For boys sports only, St. John Bosco of Bellflower is considered tops for the state for 2019-20 and has captured that honor for the first time in school history. On the girls side, it was as difficult as ever to break up a close group but the nod has gone to Cathedral Catholic of San […]
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Salute to Friday CIF Finalists
These 12 teams were supposed to have played on Friday at the Golden 1 Center in the CIF state basketball championships. As a salute to the teams and players we won’t get to see due to the event’s cancellation (we have gone to every CIF state championship since the event began in 1981), here is […]
NEW Girls Volleyball State Top 20
You could argue that there will be two separate No. 1 vs. No. 2 state showdowns on Saturday in the CIF San Diego Section Open Division and CIF Southern Section Division I championships. Officially, according to these rankings, it will be No. 1 Torrey Pines vs. No. 3 Cathedral Catholic in San Diego and No. […]
NEW Medium/Small School FB Ranks
With byes and the only teams losing were in close games to larger schools or higher-ranked opponents, there are no new teams among the 30 that are ranked in these two classifications. We do have some changes in the order, however, and have added several schools onto the bubble lists. We’ll still be doing CIF...
NEW State Rankings By CIF Divisions
Here’s the wrap from Tuesday’s boys and girls basketball CIF NorCal & SoCal regional championships played at home sites plus a look at how the state rankings in each CIF division would look according to our own rankings system (which have been around for 40 years). It will be Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth vs. Sheldon...
Girls BB Divisional State Rankings
California’s No. 1 teams according to our rankings heading into the CIF state championships continue to be Archbishop Mitty of San Jose (Open), Windward of Los Angeles (D1), Mater Dei of Santa Ana (D2), Campolindo of Moraga (D3), West Campus of Sacramento (D4) and Eastside Prep of East Palo Alto (D5). If you can’t see...
Girls BB Divisional State Rankings
All 16 teams are listed in the Open Division followed by top 10s for each of the five CIF state divisions. Our No. 1 teams heading into first-round games are Archbishop Mitty of San Jose (Open), Windward of Los Angeles (D1), Mater Dei of Santa Ana (D2), Campolindo of Moraga (D3), West Campus of Sacramento...
Just the Picks: CIF Football Finals
As is our tradition, we go through each of the 13 upcoming CIF state football championship games and provide a predicted final score. We think a lot of NorCal teams will be successful on the road and perhaps one of the biggest underdogs is team with six state titles in the last seven years.
Girls BB: Lamorinda Classic Recaps
The longest-standing girls showcase in California had two new girls stamp themselves as legends of the event, Sabrina Ionescu of Miramonte and Aarion McDonald of Brookside Christian.
