All-State boys basketball teams from Cal-Hi Sports have now been extended back to the 1954-55 season with new teams added from the 1978-79 season going backward based on research. Some of the players are well-known such as longtime NBA referee Leon Wood, former Laker Byron Scott, an MLB Hall of Famer, a recently retired longtime […]
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NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Three-game sweep of Harvard-Westlake in the Mission League pushes Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks back on top of the state. Win by Whitney of Rocklin over previous No. 1 De La Salle also caused some changes. Newcomers are led by surging Mater Dei of Santa Ana in the Trinity League along with Chaparral of Temecula...
Colin Sahlman: State Athlete of Year
Add another big honor for the phenom runner from Newbury Park. It’s not just that he already was crowned Gatorade National Male Athlete of the Year. This one also adds something extra for him since he’s done it just two years after his former teammate at Newbury Park, Nico Young, was honored in the same […]
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
The final four for next week’s CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs was set up nicely as No. 1 Mater Dei, No. 2 St. John Bosco, No. 3 Servite and No. 4 Corona Centennial all had big wins on Friday. There were a couple of near-upsets, but nothing among the top group of squads. Saturday results […]
Boys BB: CIFSS Open Championship
State No. 1 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) defeats No. 2 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) by outscoring the Monarchs in every quarter to clinch its second consecutive CIF Southern Section Open Division title o Friday night at the Pyramid in Long Beach. With the victory, the Trailblazers wrapped up the top seed in the SoCal Open regional […]
Boys BB: Nike Extravaganza Recap
State No. 3 Rancho Christian of Temecula scores a big national win over Washington (D.C.) power Gonzaga, while Nike Extravaganza host Mater Dei of Santa Ana loses to Chicago power Whitney Young of Chicago. State No. 9 Harvard-Westlake lost to FAB 50 ranked Gorman of Las Vegas, as state powers went 1-2 vs. out-of-state foes, but the […]
Boys BB: Updated ’21 Player Ranks
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top college prospects in the sophomore (2021) class since we last updated our player rankings in October. The top-shelf point guards are beginning to emerge in a class that is led by a duo from the same high school....
Boys BB: WEST Region Top 20
As a follow up to the boys basketball preseason FAB 50 National Team Rankings compiled by long-time Cal-Hi Sports managing editor Ronnie Flores and as a prelude to our preseason state rankings, we present the West Region’s Top 20 teams. The FAB 50 goes 20 teams deep from five separate regions of the nation. Preseason No. 1 ranked […]
CA Schools with Most NBA Pros
In the most populous state in America, the stats show just how difficult it is to play a single game in the National Basketball Association since there’s been less than 500 to do it from the Golden State. Mater Dei of Santa Ana may not have had an eventual superstar, but the Monarchs’ total of […]
