Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth boys make the plays in the final 90 seconds of the Division I championship game to turn back Lincoln of Stockton to win school’s fourth CIF state title. Carondelet of Concord girls win their second state title with a similar win in their D1 state final. Others claiming state crowns at […]
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Boys BB CIF State Previews & Picks
It’s harder to pick teams to win in the lower divisions of the CIF state finals due to competitive equity seeding factors, but at the top the advantages for the CIF Southern Section teams haven’t gone anywhere in more than 10 years and that is the case once again. There is no CIFSS team in […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We have a mix this week with some games from Tuesday’s regional basketball finals involving stars like Brayden Burries, Alijah Arenas, Alijah “Puff” Morris and Lauren Harris. Burries, Arenas & Morris will all be on hand at this weekend’s CIF state finals in Sacramento. Harris has obliterated state three-point shooting records for girls. Final career...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The NorCal and SoCal regional finals are set for Tuesday and in our second-to-last State TOP 30 boys basketball rankings of the 2024-25 season, a team that didn’t make the regional moves up based on last week’s results. As expected, it will be No. 1 vs. No. 2 in Tuesday’s SoCal Open title game and...
Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
Here is the second installment of these divisional state rankings, which are updated through the regional semifinals played Saturday. The third installment will be the final rankings after next weekend’s CIF state championships. No. 1 teams are Roosevelt of Eastvale (Open), Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth (D1), Chatsworth (D2), King’s Academy of Sunnyvale (D3), Fresno Christian...
Boys BB All-State Nominees (SoCal)
Here is a first list of the boys nominees for Southern California high schools who are “on the board” for the 46th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams. We did the first NorCal list with the Central Section in the north last week. We welcome all input and additional nominations. We also have archived other seasons […]
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
This is the time of the year for this feature when we start mixing in top performances from baseball and softball as many of those teams around the state have already played multiple games. Basketball’s best include two girls closing in on state single-season three-point shooting record plus more big games from J.D. Wyatt (Sun...
Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
As has been the case since competitive equity seeding for CIF regional playoffs, we can’t do any divisional state rankings since it isn’t known which divisions to place teams until the regional playoffs are seeded. We not only have those placements from last Sunday, but the first round of games from Tuesday to go off […]
State Basketball Players of the Week
These are the final players of the week for the 2024-25 season and all four honorees had big games in leading their teams to CIF sectional championships. They hail from Woodland and Atherton for Northern California and from Garden Grove and Oak Park for Southern California. This recognition is switching to baseball and softball for...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
As the NorCal and SoCal regional playoffs begin this week, we run down the first round matchups in our latest State Top 30 boys basketball rankings. CIF Central Section D1 champ St. Joseph gets the No. 2 seed in SoCal open, but that doesn’t mean it moved up to No. 2 in the state. It...
