St. Augustine moves from No. 7 to No. 4 after big win over Sierra Canyon in CIF SoCal Open Division. Damien of La Verne also is now at No. 8 and looking strong in CIF SoCal Division I bracket. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with lists of many other teams on the bubble will […]
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Super 8 Girls BB State Ranks Update
Both Pinewood and St. Mary’s of Stockton receive four-spot bumps in this week’s rankings and are now showing at No. 6 and No. 7 overall in the state. No. 1 Archbishop Mitty also may have to beat them both to earn place in CIF Open Division state championship. NOTE: Our updated State Top 20 with […]
Girls BB Open/Regional Projections
The big question all season is the possibility of state No. 2 Clovis West (which was No. 1 in the nation for several weeks in January) being moved to the NorCal Open Division instead of where the Golden Eagles have been for many years. After talking to the CIF, it’s still possible but if there’s […]
Saturday Bowls: Bosco, then the rest
It’s a dominant showing for state No. 1 St. John Bosco of Bellflower, which wins its second CIF Open Division state title in four years with 56-33 win over two-time defending champion De La Salle of Concord. The nature of the win also displays the wide gap between SoCal’s top three teams this season — […]
Girls VB: Mitty State Team of Year
We’ve updated our all-time State Team of the Year list back to 1972 and it’s the sixth time since 2008 that Archbishop Mitty of San Jose reigns as California’s top squad in girls volleyball. Monarchs topped Santa Margarita in a three-game sweep last Saturday to win first-ever CIF Open Division state title.
CIF NorCal Bowl Board Updates
Go here for team-by-team outlooks and for the matchups we’d like to see in this year’s NorCal bowl games for next weekend. Note: This post will be updated throughout the day Saturday and through Saturday night. Also note that for this run through we went with Bakersfield, Sanger and Mendota as the three CIF Central...
CIF NorCal Bowl Board No. 7
As the section playoffs get deeper, upsets obviously become more prevalent. New teams listed this week are Serra of San Mateo, Mitty of San Jose, Del Oro of Loomis, Capital Christian of Sacramento and Brookside Christian of Stockton. For see Facebook Live video we did for this week’s bowl boards, it’s free and is available...
CIF NorCal Bowl Board No. 3
New teams on the NorCal board this week are Pleasant Valley of Chico, Amador of Sutter Creek, Ripon and Fort Bragg. We will run these simulations each week through the various section playoffs. And look for video presentations soon when the section playoffs get even more in focus. To see our third CIF SoCal Bowl...
Girls VB Rankings Returning
Beginning next week, since we will be doing the new FAB 50 national rankings for FloVolleyball.com and because we’re getting extra help from our partners at SportStars, we will be resuming a State Top 20 ranking each week for the rest of the season in girls volleyball.
Hey CIF, Open Div. Not Same As Others
If the CIF wants to shake up its state basketball championships and perhaps get more fans in the seats, focusing more on those teams in the Open Division may be part of the answer.
