One of those honored this week had a 63-point game in which 14 three-pointers also were made. Another is the son of an NBA world champion. For the two boys and two girls highlighted, they are from the eastern San Diego community of El Cajon, the big city of L.A., the big city of San […]
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NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The post-season is here for CIF basketball and the No. 1 team in the latest State Top 30 boys basketball rankings is also the top seed in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs, which expanded this year to include two more teams. The 10-team field consists of 10 of the state’s top 13 teams...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We begin with more on the new state career scoring record set by Tounde Yessoufou of Santa Maria St. Joseph along with one boys and one girls coach both collecting their 500th career wins on the same night. For boys, we also have several players with 50-point games, led by Jason Crowe of Inglewood with...
State Basketball Players of the Week
We have four very deserving honorees this week that are not the big stars that take up a lot of the limelight, but those that usually might only get local accolades. We don’t have any entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, which is one of the goals of this feature, but one of […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Individual standouts such as Tounde Yessoufou (St. Joseph) and Alijah Arenas (Chatsworth) have been getting most of the attention for their scoring exploits, but this week the focus will return to team results as the post-season comes into focus. The Trinity and Mission League results in the CIF Southern Section affect this week’s State Top...
Tounde Yessoufou Stands Alone
St. Joseph of Santa Maria four-year star moves to No. 1 on the all-time state career scoring list with 30 points in a win on Saturday at the school’s gym vs Weston Ranch of Stockton. We have all of the record-breaking details, what is coming next for the Knights, who is next in line to […]
State Basketball Players of the Week
Players breaking a state record like 102 points for one game tend to get enough attention so player of the week honors go to others on purpose. We have honorees this week from all corners of the state, including one from a small town up north. They are from Portola and San Anselmo for Northern […]
Yessoufou goes to No. 2 in Salesian win
The matchup between Cal-Hi Sports No. 4 St. Joseph of Santa Maria and No. 9 Salesian of Richmond had more than one storyline and some twists and turns in the featured high school game on Saturday at the 10th Annual Crush in the Valley Basketball Showcase at Contra Costa College in San Pablo. We hope […]
Khatchikian Scores 102 For New Record
The state record in boys hoops for most points scored in one game had been sitting at 100 points for 22 years and on Thursday night it fell amazingly to a player from the same school who scored 102. As the exclusive home for state boys basketball records (and the girls too) for many years, […]
