have its seeding meeting until next Monday. At some...
State Basketball Players of the Week
One of those honored this week had a 63-point game in which 14 three-pointers also were made. Another is the son of an NBA world champion. For the two boys and two girls highlighted, they are from the eastern San Diego community of El Cajon, the big city of L.A., the big city of San […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We begin with more on the new state career scoring record set by Tounde Yessoufou of Santa Maria St. Joseph along with one boys and one girls coach both collecting their 500th career wins on the same night. For boys, we also have several players with 50-point games, led by Jason Crowe of Inglewood with...
State Basketball Players of the Week
We have four very deserving honorees this week that are not the big stars that take up a lot of the limelight, but those that usually might only get local accolades. We don’t have any entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, which is one of the goals of this feature, but one of […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
As we begin the final drive to CIF section playoffs, one thing is pretty apparent. These rankings don’t fully coincide with what the computer spits out or in the case of the CIF Southern Section it uses a system that includes a weighted form of margin of victory. Regardless, we are going to continue to...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The first nine spots remain intact this week but after that there are a lot of changes with only one team in the next 21 spots holding onto the same spot it had in last week’s rankings. Having seen seven of the top 10 teams and 24 of the TOP 30 in live action, we...
State Basketball Players of the Week
Players breaking a state record like 102 points for one game tend to get enough attention so player of the week honors go to others on purpose. We have honorees this week from all corners of the state, including one from a small town up north. They are from Portola and San Anselmo for Northern […]
