Although her team lost in the CIF Open Division state final, the versatile guard still racked up a triple-double and did enough all season to hold off duo from champion team Chaminade for state’s highest individual accolade. Ionescu is only the fourth Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year from the CIF North Coast Section […]
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Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. Two of the five for divisions played each other in the NorCal Open Division semifinals. Another also has been an assistant for a U.S. national team while another did a great job after his girls lost in a section semifinal.
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
It’s been a long time since Mater Dei has not had a spot in these state rankings, but after the Monarchs suffered two straight setbacks in the CIFSS Open playoffs with losses to Etiwanda and Santa Barbara they have to fall back. Will it be for good, however? They can still win a CIF state...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
Two CIF Southern Section Open Division teams drop out of this week’s rankings, but they’re replaced by two from the same bracket. The biggest upset last week saw previously unranked Etiwanda knock off Mater Dei of Santa Ana, ensuring that last year’s CIF Open Division state finalists won’t be back in the Open Division for...
Miramonte girls mow down Mater Dei
In a matchup between two of the state’s top five-ranked teams at the Stockton St. Mary’s MLK Showcase, unbeaten Miramonte of Orinda gets out to a quick start and goes on to knock off national powerhouse Mater Dei of Santa Ana 65-47. The 2015 State Junior of the Year, Sabrina Ionescu, leads the way but […]
Girls of Summer: Loss spurs Cal Stars
A first game loss in pool play doesn’t prevent the Cal Stars AAU team, which has two State Players of the Year in the lineup, from rolling to a national title earlier this week in South Carolina. The girls ended their season at 54-1 with their only loss coming to another California team.
Girls of Summer: Cal Stars Shine
In this second installment of annual series about important stops on the girls hoops summer circuit, we get the inside scoop why the Cal Stars club team that features numerous Cal-Hi Sports all-state players may be the best in the nation. The Nike Elite team not only cruised in the top division at the annual […]
No boos for Cal Stars in national event
For this year’s Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass teams, CLICK HERE. Sabrina Ionescu, as expected, was focus of many major colleges at Boo Williams Nike Invitational in Virginia, but every one of them also went home talking about Stockton St. Mary’s freshman Aquira DeCosta. If the talent-laden Cal Stars team wasn’t on the radar screen of […]
