There was consideration for the first unbeaten team through the CIF San Diego Section playoffs in history to be moved up to No. 1 after Corona’s loss to St. John Bosco of Bellflower. But when the Braves later beat Santa Margarita to win the CIF Southern Section D1 crown, it had to be them at...
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FINAL Girls BB All-State Noms
Since these lists are done section-by-section, they also can serve as all-section teams by some measure. They have all been updated from a first list that was completed last month and will be used toward selection of this year’s All-State Girls Basketball Teams (which like the boys also has been done for 45 years). Thanks...
Boys 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 boys basketball that will be played this weekend at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. We do this with respect to […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Once again this week we didn’t have any entries to track for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, but we had four honorees that are now getting statewide recognition after only being on each one’s local radar screen. This week, we visit Bakersfield and San Lorenzo in Northern California and Lake Balboa and Redondo Beach […]
FINAL All-State FB Noms (Centr-LA-SD)
Here is the first of three lists of players considered as final nominees for the various 2023 season all-state football teams. These are from the CIF Central, L.A. City and San Diego Sections. These lists have been updated from the first lists compiled from about one month ago. Thanks for all of the nominations and...
Preseason All-Central Section FB Team
It’s now up to stop No. 3 in our annual tour of the state prior to the start of the 2023 football season. For this one, it’s the CIF Central Section, which in recent years has been in the unique situation in which its team could go north or south for the CIF regional bowl...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. We begin with Long Beach Poly as a school becoming just the second in state history to reach 800 all-time wins. Individual single-game standouts include a junior QB who went 27 of 28 for 442 yards and five TDs, a...
Girls VB: Coaches with 500 wins
It’s only taken since the 2003 season for Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco’s Margi Beima to win her 500th match. The school contacted us earlier last week to ask if we knew how many other coaches in California girls volleyball history have done the same. We have a possible answer and have begun to […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Scoring 48 points in a game earlier this season at The Classic at Damien has helped Tevian Jones of Culver City get even more attention from D1 colleges and now he gets SoCal Player of Week accolades with two 30-point outings out of his last three games. Also selected this week are players from Bakersfield, […]
