There are lots of changes from last week’s board due to some upsets, looking at the map closer and some real juicy matchups coming to light such as possibility of longtime rivals St. Paul of Santa Fe Springs and Loyola of Los Angeles playing each other. CIF associate executive director Brian Seymour said on Tuesday...
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State Stat Stars of Week
As we collected info for the six SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week in football, here’s a few others from last week’s games (Oct. 4-5) that put up totals that caught our attention. Note: No Prep Notes With a Twist column this week with All-State, All-Decade Teams and honors coming out in softball. Send any player […]
Brook Lopez & FIBA World Cup
The sharpshooting 7-footer from the Milwaukee Bucks and graduate from Fresno’s San Joaquin Memorial High will be the only Californian on the USA senior men’s national team that will try to win its third straight FIBA world title. The event starts Sunday in China. Wagering on the games should be strong but NBA betting online […]
Preseason All-State Football Teams
Now that all of the 13 preseason all-section or all-area teams from around the state are complete, we’ve gone through all of them and have chosen preseason all-state teams. This is the 32nd year of doing at least one preseason all-state team. This time, we’ve done three. You’ll need a Gold Club membership to see […]
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (31-50)
For the final 20 teams in our massive preseason state football rankings package, we start out with one of the top three teams from the CIF San Diego Section. This post also includes two more teams from the CIF Southern Section’s Mission League, a team with perhaps the top sophomore quarterback in the state and […]
Honorable Mention Schools of Year
To go with our annual State Schools of the Year tribute, here are some additional schools that were on our board in the various CIF state divisions and in our own five-division format that we would consider to be honorable mention.
Mr. Basketball, Ms. Basketball Finalists
As is our custom, we like to release at least four and often more finalists among those who are being considered the most strongly for the annual Mr. Basketball and Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year selection. In some years it’s more obvious who’s going to get the final nods, but in other years […]
Boys BB: Tuesday Regional Playoff Breakdowns
Here’s one place to check for the statewide angle for each of the CIF’s divisional boys basketball brackets from Division 1 to Division 5.
A Place Packed Full Of Memories
It’s been Oracle Arena in Oakland since 2006, but the Oakland Coliseum Arena has been home to the four-time world champion Golden State Warriors since 1971. It’s also been the site of some historically significant high school basketball games (both boys and girls). With the Warriors moving to San Francisco after this season and the […]
