Category Archives: State Record Book
Ms. Basketball 2022: Jumping for Juju
For the 51st year in which there has been a Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year in the Golden State, we have a true Golden girl of talent as the honoree. It could only be the multi-faceted junior Juju Watkins from CIF Open Division state champion Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. She may take even […]
More Girls BB Players of the Year
Since Ms. Basketball this year for California was won by a junior, we had to choose a Senior of the Year to go with the usual State Sophomore and State Freshman of the Year. All three are from the Inland Empire with the sophomore and freshman coming from the same team. Three of the four […]
Mr. Basketball 2022: Making A Dent
There were many excellent candidates for the state’s top boys basketball honor, but in the end the catalyst for the state’s best team gets the nod and it’s Corona Centennial’s Donovan Dent. Today, the senior guard is named California Mr. Basketball by Cal-Hi Sports, becoming the first honoree from Riverside County since a future NBA […]
State Coach of Year: Stephen Pezzola
Richmond Salesian’s Stephen Pezzola is a former corporate attorney and currently his school’s president. But his commitment to the girls basketball team and its players has been obvious since he began coaching in 2009-10, and now those efforts have been recognized by his selection for the highest coaching honor in the state. This is the […]
Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the 2022 Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. These are the ones for each of the five state divisions, although we do combine the Open and Division I.
State Coach of the Year: Mike LeDuc
In a special basketball season that saw the veteran coach win his 1,000th career game and capture his first CIF state title, the long-time La Verne Damien mentor earns the state’s highest coaching honor. Today, the state championship winning coach is honored as the 2021-22 Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of the Year. For our post […]
Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the Year for boys basketball for the 2021-22 season. We have one selected for each CIF division and had full state playoffs to go through to look for honorees for the first time in two years.
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. It’s all baseball & softball this week. In baseball, several leading underclassmen are featured, including the freshman son of L.A. Dodgers’ third base coach Dino Ebel. There’s also a pitcher now 8-0 with a 0.33 ERA. In softball, Fort Bragg’s...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We have included a big one from this week, the 500th win by Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks baseball coach Tom Dill. Also from baseball, Jose Mariano of Valencia goes on home run tear while Freddy Rodriguez from River City...
Girls BB: Final State Ranks (Divisions)
Here’s the final girls hoops state rankings for each of the five CIF state playoff divisions. They need to match the overall top 40 so these rankings tend to be done immediately following the others. D2 state champ Sage Hill jumped up the most from the previous rankings and took some others from the south...
