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Second Half Surge For No. 1 Mater Dei

In the first game of the season on Thursday for state No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana and the first game for new head coach Raul Lara, No. 3 Centennial (Corona) only trailed 22-17 at halftime. Then the vaunted MD defense took over in the second half in a 42-25 win. Not having top […]

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Girls BB State Team of Year 2022

It’s an obvious situation to list our annual State Team of the Year in girls hoops as the same as the CIF Open Division state champion. After COVID wiped out the 2020 and 2021 championships, however, this year’s honoree, Sierra Canyon, also represents a return to normalcy. The Trailblazers also just happen to be same […]

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CIF Basketball Picks & Previews

Here are the predicted scores, what to watch for and more for each of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state championship games coming up this weekend in Sacramento. We will focus most on the Open Division and Division I, but also have the picks for each of the other divisions too. NorCal teams […]

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Section Title Hoops Highlights

In the two biggest matchups of state-ranked teams on Friday and Saturday, it was the No. 1 boys from Centennial of Corona and the No. 1 girls from Etiwanda that prevailed in CIF Southern Section Open Division finals against No. 2 Harvard-Westlake and No. 3 Sierra Canyon. We have compiled additional highlights and historical achievements […]

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NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings

After studying all the results of the holiday tournaments, there are two newcomers to the first boys basketball State Top 25 rankings of 2022. The difficult part is not identifying the top teams, but making sense of which teams were not at full strength against key foes or had to drop out of holiday tournaments...

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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

For this week’s CIF state finals it will be No. 1 Mater Dei vs. No. 5 Serra (SM), No. 8 Folsom vs. No. 10 Cathedral Catholic, No. 19 Serra (G) vs. No. 22 Liberty (Bakersfield) and No. 21 Mater Dei Catholic vs. No. 25 Central Catholic. Go inside to see why Cathedral Catholic dropped one...

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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

The Final Four for the state (and really the nation) is about to get underway in the CIF Southern Section D1 semifinals. The gap between those four and the rest of the state is likely as massive as it gets. That’s one reason why Mission Viejo is still No. 5 this week. Carlsbad also joins...

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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard

St. Francis (Mountain View) victory in a Saturday game in the Bay Area is the biggest of the weekend between two top 10 teams. Friday night’s slate saw a ton of section playoff byes or top teams not playing in smaller section playoff brackets. Of those that did play, the highest ranked teams to fall […]

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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard

In the only matchup of Friday night between two top 10 teams, No. 4 Centennial (Corona) rolls in the second half for a win against No. 10 Norco. The most shocking score was up north as No. 11 Folsom didn’t just lose to No. 16 Rocklin but was overwhelmed, 40-7. Saturday score, notes & updates […]

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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)

Due to a lot of teams on byes, the only movement in this week’s first 25 teams for these rankings relates to where previous No. 6 Norco fell after its loss to Sierra Canyon. That’s why De La Salle is back in the top 10. The big news is that this year’s first of possibly...

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