Presented by new partners Brite Legacy, congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports 2026 top honorees for juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division with Open & D1 combined. The CIF Southern Section sweeps all of the class-by-class honors, but the CIF Central Section gets two of the four according to divisions.
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State Coach of Year: Brad Roznovsky
For leading his program to its second CIF state championship in four years and for successfully mentoring countless players at his alma mater, Brad Roznovsky of Fresno San Joaquin Memorial has been named the 2026 State Coach of the Year in boys basketball. This season featured a satisfying ending after losing in the section quarterfinals […]
Boys BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
As it’s always been, the CIF state champions are listed first in every division, but there was discussion about a different team for D1. There also were some teams that moved up and down at the end based on which teams, north or south, won in the CIF state final. The five on top are...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The playoffs are about to get started everywhere around the state, but the change we see in our boys basketball state rankings is caused by the big-time matchups in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. Did the massive section invite too many teams to its open division? We now have three teams in a...
Girls BB: NEW Division State Ranks
There’s almost always a big upset in any first round of the CIF north or south basketball playoffs, and there was a major one on Tuesday as NorCal D1 top seed Folsom was toppled in its first round game by San Joaquin Memorial of Fresno. Just like the boys, these first divisional rankings for the […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (16-40)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we are doing it with a preseason Top 40 of the best boys teams from all across the state. This group is led by No. 16 and NorCal open contender Branson of Ross and includes the rest of these teams down to No. 40 […]
CIF State Basketball Picks & Previews
As is another custom of ours going back more than 30 years, here are the predicted scores, what to watch for and more for each of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state title games this weekend in Sacramento. This is done with the best of wishes for all 24 teams, but the goal […]
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
We had our first big shakeup among the top seven teams when the upset bug bit in the CIF Central Section, but it might not be as big of a shakeup as some might think. In the CIF Southern Section, the eight teams in the Open Pool play bracket are starting to take shape in...
All-State Football Noms (Central-LA-SD)
Here are the final group of nominees for our upcoming Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams. This third group covers the CIF Central, L.A. City and San Diego Sections. This will be the 44th consecutive season for these teams being done, which is why they are more prestigious than any others. The previous groups were from […]
Preseason Girls BB State Ranks (21-40)
This group of leading girls hoops teams in the state for the 2022-23 season is led off by defending CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D1 champion Oak Ridge. We also have a state champion in D2 from last season, a team with a player looking to move up big-time on the all-time career scoring list and at […]
