This is the second, updated list of nominees after receiving input from many coaches, parents and fans from the first list. We have combined both the NorCal & SoCal lists from before into one huge statewide list. The teams will begin to be finalized and announced next week (after Ms. Basketball Player of the Year...
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NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The rest of the state will be joining the CIF Southern Section as playoffs begin this week for the other nine sections. Speaking of the Southern Section, first round play in the Open Division didn’t produce any upsets but the two Pool A games were closer than expected. This week’s two newcomers are Oak Ridge...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
We were going to skip a week but we had some movement due to results at the Matt Denning Nike Hoops Classic and word is starting to come out that some games this week and MLK events like the one at Bishop O’Dowd have been cancelled or postponed. The result is we will do a...
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 […]
Inside State Football Records
An amazing number of current college football quarterbacks, two of them who are among the front-runners for the Heisman Trophy, threw for more than 10,000 yards as high school quarterbacks in California. We go over all them and not just the ones at Alabama, Ole Miss and Georgia. It’s also a good time to remind […]
Girls BB: All-State Underclass 2021
Just one day after getting out the final one of our all-state teams for boys basketball, we’re ready to begin with the girls. The 41st annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Girls Basketball Teams starts out with the best of the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Schools with three or more honorees are St. Mary’s of...
Girls BB State Team of Year 2021
With no state championship as a final moment for the second straight season, we go back again to our longstanding tradition of naming a State Team of the Year for girls basketball that has been done for every season since 1972. Following La Jolla Country Day for last season, the only choice for 2021 is […]
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
The playoffs in the CIF Southern Section, Central Section, San Diego Section and Central Coast Section will all conclude this weekend with teams that qualify moving on to the Southern Regional playoffs while the CCS teams join the other sections in the CIF Northern Region whose seasons have concluded. As for movement this week, the...
State’s All-Time WNBA Draft Picks
It’s only been around since 1997 (compared to 1947 for the NBA) so for the WNBA we have not only compiled a list of the all-time first round picks from California but for the entire first through third or fourth rounds. The first college player to ever be selected first in the WNBA Draft in...
