It’s a mix of big schools and small schools this week with both of the SoCal choices going to large school players but both of the NorCal picks going to small. This week’s honorees also are from Santa Ana, Ripon, Long Beach and Lower Lake. We hope you enjoy this free story on Cal-Hi Sports.com. […]
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NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
For the second consecutive week, there is only one newcomer to this week’s rankings at No. 20, but this time we pull up the next NorCal team instead of one from down South. Of the 16 teams in the CIF Southern Section Open Division, 11 are state-ranked and we break down Friday’s first round matchups...
All-State FB: Most Inspirational
We’ve added this special category in recent seasons based on all of the all-state football nominations we receive and this year’s choice to be the Most Inspirational Player on the 2016 All-State football teams is Tyler Stow of Scotts Valley. The Santa Cruz County standout set league passing records this season, but did it with […]
Inside the All-State FB Team
We don’t wish any bad luck to any players from California leaving for IMG Academy in Florida, but what do you do when you’re picking all-state teams from the last season and you already know someone has left for the next one? Plus, we reveal those freshmen who are on our radar screen already for...
More Melo: Record updates, reaction
LaMelo Ball of Chino Hills is just becoming part of state record-breaking era at Chino Hills, which includes his older brothers and his teammates who are helping the Huskies score 100 points 33 times now in the last two seasons combined. We have more on last week’s 92-point game vs. Los Osos, more details from […]
Fort Bragg Football History Highlights
This school’s 2016 team was close to being a CIF state champion and its all-time win total is getting close to 500. And if it weren’t for one bad decade — the 1960s — we might be talking about Fort Bragg as one of the state’s top all-time small-school, small-town teams. Since we’re still getting […]
All-Time State Player Rankings (WRs)
With a memorable Super Bowl completing the NFL season last week, this is the third in a series of posts in which we rank the top 20 all-time players from the state from every position. These rankings will be different than others we’ve done in the past in that they’ll be based strictly on how...
Boys BB: CIFSS Open Predictions
We break down the 16 teams in boys basketball that should be selected for the CIF Southern Section’s Open Division playoffs. It’s the fourth year for the massive section’s open division and it should include all 11 of the section’s teams ranked in this week’s Cal-Hi Sports State Top 20. There are not as many […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
We’ll have more details and comments about LaMelo Ball’s 92 points for Chino Hills later in the week after that team has played its final regular season game, but there’s others doing some great things as well. Jules Bernard of Windward had a 45-point game last week while Covina’s Allison Ayala is now coming up […]
Melo Ball Scores 92 Points
One game and thee nights after Chino Hills sees its 60-game winning streak come to an end, sophomore LaMelo Ball goes off with a 92-point performance in a 146-123 victory over Los Osos of Rancho Cucamonga. It’s the No. 2 individual single-game scoring output in state history, according to Cal-Hi Sports.It’s also the most points […]
