Half Moon Bay goes up to No. 1 for small schools after Ripon takes down previous No. 1 Escalon and we explain why it’s possible that Half Moon Bay might stay there even if it were to lose in a CIF Central Coast Section playoff game. Ripon charges up to No. 6 with Escalon at...
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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
For the second time in three weeks, there’s a team from the CIF Southern Section’s Southwestern League that wins a huge game, stays unbeaten and gets to jump way up into the state rankings. A big welcome to Chaparral of Temecula. We also have two other newcomers for this week’s rankings and both of those...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Around the state we go once again with visits to Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties for our Southern California honorees, and then for the NorCal winners it’s Santa Clara County, then a trip to Tulare County, and finally from there we go 375 miles north to Shasta County as our final stop. This week’s […]
Girls BB: All-State Underclass 2019
Several days after starting the boys all-state team selections, we’re going to begin with the girls. This is the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams and it starts with a look at the best of the best among juniors, sophomore and freshmen. It’s not a recruiting list so keep that in mind while...
More Boys BB State Players of Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2019 honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. Unlike Mr. Basketball, there are no repeat honorees, but this time there was no senior of the year. The hardest decisions were to have to pick one of two dynamic juniors leading a […]
FINAL Boys BB State Top 40
As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings, this time covering the 2018-19 season. With Sheldon of Sacramento losing in the CIF State Open final, we adjust some open division teams with Rancho Christian and San Diego open champ Torrey Pines getting upward bumps....
State Stat Stars of the Week
This week we have the wrap on the outstanding careers of Jarod Lucas, Joseph Octave and Jaime Jaquez as all three of their seasons have ended with their teams losing in the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Some other high-scoring boys and girls players such as Michael Vivo of Riverbank and Anna Treder of California Lutheran...
Boys BB State Record Updates
All three of those moving up the career scoring list this season — Jarod Lucas (Hacienda Heights Los Altos), Joseph Octave (San Pedro Mary Star) and Jaime Jaquez (Camarillo) — are still going in the CIF Southern Section playoffs and can move up even more on Tuesday. We also have added a third 70-point game...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
Our new boys hoops rankings see our top two ranked teams lose in MLK Day showcase games in Massachusetts in back-to-back games, but it doesn’t impact the top of the state pecking order. Other weekend showcase results from around the state do change things and we have three newcomers in our special edition MLK rankings,...
State Stat Stars of the Week
As SoCal Boys Player of the Week Jarod Lucas of Hacienda Heights Los Altos gets closer to 2,900 career points, we also are tracking two others moving up the all-time state list with Joseph Octave of Mary Star (San Pedro) now above 2,400 and Jaime Jaquez of Camarillo now above 2,300. We also have a...
