Congratulations to all of the 2025-26 Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. Presented by our partners from CalGamesWanted.com, these are the ones for each of the five CIF state divisions. The overall State Coach of the Year also is one of the five. Of the other four honorees, two are from […]
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Girls BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
From a divisional standpoint, two of the final No. 1 teams — Centennial of Corona in D1 and Sierra Pacific in D2 — have moved up after winning CIF state title games over the previous No. 1 team. The other four final No. 1 teams — Ontario Christian (Open), El Dorado of Placentia (D3), Faith...
CIF Saturday Girls BB State Finals
With junior sensation Kaleena Smith leading the way, Ontario Christian completes its remarkable build from small school to CIF Open Division state champion with victory in long-anticipated matchup over Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. Sierra Pacific also wins All-Central Section D2 title and Faith Christian wins D4 title in last game of record-breaking career of […]
More CIF Section Hoop Highlights
Sunday’s CIF announcement of pairings by the CIF for the regional playoffs also has been included where it is applicable. Check these recaps below for key info from many title games across the state this weekend except for the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and CIF Southern Section for girls. We will have divisional state rankings based […]
More Girls BB State Players of Year
No one can ever say again that we won’t pick San Diego area players at the top if the evidence points to that as the section also has nabbed the state’s top sophomore and freshman honors along with Ms. Basketball. Northern California girls, meanwhile, did the best for the CIF divisional honors but one of […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
This week we have the wrap on the outstanding careers of Jarod Lucas, Joseph Octave and Jaime Jaquez as all three of their seasons have ended with their teams losing in the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Some other high-scoring boys and girls players such as Michael Vivo of Riverbank and Anna Treder of California Lutheran...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Our weekly honors switch this week from football to boys and girls basketball where it’s usually the case that we’re looking for tournament MVPs. The two boys winners definitely fit that description from the Gridley Invitational Basketball Tournament and that Father Barry Classic in Carmichael. For the girls, we have a top returnee from a […]
NEW Baseball State Division Ranks
It’s a quick turnaround since the last rankings, but one divisional No. 1 ranking has just about been wrapped up over the weekend and there are a lot more changes compared to softball (which will be updated after Tuesday games from this week). New No. 1 in D1 would be Eastlake of Chula Vista (matching...
Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. These are the ones for each CIF division and it’s a group that includes a coach who’s won back-to-back CIF state titles plus a coach who earned her 100th career win in a CIF state final.
