CIF Open Division state champ Etiwanda, runner-up Archbishop Mitty and SoCal Open finalist Sierra Canyon all place two players each on this year’s top 10 group for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams. That left only four spots for the rest of the state to get and one of those went to […]
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NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
We’re doing softball first this week since we had CIF Southern Section playoff brackets out on Saturday and we had to wait until they were put out for baseball on Monday. Top eight teams remain same, led by No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View. Mater Dei Catholic returns to the first 25 while the...
More Girls BB Players of the Year
Puff Morris & McKenna Woliczko are repeat winners at the top of their junior and sophomore classes while high-scoring phenom Kaleena Smith of Ontario Christian had to be on top among freshmen. Two of this year’s CIF divisional honorees are from the state title teams, but two were from regional championship runner-up squads. For official […]
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
The first 12 teams from last week’s rankings are in the same positions as rainy weather once again causes cancellations of tournaments around the state. The biggest movers this week are Granada Hills Charter of the CIF L.A. City Section and Buchanan of Clovis from the CIF Central Section. Unbeaten Benicia makes its debut inside...
Mini-Stampede Hits Livermore
State No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View and its state-ranked rivals from Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) both won twice on Saturday in a hastily-arranged doubleheader with Livermore schools. When the Livermore Recreation and Parks Department deemed the field at Robertson Park unplayable on both Thursday and Friday, it spelled doom for the 30th Annual […]
Girls BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
To go along with the final overall & expanded State TOP 40 rankings, we also do an expanded & final series of rankings of all teams in the state according to the same CIF divisions they played in. These also are the final rankings placed in our archives for every season for girls hoops that...
Girls BB CIF State Previews & Picks
It was sub-par year for us doing predictions of state finals last year at 9-3 after a 11-1 showing from 2022. It’s time to take a crack at the 2024 lineup of games for girls basketball that will be played this weekend at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. We do this with respect to […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
Transfers, eligibility and injuries have been a factor so far this season more than ever, but one thing about this season is pretty clear, and that is after the top nine spots the word consistency doesn’t really exist among teams in the rankings. With one exception where the eligibility issue has really upset the apple...
State FB Playoffs: Early Season Primer
It’s never too early to start thinking about CIF state football championships, especially when just about every year there are changes in some of the CIF section playoff formats that are sure to impact what happens when the regional games are selected. The biggest changes this year are in the CCS and in the Sac-Joaquin. […]
More State Girls Athletes of Year
To go with overall honoree Juju Watkins, we have others selected as the best among girls athletes for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the 2022-23 school year. We have seen the father of one of them win a CIF state title in basketball. We also had […]
