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Girls BB: Littleton now in top seven

Bishop’s of La Jolla standout has now moved past all-time great players such as Diana Tuarasi, Terri Mann and Jacki Gemelos on all-time career state scoring list. Up next, and it could be as early as Tuesday night, is La Jolla Country Day’s Candice Wiggins. More State Record Updates and New State Top 20 Rankings […]

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State Stat Stars of the Week

Riverside Norte Vista’s Eric Melesio comes up 36 yards short of the single-season state record for rushing yards and won’t get a chance due to loss to San Gorgonio. La Jolla Country Day’s Braxton Burmeister also becomes just third in state history to surpass 11,000 career passing yards. Boys basketball’s best includes San Bernardino’s Matthew […]

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Girls BB: Littleton tops 3,000

While in San Diego to cover the La Jolla Country Day Sweet 16 tournament won by Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco, the Caravan ran into Cal-Hi Sports State Freshman, Sophomore and Junior of the Year as well as 2015 Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year finalist Destiny Littleton.

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More State Girls Athletes of Year

Among others earning top state honors are Tara Davis of Agoura (juniors), Gracie Figueroa of Selma (sophomores), Fiona O’Keeffe of Davis (Division I) and Andrea Lee of Manhattan Beach Mira Costa (Division II). Solin Pearcy of Cupertino also is third-ever State Three-Sport Athlete of the Year.

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Girls of Spring: DeCosta and De Rest

For the top girls basketball prospects in the state from the Classes of 2017, 2018 and beyond, Aquira DeCosta from Stockton St. Mary’s reigns as the best. But she’s not the only one that analyst Harold Abend checked out during three springtime NCAA events. Go inside for writeups on the next 10 top prospects, the […]

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Girls BB: All-State Best of Best

The selections for the 2016 Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams conclude with a look at the 10 players named as first team all-state overall. Four of the 10 are from the CIF San Diego Section, cementing a thought we had all season about the quality of top players from that section this season. Thanks […]

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More State Girls Players of the Year

We also choose honorees for juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. The most difficult this year might have been for the ninth graders. We also could have had co-players of the year in a couple of places. There are three players of the year from the CIF Southern Section with two from […]

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State Player of Year Finalists

We decided to only choose three as finalists for this season’s Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year honor, but went with more normal total of seven for Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year. Winners will be announced near the end of next week.

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Ms. Basketball POY: Not so fast?

Minyon Moore’s off-the-charts 40-point game for Salesian vs. Mitty and with her team getting Miramonte of Orinda next, got us to thinking that while we have a huge favorite who already is collecting numerous honors, the season isn’t over yet and that’s why we always wait until all games are in the books before announcing […]

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State Stat Stars of the Week

Gelo Ball is the Ball brother with the most prolific stats from last week with 40 and 35 points for No. 1 Chino Hills. Colin Slater of Reedley Immanuel, though, did better with 48-point outburst. For girls, Amber Melgoza getting 31 for Santa Barbara against Mater Dei stands out. This week’s honor roll also includes […]

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