Category Archives: Gold Club Content
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
We begin this week with some explanations from the CIF and our own thoughts on Sunday’s release of pairings for both the NorCal and SoCal regional playoffs. We also have a big change at the top as Sierra Canyon has to move up to No. 1 after beating previous No. 1 Ontario Christian in the...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
As the CIF has released its regional pairings for the final two weeks of play for the 2025-26 season, we have plenty of movement in our weekly boys basketball state rankings, but no new teams. We stick by our rankings, based on results, because there were some head-scratching moves when it came to placing teams...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We begin with a salute to the state’s third boys player this season who recently reached 3,000 career points. We also feature two boys who went past 2,000 points for their career plus a sophomore with a big outing in a win over an opponent led by our state’s only 4,000-point scorer. For the girls,...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
No. 1 Ontario Christian already has more 100-point games than any team in state history entering CIF Southern Section Open Division semifinals with three other top five state teams. St. Mary’s of Stockton and San Ramon Valley also move up within top 10 and may already be eyeing each other for possible CIF NorCal Open...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
We finally reached week where there are major changes in our weekly boys basketball state rankings with the No. 2 and No. 3 teams both going down in the ultra-competitive CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. Both can still come back, however, in the CIF SoCal regional playoffs. We have plenty of movement involving those...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
At this stage of the season, with the CIF Southern Section playoffs already in full swing, and the other sections about ready to begin their playoff competition, the computerized seeding and rankings derived from them don’t really hold a lot of water moving forward. That’s because at this point all that really matters is head-to-head...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The playoffs are about to get started everywhere around the state, but the change we see in our boys basketball state rankings is caused by the big-time matchups in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. Did the massive section invite too many teams to its open division? We now have three teams in a...
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...
