Getting an upset and also being unbeaten pays off big for Point Loma of San Diego as it had to go into this week’s TOP 50 as a newcomer. The only other newcomer this week is Clovis West of Fresno, which will shoot for a much bigger prize in a Thursday game this week. This...
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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
We don’t have all of the byes from last week but it’s still one more week for us doing a scoreboard on the final leg of a 12-day family trip. Thankful that cruise ship internet works well. Big winners of the night were those in the first week of the Trinity League — St. John […]
Girls of Summer 2025: Player Rankings
For the 21st time since 2005, here’s a chart of the top players from California high school girls basketball viewed by the Girls of Summer Caravan during all events attended in person starting in June and extending into August. This time, it’s a list with more than 250 names. This isn’t a ranking of the...
McKay Madsen: State Athlete of Year
Clovis North of Fresno’s McKay Madsen completed one of the most rare double-doubles in CIF state track history after enjoying an all-state first team season at running back/linebacker. This year’s State Athlete of the Year for the boys also is a very cool one since he was named for a previous winner. For a look […]
Girls BB: CaliLive 25 Player/Team Ranks
Here’s a more in-depth look at the recent Girls California Live 2025 held on June 12-14 in Roseville. We have the top 13 teams ranked in order — starting with Archbishop Mitty, South Medford, Clovis West and Stockton St. Mary’s — and then top players from those teams are listed. We also have player highlights...
Girls BB: Divisional All-State 2025
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 […]
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Norco moves back to the No. 1 ranking with dominance in almost every game this season except one. Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills and St. Francis of Mountain View, meanwhile, are keeping Northern California near the top of the state. Highest ranked newcomers are Mater Dei Catholic of Chula Vista, El Segundo and Clovis...
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...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Seeds, seedings and saplings. The CIF Regional playoffs are set, the seedings are out, and the action begins on Tuesday for lower divisions and on Wednesday for the Open Division. However, reflecting back on the section playoffs, and the CIF Southern Section in particular, the traditional perennial girls basketball powers are still not totally changed,...
All-State FB: Frosh Watch List 2024
It’s been almost two weeks after the Super Bowl, but we are still not completely done with football. Here is a watch list of leading freshmen football players in the state from the 2024 season and so far this spring who are on track to be all-state sophomores next season. The State Freshman Player of...
