The super-loaded CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs start on Thursday with very intriguing matchups in the very first round. Winning the Michelle Carew Classic didn’t help Rosary of Fullerton to get a high seed, but we do not match computer rankings based section seedings with our own rankings. Teams that are moving up in our...
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Ms. Basketball 2025: Power of Puff
Following a path in which she was State Freshman of Year, State Sophomore of Year and State Junior of Year, Aliyahna “Puff” Morris of Etiwanda completes the cycle by earning California Ms. Basketball honors as a senior. It was not an easy selection, but being the star point guard of a team that made history […]
FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 Rankings
We can’t argue with the fact that our rankings are not totally in line with some state and national rankings. However, the one thing we have in our favor is in traversing up and down the state in the past five months, and covering dozens of teams and games, we have personally seen the first...
Boys/Girls BB State Teams of Year 2025
We’re doing a combo post for the final State Teams of the Year honors since both teams — Roosevelt of Eastvale boys and Etiwanda girls — are from the Inland Empire and are only about 16 miles apart. It’s not the first time that the Inland Empire has swept the two big final No. 1 […]
Girls BB CIF State Previews & Picks
Etiwanda looking to pick up third straight CIF Open Division state title and it could be two straight for Caruthers (but this time for D2 and not D3). It also may be surprising that Sabrina Ionescu’s high school coach hasn’t yet won a CIF state title, but that may change on Friday night. We’re looking […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The first nine spots remain intact this week but after that there are a lot of changes with only one team in the next 21 spots holding onto the same spot it had in last week’s rankings. Having seen seven of the top 10 teams and 24 of the TOP 30 in live action, we...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
There were a couple of changes in the top 10 this week with Etiwanda and Archbishop Mitty flipping. The next three spots stayed the same but with Folsom getting upset the next four teams after the Bulldogs all moved up a spot with Fairmont Prep joining the top 10. The reality is once we get...
Boys/Girls Top Tourney Triumphs
Roosevelt of Eastvale boys need overtime to win in a No. 1 vs No. 2 state ranking showdown over St. John Bosco in the top division of The Classic at Damien. Other major boys tourney winners include JSerra, Lincoln of Stockton, Folsom and Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach. State No. 3 girls team Etiwanda, meanwhile, […]
The Bean Is Born
It has only taken three games for Sydney “Bean” Douglas to make an impact as a 6-foot-6 freshman at Ontario Christian. The daughter of former Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Maylana Martin and former NFL lineman Rome Douglas was the leading scorer for the Knights in their big win last week over preseason […]
Ontario Christian tops Etiwanda
Preseason state No. 4 Knights take down No. 1 Etiwanda, 74-66, on Saturday night in Studio City to win Harvard-Westlake Invitational. First slate of games shows just how much of an impact incoming freshman Sydney “Bean” Douglas is going to have this season, especially paired with scoring phenom Kaleena Smith. We also had a big […]
