Category Archives: player rankings
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...
Preseason L.A. City Section FB Team
After the CCS up north, we go to greater Los Angeles County in our series of preseason all-section or all-area teams around the state with a look at the CIF L.A. City Section. There is great change in the proud section after Marine League power Narbonne of Harbor City was stripped of its 2024 section...
Class of 27 FB: DBs At Top of Hot 100
It could be argued that the three players who would have been at the top of the state’s Class of 2027 to start the upcoming football season are three who reclassed to the Class of 2026. That doesn’t mean that the ones now near the top, led by Gardena Serra DB Duvay Williams, are not...
Class of 26 FB: NEW/Updated Hot 100
The consensus No. 1 ranked prospect in the state, Folsom QB Ryder Lyons, made news earlier this week with his commitment to BYU. The reclassification of three players from the Class of 27 — TE Mark Bowman of Mater Dei, DE Richard Wesley of Sierra Canyon and DB Havon Finney Jr. of Sierra Canyon —...
