For the third time in six years, the state’s most prestigious and long-running girls basketball coaching honor goes to someone from the Inland Empire. But Rancho Christian’s Marlon Wells hasn’t won that many of his more than 600 career wins at the school located in Temecula. He’s gained success at two schools in the CIF […]
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Sopak leaves Carondelet for UNR
Last season’s State Coach of the Year in girls basketball is going to take the plunge into college coaching as Carondelet of Concord’s Kelly Sopak (also the former head coach at Miramonte of Orinda when Sabrina Ionescu was there) is going to take over the program at the University of Nevada. It is a bit […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
A lot has happened since the last rankings done after games completed by January 10, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the top four teams, and maybe new No. 5, that appear to be head and shoulders above the rest. After the first four teams there were no teams that held on to the...
All-State Softball: 2nd & 3rd Teams
As is our custom, in addition to first team overall, the 42nd edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams for softball also has 30 more players here who have been selected second team. Any player from any school regardless of class or school size can be on first or second team. The third team, however,...
Girls BB: All-State Underclass 2025
It takes us longer than others, but we go way deeper and honor way more players for our all-state teams and today we start to recognize those players on the 46th annual edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams. These first teams are for the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and...
State Coach of Year: Kelly Sopak
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 […]
Friday CIF State Finals
Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth boys make the plays in the final 90 seconds of the Division I championship game to turn back Lincoln of Stockton to win school’s fourth CIF state title. Carondelet of Concord girls win their second state title with a similar win in their D1 state final. Others claiming state crowns at […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
As we begin the final drive to CIF section playoffs, one thing is pretty apparent. These rankings don’t fully coincide with what the computer spits out or in the case of the CIF Southern Section it uses a system that includes a weighted form of margin of victory. Regardless, we are going to continue to...
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...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The funnel doesn’t get any narrower than this week with respect to rankings. Heading into Tuesday night, there are only eight teams left in action that can possibly rearrange things in the top 16 for the final rankings. Then on Friday and Saturday it will all be over with CIF state championships in Sacramento. One...
