Category Archives: Recruiting
Preseason All-Southern Section Teams
Since the CIFSS is so massive and loaded with talent at schools in the Trinity League plus at other schools like Corona Centennial, Sierra Canyon, Mission Viejo, Tustin, Crean Lutheran and more, we have a first team and a second team of players who are written up for this feature plus a third team list...
Preseason All-Central Section FB Team
Transfers help Garces of Bakersfield land the most players on this squad, but defending D1-AA section champion Central East has a bunch of top returnees as well and still looks like a strong favorite to three-peat. Buchanan of Clovis, Clovis West of Fresno and Liberty of Bakersfield also among those teams with more than one...
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 All-Sac-Joaquin Sec Team
Folsom may be the big favorite to win another SJS D1 title and has five players on this 30-man squad, but Grant of Sacramento also had to have five and may have seven to eight D1 bound players by the time the season is over. Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills (beat Grant in the...
Folsom’s Larson leads NorCal WRs
The school known for having prolific quarterbacks over the years also has had huge success with those who are catching the passes. This year’s WR leader for the Bulldogs, Rob Larson, will have the unique experience of catching balls from a big-time prospect one year ago in Ryder Lyons and this year will be doing […]
Softball: All-State Underclass 2026
We begin the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball Teams with the honors for the top juniors and sophomores. This is just the third year that the juniors and sophomores have been selected separately. Before, all non-seniors were bunched together. A separate all-state freshman watch list will be coming at the end of the cycle....
CaliLive 26 in NorCal: SoCal teams win
While a lot of top level programs from Southern California skipped out on this year’s boys basketball CaliLive event held in Northern California last weekend for a competitive event set up in Las Vegas, there were still enough top squads from the region who were there at venues in the Rocklin community and several of...
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...
