As is often the case with respect to the top teams in the Open Division for California girls basketball the key word is “rematches.” This year is another perfect example. The CIF Southern Regional championship on Tuesday will be a third meeting of the two teams this season while the Northern Regional title game is...
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NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The NorCal and SoCal regional finals are set for Tuesday and in our second-to-last State TOP 30 boys basketball rankings of the 2024-25 season, a team that didn’t make the regional moves up based on last week’s results. As expected, it will be No. 1 vs. No. 2 in Tuesday’s SoCal Open title game and...
Girls BB: NEW Division State Ranks
New No. 1 teams are Windward of Los Angeles (D1), Marin Catholic of Kentfield (D3), Half Moon Bay (D4) and Rosamond (D5). Still No. 1 is Ontario Christian (Open) and Caruthers (D2). This is the second installment of these divisional state rankings, which are updated through the regional semifinals played Saturday. The third installment will...
Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
Here is the second installment of these divisional state rankings, which are updated through the regional semifinals played Saturday. The third installment will be the final rankings after next weekend’s CIF state championships. No. 1 teams are Roosevelt of Eastvale (Open), Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth (D1), Chatsworth (D2), King’s Academy of Sunnyvale (D3), Fresno Christian...
Boys BB All-State Nominees (SoCal)
Here is a first list of the boys nominees for Southern California high schools who are “on the board” for the 46th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams. We did the first NorCal list with the Central Section in the north last week. We welcome all input and additional nominations. We also have archived other seasons […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
This is the time of the year for this feature when we start mixing in top performances from baseball and softball as many of those teams around the state have already played multiple games. Basketball’s best include two girls closing in on state single-season three-point shooting record plus more big games from J.D. Wyatt (Sun...
Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
As has been the case since competitive equity seeding for CIF regional playoffs, we can’t do any divisional state rankings since it isn’t known which divisions to place teams until the regional playoffs are seeded. We not only have those placements from last Sunday, but the first round of games from Tuesday to go off […]
Girls BB: NEW Division State Ranks
There’s almost always a big upset in any first round of the CIF north or south basketball playoffs, and there was a major one on Tuesday as NorCal D1 top seed Folsom was toppled in its first round game by San Joaquin Memorial of Fresno. Just like the boys, these first divisional rankings for the […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Seeds, seedings and saplings. The CIF Regional playoffs are set, the seedings are out, and the action begins on Tuesday for lower divisions and on Wednesday for the Open Division. However, reflecting back on the section playoffs, and the CIF Southern Section in particular, the traditional perennial girls basketball powers are still not totally changed,...
State Basketball Players of the Week
These are the final players of the week for the 2024-25 season and all four honorees had big games in leading their teams to CIF sectional championships. They hail from Woodland and Atherton for Northern California and from Garden Grove and Oak Park for Southern California. This recognition is switching to baseball and softball for...
