We didn’t think there would be much movement in this week’s rankings, but then a funny thing happened to Mater Dei of Santa Ana heading into its showdown on Friday in the Trinity League with No. 2 Orange Lutheran. The Monarchs lost. They were No. 8 and had to give up some spots after that...
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Boys BB: All-State Best of Best
One year after Lonzo Ball was written up for this top group of 10 players, brother LiAngelo gets his turn and joins nine others as first team overall and headliners for the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. These players are named regardless of year in school or CIF division and two of […]
More Boys BB State Players of Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2017 selections for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. Marvin Bagley (Sierra Canyon) wins in a close call over someone from the opposite end of the state among juniors while for sophomores it was more of a case of one teammate from […]
Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for boys basketball. It ended up that four of the five guided their teams to CIF state championships. It wasn’t five-for-five because the one we didn’t choose already has been State Coach of the Year.
Boys BB Final Divisional Rankings
In conjunction with our final, expanded State Top 40 rankings, we also are releasing our final divisional state rankings for boys basketball. We have expanded each division by five teams and we list teams to watch for the 2017-18 season. Teams getting moved up for the final rankings include Bellarmine of San Jose (D1), Foothills...
Saturday Boys BB State Finals
California’s Knights of the roundball table and Kings of the court are from Bishop Montgomery of Torrance, which won in the first-ever CIF Open Division state final played at the Golden 1 Center over Woodcreek of Roseville. Look for Bishop Montgomery’s final coronation as State Team of the Year coming on Monday. In the D2 […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
Kern Valley of Lake Isabella gets a boy and a girl on this week’s honor roll. It’s not the first time in multiple sports for Zach Bushling and it may not be the last for emerging sophomore Hannah Hurley. Others among this week’s best include Anaheim Esperanza’s Kezie Okpala (45-point game) and San Jose Harker […]
Boys BB: All-State Underclass
Just two days after the girls all-state teams began to come out, we’re now ramping up the 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball honors parade. Like the girls, the boys selections also begin with underclass players, which means the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. With the No. 1 team in the nation, Chino […]
Expanded Softball State Top 20
Each team gets broken down in this post from No. 1 Mission Viejo down through No. 20 Granada of Livermore. We also already have a clue about next week since unbeaten Clovis has already lost this week and to an emerging small school power. A list of teams on the bubble is added as well....
