When the CIF last staged staged state championships in basketball in 2019, the Open Division girls champion was Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. Much has changed in the world since then due to COVID, but the Trailblazers have returned to the top of California girls hoops with an impressive win over Archbishop Mitty of San Jose. […]
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NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The pecking order for this week’s next to last rankings was set with the Monday morning release of the Girls BB: State Rankings By Division so these rankings will mirror them. Now we explain it. There were some changes in the top 14 spots which belong to Open teams and there was some movement after...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
This is the week we vent our distaste for the current situation in some section playoffs that shouldn’t be doing Open Divisions, but after this week the routs will be behind us for the most part as the teams that are supposed to be in the top divisions of CIF Southern and Northern Regional playoffs...
Preseason Girls BB State Ranks (1-15)
La Jolla Country Day starts on top with point guard-center combo that may be just as good as mythical national champs from two years ago. Inland Empire duo of Etiwanda and Corona Centennial also in top five while St. Mary’s of Stockton gains the preseason nod for teams from Northern California. Note: We hope you enjoy […]
More Girls BB State Players of Year
Two of these honorees were among those written up after the 2020 season as Isuneh “Ice” Brady of San Diego Cathedral Catholic and Jazmine Soto of Strathmore were given the accolades for sophomores and for CIF Division V, respectively. Brady is now on top for juniors while Soto has repeated for her division. Both the […]
State Stat Stars of the Week
We still have a couple more final football players listed as there were still games played last weekend, but most of this week’s standouts are from boys & girls hoops, baseball & softball, including one player from a 43-0 rout in baseball that makes it into the state record book. And in the same week...
Insider Report: Windward (LA)
We are continuing with a series of girls basketball preseason-style features on some of the state’s most prominent programs and players for the 2020-21 school year. It’s almost been one year since any of them have played and it may end up being until December of 2021 for some. We hope that isn’t the case, […]
Inside The All-State Girls BB Teams
There are always difficult decisions to be made for every all-state team so here’s a look back at all of the various teams for the 2020 season. Some of the toughest choices involve who is on first team compared to second team for juniors and this year we don’t know if anyone noticed but we...
All-State Girls BB: Best of Best
Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Te-hina Paopao of state No. 1 La Jolla Country Day and freshman teammate Breya Cunningham both get onto the top 10 slots for the 40th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State girls basketball teams. Cunningham is not the only freshman to snag one of these elite positions, either. Go inside […]
State Coach of Year: Vanessa Nygaard
Hopefully there will never be another high school basketball season like the one the Coronavirus ended prematurely, but nonetheless the awards go on, and despite falling just short of qualifying for the CIF Open Division state championship, this year’s State Coach of the Year is unquestionably one of the top coaches in the state and […]
