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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Ontario Chr leads in 1st Girls BB Ranks
We know another group has ranked Archbishop Mitty No. 1 in the nation, but we’re going to be more cautious with the return of All-American McKenna Wolitczko from injury and we think the Monarchs should be behind Etiwanda to start as well. Ontario Christian should have its big two of Kaleena Smith & Tati Griffin […]
FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 Rankings
We can’t argue with the fact that our rankings are not totally in line with some state and national rankings. However, the one thing we have in our favor is in traversing up and down the state in the past five months, and covering dozens of teams and games, we have personally seen the first...
Girls BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
As many coaches love to say, it’s the final rankings that only matter. Here they are for each CIF state championship division. The state champion is first in each division, but the final No. 2 team could be a team from the same league (which happened in one of the divisions this year). Others getting...
Preseason State Softball TOP 25
We’re going on more than 40 years of doing state softball rankings and are pleased to start another season with Murrieta Mesa of Murrieta in the top position. Two major returning stars are the primary reason. Two-time defending CIF Southern Section D1 champion Pacifica of Garden Grove has a ton of graduated players to deal […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
There were a couple of changes in the top 10 this week with Etiwanda and Archbishop Mitty flipping. The next three spots stayed the same but with Folsom getting upset the next four teams after the Bulldogs all moved up a spot with Fairmont Prep joining the top 10. The reality is once we get...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
A whole lot has happened since the first regular season rankings were released for games through December 14. However, after just around three weeks of major tournament action since then, and a major injury in the California girls basketball community that pretty much occurred on the eve of these rankings being released, after all that...
Milestone Win, Mitty Title at Sweet 16
State preseason No. 2 Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) headed down to San Diego for the annual La Jolla Country Day Sweet 16 tourney and came back with an impressive title. The big story of the event on Friday night was the host school’s head coach becoming the winningest head coach in CIF San Diego Section […]
Preseason Girls BB Ranks (1-15)
We continue to roll out our preseason winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’re doing that today with our annual preseason girls basketball state rankings. Etiwanda has already won two straight CIF Open Division state titles and is loaded for a shot at number three. The Eagles don’t have to look far — about 15 […]
More State Girls Athletes of Year
To go with overall honoree Sadie Engelhardt, since she was a junior during 2023-24, we have others selected as the best among girls athletes for seniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the school year. We thought three were clearly at the top and picked these in a […]
