New teams on the list this week include Vista del Lago of Moreno Valley, La Quinta (LQ), St. Mary’s of Berkeley and Westminster. Many of the teams from our first run-through of the NorCal and SoCal sides of regional matchups were on first-round section playoff byes, but that will change this week. We also have...
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SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
For the third straight week we accomplish the main goal of this feature by tracking potential entries in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book and uncovering a few diamonds in the rough who don’t always get big-time attention. Our stops this week in Southern California are in Santa Paula, Torrance and San Bernardino, while in […]
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
With everyone playing on Tuesday this week, the final player of the week feature for this season has been done earlier. We also would have concluded the Player of the Week feature last week, but with the advent of the CIF Regional playoffs for the second year in the Southern Region and the first year […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. There are two coaches — one from baseball and one from softball — who have won their 700th games. We also have softball player Carly Knoles of Duarte with a season hit total that gets her name into the state...
Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the Year for boys basketball for the 2019-20 season. We have one selected for each CIF division despite not being able to finish the season with state championships. We almost always honor the overall State Coach of the Year from a school that was in […]
Girls BB: Saturday at St. Mary’s MLK
Go inside here for all Saturday scores and highlights from annual Stockton St. Mary’s MLK Showcase other than the top matchup between Miramonte and Mater Dei. For that writeup and breakdown, CLICK HERE. St. Mary’s (Stockton) 84, Alemany (Mission Hills) 47 After a week in which the unbeaten Rams, ranked No. 1 in the state […]
More State Boys Athletes of Year
Among others earning top state honors are Michael Norman of Vista Murrieta (juniors), Matt Katnik of St. John Bosco (Division II) and Sam Metcalf of Farmersville (Division V). Brandon Presley from Great Oak of Temecula also is second-ever State Three-Sport Athlete of the Year.
Bracket Breakdowns (Open)
We went 16-for-16 in recommending teams for the NorCal and SoCal Open Division boys basketball playoffs, including Foothills Christian of El Cajon. Bishop O’Dowd and Bishop Montgomery, meanwhile, grabbed the No. 1 seeds in the Open Division. For the girls, The NorCal Open Division could have been picked in a number of different ways after […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Just like we did during the football season, we are going to do our best to spread around these honors as much as possible with one boy and one girl chosen from each region. This week’s best are from Modesto, Los Angeles, Berkeley and Los Angeles.
