One week of regional playoffs brought some big changes to our weekly boys basketball state rankings after a mixture of upsets and favorites advancing. The big winners this week are SoCal D1 finalist Damien of La Verne and long-time CIF state power Mater Dei of Santa Ana, which was left for dead going into the...
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NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
We finally reached week where there are major changes in our weekly boys basketball state rankings with the No. 2 and No. 3 teams both going down in the ultra-competitive CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. Both can still come back, however, in the CIF SoCal regional playoffs. We have plenty of movement involving those...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Salesian of Richmond, St. John Bosco and Harvard-Westlake get a bump as a result of the Braves’ clutch double OT win over previous No. 3 Santa Margarita in the latest boys basketball state rankings for 2026. Top-ranked Sierra Canyon and the top tier of teams are clearly established, but there are many changes in the...
All-State Baseball Nominees (SoCal)
After getting out the first list of nominees (not final) from Northern California last week, here is a list of nominees for the 43rd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams from Southern California. These are top players who had strong seasons this year from the CIF L.A. City, San Diego and Southern Sections. We encourage […]
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
Corona stays on top despite league loss in a series it won two games to one. Previous No. 2 La Mirada, however, has to drop eight spots after losing in a league series two games to one. NorCal order (not counting Central Section in north) also gets shuffled as St. Mary’s of Stockton wins Boras...
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 […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Individual standouts such as Tounde Yessoufou (St. Joseph) and Alijah Arenas (Chatsworth) have been getting most of the attention for their scoring exploits, but this week the focus will return to team results as the post-season comes into focus. The Trinity and Mission League results in the CIF Southern Section affect this week’s State Top...
Preseason Girls BB Ranks (16-40)
Here’s the rest of the preseason Top 40 of the best girls basketball teams from all across California. This group is led by the legendary sharpshooters from Pinewood of Los Altos Hills at No. 16 and goes on to No. 40 Lynwood, which has a legendary head coach. We also have added a list of […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (1-15)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. There are three big questions heading into the 2024-25 season regarding the use of computer rankings by the CIF Southern Section, the placement of St. Joseph of Santa Maria for the regionals and whether […]
