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All-State Girls BB Nominees (Part 1)

Postseason honors season begins with the first step in our selection process for the annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams in girls hoops, which believe it not will be done for the 36th year in a row. A second updated list – which will be for Gold Club members – will be posted after we’ve collected […]

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FINAL Girls BB Expanded Top 40

As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final Top 40 overall girls basketball team rankings, this time covering the 2015-16 season. Teams getting a bump based on the CIF state finals are Sierra Canyon, Alemany and Cajon. St. Mary’s of Stockton also finishes second in a close call based on overall season...

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Final Girls BB Division State Ranks

Open Division teams from the north and south aren’t eligible for these rankings, but we wish some of them were because not all Open Division teams were in the final Top 40. Those moving up in these expanded, final rankings include McClatchy of Sacramento (D1), Fairmont Prep of Anaheim (D2), Shasta of Redding (D3), West...

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Saturday CIF Girls Finals

Open Division showdown won by state No. 2 Chaminade of West Hills over previously unbeaten No. 1 Miramonte of Orinda behind Leaonna Odom’s 33 points. The other two winners on the final day of high school games ever to be played at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento are Cajon of San Bernardino (D2) and Cardinal […]

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CIF Open Division Peerless Predictions

Here’s what to look for in Saturday night’s historic CIF Open Division boys and girls basketball championship games to be played at Sacramento’s Sleep Train Arena. It will be the final two high school games played in the building previously known as ARCO Arena. Perhaps the most people to ever see a game there was...

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Thursday CIF Girls Finals

Make it 10 CIF state titles for legendary program Brea Olinda after Ladycats claim Division I state title with win against St. Francis of Sacramento. The other two winners on the day at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento are Sacred Heart Cathedral (D3) and Eastside College Prep (D5). Additional writeup (D3) by Cal-Hi Sports editor […]

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NEW Girls BB State Top 20

It will be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown indeed when Miramonte and Chaminade meet on Saturday in the CIF Open Division state championship. It’s just not the No. 1 team many had been expecting since last season after previous No. 1 St. Mary’s of Stockton was stunned in the NorCal Open Division semifinals...

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Girls Open: No 2nd Pinewood Upset

After taking down state and nation’s No. 1 team in the regional semifinals, a different unbeaten team, Miramonte of Orinda, cruises past Pinewood of Los Altos Hills to win CIF Northern California Open Division crown. The Matadors, with their one All-American, advance to their first Open Division state final where they will play Chaminade of […]

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NorCal CIF Girls Divisional Finals

Winners on the day at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento are St. Francis of Sacramento and Elk Grove. Winners at American Canyon High near Napa are Sacred Heart Cathedral, Cardinal Newman and Eastside College Prep of East Palo Alto. Writeups by Harold Abend & Paul Muyskens.

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SoCal CIF Girls Divisional Finals

Winners on the day at The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach are Brea Olinda of Brea and Cajon of San Bernardino. Winners at Colony High in Ontario are Lakeside of Lake Elsinore, Antelope Valley of Lancaster and Village Christian of Sun Valley. Recaps by Ronnie Flores & Mark Tennis.

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