Category Archives: player rankings
Girls of Summer Player Rankings (Pt 2)
Nearly 200 girls now have a ranking after more than 80 have been added to the first part of this feature. The ranking system and numbers have always been a way that our longtime girls hoops editor can honor those many girls he has seen in person or through a trusted friend at many of...
Girls of Summer Player Rankings (Pt 1)
For the 21st year of doing this feature, our girls hoops lead analyst provides the names of more than 100 California high school girls basketball players who have received a dot system ranking of 7.0 or higher, led by returning Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Kaleena Smith with a 9.6. Her former teammate,...
Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team
We head to greater Los Angeles County to begin our series of preseason all-section football teams around the state with a look at the CIF L.A. City Section. The section has shown some positive strides after some rough post-COVID seasons, but two coaching giants within the section won’t be roaming the sidelines this fall. Will...
MLB Draft Booms & Busts
With annual selection of high school players for the MLB Draft now proposed to be stopped by the league itself, we thought about all of the high schoolers from California who’ve been selected in the first round since the draft began in 1965. Here’s a ranking of the top 12 of those players plus a...
Boys BB: Introducing 2029 Class
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a first look at the state’s top ninth-graders. The freshman (2029) class got off to a roaring start during its first season, but it’s still not easy for first-year players to impact the CIF’s open division. This class shows excellent promise down the line, but...
Boys BB: Final ’28 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with an updated look at the close of the school year at the state’s top college prospects in the sophomore (2028) class. Our final 2028 Cal-Hi Sports Top 65 for the 2025-26 school year shows 11 newcomers since our last update and a new No....
Boys BB: Final ’27 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look this school year at the state’s top college prospects in the junior (2027) class. Our 2027 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows volatile movement, as this class doesn’t have the top tier star power of recent classes, but plenty of potential. Our...
Boys BB: Final ’26 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look at the state’s top college prospects in the senior (2026) class. Our final 2026 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows many changes among scholarship players and 28 newcomers. This will be the final position for these players since we first saw many...
Kenny Moore: Four-Year Gamebreaker
St. Mary’s of Stockton standout receiver-kick returner Kenny Moore III draws comparisons to some of the city’s top wideouts ever, including Lincoln’s Brandin Cooks. He remains committed to UCLA despite the recent coaching change. We talked to him recently about his family, his weekly routines and his goals for the future outside of sports. Note: […]
Girls of Summer 2025: Player Rankings
For the 21st time since 2005, here’s a chart of the top players from California high school girls basketball viewed by the Girls of Summer Caravan during all events attended in person starting in June and extending into August. This time, it’s a list with more than 250 names. This isn’t a ranking of the...
