The head coach of CIF Division I state champion Carondelet of Concord has been named the 2025 Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of the Year for girls basketball. However, Kelly Sopak’s ascension to joining a group of coaches honored by Cal-Hi Sports dating back to 1972 for the top honor for girls high school coaches in […]
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Girls BB CIF State Previews & Picks
Etiwanda looking to pick up third straight CIF Open Division state title and it could be two straight for Caruthers (but this time for D2 and not D3). It also may be surprising that Sabrina Ionescu’s high school coach hasn’t yet won a CIF state title, but that may change on Friday night. We’re looking […]
Preseason Girls BB Ranks (16-40)
Here’s the rest of the preseason Top 40 of the best girls basketball teams from all across California. This group is led by the legendary sharpshooters from Pinewood of Los Altos Hills at No. 16 and goes on to No. 40 Lynwood, which has a legendary head coach. We also have added a list of […]
More State Girls Athletes of Year
To go with overall honoree Sadie Engelhardt, since she was a junior during 2023-24, we have others selected as the best among girls athletes for seniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the school year. We thought three were clearly at the top and picked these in a […]
RBs in the All-Time State Records
There are only a handful of returning runningbacks in the state this season who already have their names in the state record lists that were started and have been maintained by Cal-Hi Sports for four decades. Will the CIF Central Section have most of the record-breakers once again? All major categories are now updated and […]
Girls BB: All-State Underclass 2024
After all of the boys teams were completely released last Sunday, we’re now starting on the girls and like the boys it is the 45th annual year of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. This first set of teams is for the most outstanding juniors, sophomores and freshmen in the state. While this is...
State Coach of the Year: Anna Almeida
The highest girls hoops coaching honor in California, the one that now goes back 53 years, lands in the small town of Caruthers. It can be difficult to build a hugely successful program in a place like that, but it came together for 20-year head coach Anna Almeida with a CIF state title. She won […]
Friday CIF State Finals
St. John Bosco continues CIF Southern Section domination in D1 and grabs its second state title with hot-shooting win. It’s a seventh state title, meanwhile, for the Bishop Montgomery of Torrance girls in its D1 triumph vs Bishop O’Dowd. Other big winners at the Golden 1 Center were Alemany of Mission Hills (Boys D3), Caruthers […]
Girls BB: NEW Division State Ranks
These have been updated through Saturday night’s regional semifinals. New No. 1 teams are Pleasant Valley of Chico (D2), Caruthers (D3) and Montgomery of San Diego (D5). Still No. 1 would be Archbishop Mitty (Open), Bishop Montgomery of Torrance (D1) and St. Bernard’s of Eureka (D4). The St. Bernard’s regional semifinal vs Foothill of Palo...
More State Football Players of the Year
Check inside this post for the honorees who have been chosen among juniors, sophomores, freshmen, medium schools and small schools. Northern California standouts capture the junior & sophomore No. 1 positions while the CIF Central Section gains both the medium schools and small schools winners. To see who has been named Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football […]
