With the all-state teams out a few days ago for juniors, sophomores and freshmen, the next set of teams for the 46th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams are to honor the top players according to the same divisions in which this year’s CIF state championships were contested. It remains very difficult to determine […]
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Girls BB All-State Nominees (NorCal)
It’s time to get started working on the 46th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams for girls basketball. And yes, we have had gender equal coverage for all-state teams in basketball for all this time. This is the first list of nominees on our board for teams that will be selected. These cover the CIF sections […]
Beam-Worthy Champs in SJS
The beam outside of the Golden 1 Center doesn’t get lit for high school games, but the teams that earned CIF Sac-Joaquin Section boys/girls basketball titles on Thursday & Friday are all worthy of being in the spotlight. The Folsom boys and McClatchy girls capped the schedule with D1 titles on Friday and both look […]
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 […]
Girls BB: Divisional All-State 2024
We roll on with honorees for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams with those listed in the same six divisions in which this year’s CIF state championships were contested. Competitive equity seedings continues to make it more complicated placing players into various divisions, but the extra effort is worth it so the […]
FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 Rankings
For these final expanded rankings we obviously had a change at the top with Etiwanda defeating Archbishop Mitty for the CIF Open Division state championship, but after that only nine of the next 23 teams in the Top 25 held onto the same spot they had in the last rankings. Seven of the next 10...
Girls BB CIF State Previews & Picks
It was sub-par year for us doing predictions of state finals last year at 9-3 after a 11-1 showing from 2022. It’s time to take a crack at the 2024 lineup of games for girls basketball that will be played this weekend at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. We do this with respect to […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
We’ve now reached that point of the season when timing becomes very important for these honors as we definitely don’t want to be featuring a deserving player on the same day when it’s possible their team has lost in a CIF section playoff game and their season is over. This week, we have another impressive […]
Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the 2022-23 Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. These are the ones for each of the five state divisions, although we do combine the Open and Division I. Three of the four earned nods for huge turnaround seasons from last year.
FINAL Girls BB Division State Ranks
As a companion to the final & expanded overall State TOP 40 rankings, we also present final & expanded rankings for each of the CIF state divisions. Central of Fresno made the biggest jump after winning the CIF D2 state title. Others getting final rankings bumps include Mark Keppel of Alhambra (D3), Poly of Sun...
