As is our custom, we expand the final rankings out to 75 teams instead of just doing a bubble list. CIF state title game results also helped some other teams come up at the end, including Serra of San Mateo, Clovis and Los Gatos. We also had to figure out where best to place CIF...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Most of the teams in this first group of state rankings writeups didn’t play this past weekend, but some did and one of the biggest wins in school history was recorded by Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco. The Crusaders were not able to move up from No. 11 in the state, but there were some...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (26-50)
A group of five newcomers this week is led by new No. 43 Beaumont after it posted big win vs Cathedral of Los Angeles. The other four are Oak Hills, Carlsbad, San Clemente and Chino Hills. This group also includes some others that already were ranked that got nice bumps. Valencia, Manteca and Crean Lutheran...
Preseason Long Beach/South Bay Team
A little more than a third of the players from this region of the state in this feature are from preseason state No. 2 St. John Bosco. Serra of Gardena also has multiple players written up as well as Palos Verdes, Downey and Leuzinger of Lawndale. Note: These preseason all-section or all-area teams are done...
State’s All-Time NBA All-Star Alums
California’s 50th player to appear in an NBA All-Star Game was Klay Thompson in 2015. In honor of that total, we decided to start a new NBA All-Star Alumni list for our exclusive state record book. It has now been updated through the 2025 All-Star Game....
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
We haven’t had a team jump from unranked into the top list, but there was no choice to do that this week for Leuzinger of Lawndale after its upset of previous No. 6 Santa Margarita. There also are two teams that moved up this week after losses — Sierra Canyon and Pittsburg — plus Los...
Medium/Small Schools State FB Ranks
Pacifica of Oxnard still No. 1 in medium schools despite computer ranking. Oak Hills, Leuzinger and Citrus Valley all move up in medium with newcomer slots going to St. Francis (La Canada) and Central Valley Christian. For small schools, not much movement except for Twelve Bridges going up after win over Sutter. Big games this...
Girls BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the 2022-23 Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for girls basketball. These are the ones for each of the five state divisions, although we do combine the Open and Division I. Three of the four earned nods for huge turnaround seasons from last year.
State’s Alums In NBA Playoffs
Including the two teams involved in the play-in for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference, there are three schools in the state with two alums in this year’s NBA playoffs. Two of those three schools, of course, represent brothers from the Lopez and Holiday families. The other is Leuzinger of Lawndale. There are […]
Boys BB: CA’s All-Time Best Honor Roll
In addition to state records in various sports, we have also maintained alumni lists of those from California high schools who’ve collected major awards and honors for college and the pros. For boys basketball, we have Hall of Fame members, U.S. Olympic Team members, first and second team All-NBA players, college players of the year […]
