Category Archives: Gold Club Content
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We start with a look at girls hoops league title streaks as Clovis West’s 20-year streak in the the CIF Central Section came to an end earlier this week. See which other ones on the all-time state list extended this season and which other one also was done this season. We also have a new...
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List 2025
This isn’t quite the same as an all-state team, but we’re once again presenting a list of leading freshman football players in the state from the 2025 season who may be on track to be on the all-state sophomore teams next season. The already announced State Freshman Player of the Year was quarterback Marcus Washington...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
We start out this week with an intro to the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs, which will be 12 teams this season. Two of the 12 will be done for the season when the section playoffs are done even though those two teams will be vastly superior to many other teams moving on to...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The playoff pairings for the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs, which contains the teams that dominate the boys basketball state rankings, are now out and there will be competitive matchups for the next two weeks. The playoff pairings in the massive section didn’t affect the state rankings much and there are some questionable placements...
All-State FB 2025: 2nd & 3rd Teams
Here is what we consider our final post for the 48th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Team honors. It’s the one that’s for those on 2nd & 3rd Teams. There will still be an all-state watch list for freshmen to come, but it can’t be done like our other all-state teams. Like the first team...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We’ve got a lot to get caught up on over the past two weeks, leading off with the third head coach for boys hoops in state history to reach 1,000 career wins plus a new national three-point career shooting record for standout from Faith Christian (Yuba City). We also have a boys coach getting to...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
There is only one newcomer to the Top 30 this week and that is a St. Joseph of Lakewood team that has high marks in the CIF Southern Section point system-based rankings. The biggest news also came from the CIFSS where the word is that there could be a ‘flex’ in CIF state berths which...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Our new boys basketball state rankings this week had to be turned over quickly as the Mission League semifinals in the CIF Southern Section take place Monday evening and include four highly-ranked teams. Other league tournaments in the CIFSS take place this week and in some major news, the massive section is going to be...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
A lot has happened since the last rankings done after games completed by January 10, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the top four teams, and maybe new No. 5, that appear to be head and shoulders above the rest. After the first four teams there were no teams that held on to the...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Our special two-week edition of the boys basketball state rankings this week shows nice bumps upward for CIF Southern Section open contenders Santa Margarita and Corona Centennial, plus CIF Central Section front-runner St. Joseph of Santa Maria, which knocked off previous NorCal No. 1 Salesian. There are big matchups as early as Tuesday, led by...
