Since the incredible 96-87 overtime win by Ontario Christian vs Archbishop Mitty back in January at the Kay Yow Classic in Santa Ana (announced by Cal-Hi Sports girls hoops rankings compiler Harold Abend), the idea of a rematch for the CIF Open Division state title has been salivating. It’s going to happen on Saturday and […]
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Boys BB CIF State Previews & Picks
The predicted scores of these games each year are done with great respect to all 12 teams who’ve made it to a CIF state championship and with a historical touch. Editor Mark Tennis has been credentialed at every CIF state championship weekend since the first one in 1980 in Oakland. Managing editor Ronnie Flores also […]
NEW Softball State TOP 25 Rankings
There’s a new No. 1 as Murrieta Mesa came home from the Dave Kops Tournament of Champions last weekend with a prestigious tourney title and a perfect record. Tourney runner-up JSerra also goes from No. 8 to No. 2 with preseason No. 1 Norco falling to third. The top-ranked team from the north is now...
State Baseball/Softball Players of Week
We’ve reached that time of the year when this feature switches from basketball to baseball/softball. For this first fearsome foursome, the honorees hail from Bakersfield and El Dorado Hills for Northern California while for Southern California they’re from Monrovia and Castaic. We hope you enjoy this free post on CalHiSports.com. All regular season State TOP […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Talk about some movement. Not one team in the first 15 spots maintained last week’s ranking this week after there were some upsets and seeds that went down. Ontario Christian is back on top and Archbishop Mitty is No. 2 as the two will need to win on Tuesday to force a rematch for the...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
One week of regional playoffs brought some big changes to our weekly boys basketball state rankings after a mixture of upsets and favorites advancing. The big winners this week are SoCal D1 finalist Damien of La Verne and long-time CIF state power Mater Dei of Santa Ana, which was left for dead going into the...
Girls BB: NEW Division State Ranks
Similar to the boys, we also have updated rankings this week after Saturday’s regional semifinals but before the regional finals. We will have no divisional rankings after Tuesday games but will have a CIF state finals preview and then there will be final divisional state rankings the following week. These also will be the same...
Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
Here are the updated divisional state rankings after Saturday’s CIF regional semifinals but before the regional finals. We will have no divisional rankings after Tuesday games but will have a CIF state finals preview and then there will be final divisional state rankings the following week. No. 1 teams are Sierra Canyon (Open), St. John...
Boys BB All-State Nominees (SoCal)
This will be the 47th year of the annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams for boys basketball. We always begin with an initial list of nominees on our board for teams that will be chosen. After getting the NorCal part of it done last week, this list covers the CIF sections in Southern California (not including […]
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
Here’s the first regular season rankings of the 2026 season with updates since the preseason rankings were done about two weeks ago. St. John Bosco and Orange Lutheran remain 1-2, but there are changes after that with No. 3 De La Salle dropping a few spots with two forfeits. Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks and...
