CIF Open Division state champion Etiwanda already had the State Coach of the Year and now there are two state player of the year honors headed to the Inland Empire as well. Junior Kennedy Smith and sophomore Ahlayana “Puff” Morris were just too tough for the Eagles in their final games. The freshman honoree also […]
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NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
League play is either starting this week or in full swing around the state but the top teams still have some showcase games left. Some have questioned why there are not more teams from the CIF Southern Section in the rankings and so many from Northern California. The answer is competitive equity. The CIFSS teams...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
This second set of regular season rankings takes us through the holidays and the major tournaments before league action begins. There was no change in the first eight spots but after that we had some pretty significant movement with only one team out of the next 15 holding onto the same spot they held in...
Preseason Girls BB State Ranks (1-20)
One week after our extensive boys basketball preseason state rankings, we do the same for the girls. With some teams starting in the CIF Southern Section on November 14 and some games in the CIF Central Section, adjustments to the original pecking order we planned had to be made to accommodate some of the results […]
All-State Girls BB: Best of the Best 2022
Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Juju Watkins plus State Senior of the Year Londynn Jones, State Sophomore of the Year Kennedy Smith and NorCal Player of the Year Talana Lepolo headline the 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams. Go inside to see why these 10 have finished their careers as First […]
More Girls BB Players of the Year
Since Ms. Basketball this year for California was won by a junior, we had to choose a Senior of the Year to go with the usual State Sophomore and State Freshman of the Year. All three are from the Inland Empire with the sophomore and freshman coming from the same team. Three of the four […]
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...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
With some of the early season tournaments and showcase events completed, and with our preseason No. 1 team losing to No. 2, it made sense to do the first regular season state rankings heading into the December tournaments. The first nine spots got a shakeup and there was more movement near the bottom with four...
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 […]
