The 6-foot-5, 220-pound senior from Bakersfield Christian wasn’t able to add a CIF Division IV state title in basketball to the one he celebrated in December in D3-A in football, but he led the Eagles to a SoCal regional title and he was the Bakersfield Californian Player of the Year in both sports. Ben also […]
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More State Boys Athletes of the Year
We have uncovered some of the most unique athletes we’ve ever selected in the more than 30 years of doing these honors, including a world-class track hurdler who is an elite point guard in basketball and the No. 2 ranked junior golfer in the nation who was a leading player on a basketball team that...
Jaxen Turner: Grid-Hoop State POY
As we’ve known for a year, there isn’t more than a handful of legit all-state level Grid-Hoop athletes in both sports in California this year and two that clearly stood out above the rest — Jaxen Turner of Rancho Verde and Drake London of Moorpark. We break down how we came up with the tough […]
2018-19 Grid-Hoop All-State Teams
To kick off our end-of-school year content of honoring the best multi-sport and overall athletes of the year, we begin with a look at the state’s 15 best football-basketball combo athletes on our 33rd annual Cal-Hi Sports Grid-Hoop All-State team. We have even more listed as Grid-Hoop athletes of distinction and some of these players...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
The very top of the final state rankings for this season will be determined on Saturday when No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 3 De La Salle play for the CIF Open Division state title. We may have to wait another week, though, for No. 5 on down as No. 5 Folsom isn’t close to...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
League showdowns in the Inland Empire take center stage with the biggest upset of the night being No. 23 Upland losing to Rancho Cucamonga with one of the biggest wins turned in by Rancho Verde (Moreno Valley), which beat Heritage (Menifee) and is now poised to make a big move in the next rankings. Big […]
Preseason State 50 Football Ranks (3)
Starting at No. 35 and moving on to No. 50, these teams tend to be either those looking to step up in competition after winning at a lower level last year or teams from the very best leagues who have some question marks to overcome this season. This group includes San Clemente, Grace Brethren of […]
